melvynx 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 |