Azure CLI: Create and Manage Resource Groups
All cloud resources created / provisioned in Microsoft Azure need to be associated with Resource Groups. This is one of the basic features of the…
Azure CLI
The Azure CLI is a cross-platform, command-line tool that allows users to connect to Azure and execute administrative commands on Azure resources. It is designed to help users work quickly with Azure, with an emphasis on automation. The CLI is available across Azure services, and can be installed on Windows, macOS, or Linux. It can also be run in Azure Cloud Shell or used in within a Docker container.
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Azure Web App: Application Settings
All web applications have some kind of configurations that are set on the server. The method of storing and accessing these settings varies on different…
Azure CLI: List and Set Azure Subscription
To list and set the Azure Subscription to run Azure CLI commands against is an important step in command-line scripting. To do this, there are…
Get Total Size Allocated to Azure Storage Account (Blobs, Files, Tables and Queues)
Azure Storage Accounts are a fundamental part of cloud storage in Microsoft Azure, providing various types of storage services such as blobs, files, tables, and…
Azure CLI: Generate SAS Token for Blob in Azure Storage
Azure Storage is a cloud service at the very center of Microsoft Azure. It provides the foundations for storing data in many services and systems…
Azure CLI: Create and Manage Service Principals
When an application needs to authenticate with Azure AD you can’t really just give it a username and password. To authenticate and authorize an application…
Install Azure CLI on Windows with Winget
The Azure CLI is the command-line tool for working with Microsoft Azure resources, and grants you access to the CLI through both the Windows Command…
Microsoft Azure is Multiple Clouds – Public, US Gov, China and Germany
Did you know that Microsoft Azure is not just one public cloud? Most of us only interact with the Public Azure Cloud, but this isn’t…
Azure CLI 1.0 vs 2.0 Compared, Installation and Usage
The Azure CLI is the cross-platform, command-line tool for managing resources in Microsoft Azure. Microsoft recently released the Azure CLI 2.0 and the commands start…
Terraform: Import Existing Azure Resource Group
If you find yourself with an existing Azure Resource Group that you need to import into a Terraform project, you can use the terraform import…
Azure CLI: Delete All Resources Within Resource Group
There are times when you want to delete all the resources within a specific Azure Resource Group, but you do not want to delete the…
Azure Resource Tags: Important Organization Strategies and Tips
In the Microsoft Azure cloud, the organization and management of resources are extremely important for operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Azure Tags serve as a fundamental…
Azure Cloud Shell Tips and Tricks
The Azure Cloud Shell offers the ability to manage cloud resources, virtual machines, run scripts and other tasks directly from within the browser or Azure…
Azure CLI: Delete Public IP from Existing NIC / VM
So you have already created a Virtual Machine in Azure that is provisioned with a Public IP address and you need to remove it. Don’t…
Introducing the Azure Cloud Shell
The Azure Cloud Shell has been out for some time now, as an embedded Bash and PowerShell command-line shell / terminal within the Azure Portal.…
Azure CLI 2.0: Make Bash Output More Readable
It can be extremely useful to use the Azure CLI to manage / manipulate your Azure resources from the command-line. However, many of the commands…
Azure CLI: Check if Blob Exists in Azure Storage
Before we dive into the nitty-gritty details, let’s clarify some essential concepts. Azure Storage, a cloud-based storage solution, is organized into a hierarchy of containers,…
Azure CLI: Reset Azure SQL Database Password
The Azure SQL Database service allows you to set an Admin login and password when you provision a database server in the service. However, if…
Azure CLI: Call Azure REST API Directly
The Azure CLI is a command-line tool built to give a native CLI interface for working with Microsoft Azure resources. The Azure CLI itself will…
Azure CLI: Quickly Start / Stop ALL VMs
You can easily Start and Stop Virtual Machines (VMs) through the Azure Portal. Previously, I’ve written about the importance of Stopping unused VMs to save money…