az

az

Setup

brew install azure-cli

Verify installation:

az --version

Use -o json for machine-readable output.

Authentication

az login

Resources

Account and Subscription

Command	Description
az account show	Show current subscription details
az account list	List all subscriptions
az account set --subscription <id>	Switch active subscription

Resource Groups

Command	Description
az group list	List all resource groups
az group create --name <name> --location eastus	Create a resource group
az group delete --name <name>	Delete a resource group
az group show --name <name>	Show resource group details

Virtual Machines

Command	Description
az vm list	List all VMs
az vm list -d	List VMs with details (IPs, power state)
az vm create --resource-group <rg> --name <name> --image Ubuntu2204	Create a VM
az vm start --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Start a VM
az vm stop --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Stop a VM
az vm delete --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Delete a VM
az vm show --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Show VM details

Web Apps

Command	Description
az webapp list	List all web apps
az webapp create --resource-group <rg> --plan <plan> --name <name> --runtime "NODE:20-lts"	Create a web app
az webapp deploy --resource-group <rg> --name <name> --src-path <file>	Deploy to a web app
az webapp show --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Show web app details
az webapp log tail --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Tail web app logs
az webapp delete --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Delete a web app

Function Apps

Command	Description
az functionapp list	List all function apps
az functionapp create --resource-group <rg> --consumption-plan-location eastus --runtime node --name <name> --storage-account <sa>	Create a function app
az functionapp show --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Show function app details
az functionapp delete --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Delete a function app

Storage

Command	Description
az storage account list	List all storage accounts
az storage account create --name <name> --resource-group <rg> --sku Standard_LRS	Create a storage account
az storage container list --account-name <name>	List blob containers
az storage blob upload --account-name <name> --container-name <c> --file <file> --name <blob>	Upload a blob

AKS (Kubernetes)

Command	Description
az aks list	List all AKS clusters
az aks create --resource-group <rg> --name <name> --node-count 3	Create an AKS cluster
az aks get-credentials --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Get cluster credentials for kubectl
az aks show --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Show cluster details
az aks delete --resource-group <rg> --name <name>	Delete an AKS cluster

Global Flags

Flag	Description
-o json	Output as JSON
-o table	Output as table
-o tsv	Output as tab-separated values
--query <expression>	JMESPath query for filtering output
--subscription <id>	Override active subscription
--verbose	Enable verbose output
--debug	Enable debug output