Azure CLI

When to Use

• Azure resource queries
• AKS cluster management
• Key Vault operations
• ACR management
• RBAC configuration

Prerequisites

• Azure CLI installed
• Authenticated: az login or managed identity
• Subscription selected
• Appropriate RBAC roles

Commands

Context

# Show current account
az account show -o table

# List subscriptions
az account list -o table --query "[].{Name:name, ID:id, State:state}"

# Set subscription
az account set --subscription "<subscription-id>"

Resource Queries

# List resources in RG
az resource list -g <resource-group> -o table

# Show resource
az resource show --ids <resource-id>

# Query with JMESPath
az resource list -g <rg> --query "[?type=='Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters']"

AKS Operations

# Get credentials
az aks get-credentials -g <rg> -n <cluster> --overwrite-existing

# Show cluster
az aks show -g <rg> -n <cluster> -o table

# Node pools
az aks nodepool list -g <rg> --cluster-name <cluster> -o table

# Scale cluster
az aks scale -g <rg> -n <cluster> --node-count 5

Key Vault

# List secrets (names only)
az keyvault secret list --vault-name <kv> -o table --query "[].{Name:name}"

# Get secret
az keyvault secret show --vault-name <kv> -n <secret> --query value -o tsv

ACR

# List repositories
az acr repository list -n <acr> -o table

# Show tags
az acr repository show-tags -n <acr> --repository <repo> --orderby time_desc

Best Practices

1. Use -o table for readable output
2. Use -o json for parsing with jq
3. Use --query for filtering
4. Never expose secrets in output
5. Verify subscription before operations

Output Format

1. Command executed
2. Results in table format
3. Warnings or issues
4. Next steps

Integration with Agents

Used by: @terraform, @security, @sre, @test