Azure CLI Cheatsheet

Quick reference for Azure CLI commands covering VMs, storage, identity, functions, AKS, networking, configuration, and SQL databases

61 commands

az vm create

Create a virtual machine

az vm create -g myRG -n myVM --image Ubuntu2204 --admin-username azureuser --generate-ssh-keys

az vm list

List virtual machines

az vm list -g myRG -o table

az vm start

Start a virtual machine

az vm start -g myRG -n myVM

az vm stop

Stop a virtual machine

az vm stop -g myRG -n myVM

az vm deallocate

Deallocate a virtual machine

az vm deallocate -g myRG -n myVM

az vm delete

Delete a virtual machine

az vm delete -g myRG -n myVM --yes

az vm resize

Resize a virtual machine

az vm resize -g myRG -n myVM --size Standard_DS3_v2

az vm show

Show VM details

az vm show -g myRG -n myVM -o json

az vm list-sizes

List available VM sizes

az vm list-sizes -l eastus -o table

az vm open-port

Open a port on a VM

az vm open-port -g myRG -n myVM --port 80

az storage account create

Create a storage account

az storage account create -n mystorageacct -g myRG -l eastus --sku Standard_LRS

az storage account list

List storage accounts

az storage account list -g myRG -o table

az storage account delete

Delete a storage account

az storage account delete -n mystorageacct -g myRG --yes

az storage container create

Create a blob container

az storage container create -n mycontainer --account-name mystorageacct

az storage blob upload

Upload a blob

az storage blob upload -f ./file.txt -c mycontainer -n file.txt --account-name mystorageacct

az storage blob list

List blobs in a container

az storage blob list -c mycontainer --account-name mystorageacct -o table

az storage blob download

Download a blob

az storage blob download -c mycontainer -n file.txt -f ./downloaded.txt --account-name mystorageacct

az storage account show-connection-string

Show connection string

az storage account show-connection-string -n mystorageacct -g myRG

az ad user create

Create an Azure AD user

az ad user create --display-name 'John' --password Pa$$w0rd --user-principal-name john@contoso.com

az ad user list

List Azure AD users

az ad user list -o table

az ad sp create-for-rbac

Create a service principal

az ad sp create-for-rbac --name myServicePrincipal --role contributor --scopes /subscriptions/{sub-id}

az role assignment create

Create a role assignment

az role assignment create --assignee user@contoso.com --role Reader --scope /subscriptions/{sub-id}

az role assignment list

List role assignments

az role assignment list --assignee user@contoso.com -o table

az ad group create

Create an Azure AD group

az ad group create --display-name DevTeam --mail-nickname devteam

az login

az functionapp create

Create a Function App

az functionapp create -g myRG -n myFuncApp --storage-account mystorageacct --consumption-plan-location eastus --runtime node

az functionapp list

List Function Apps

az functionapp list -g myRG -o table

az functionapp delete

Delete a Function App

az functionapp delete -g myRG -n myFuncApp

az webapp create

Create a Web App

az webapp create -g myRG -p myPlan -n myWebApp --runtime 'NODE:18-lts'

az webapp list

List Web Apps

az webapp list -g myRG -o table

az webapp deploy

Deploy to a Web App

az webapp deploy -g myRG -n myWebApp --src-path ./app.zip --type zip

az appservice plan create

Create an App Service plan

az appservice plan create -g myRG -n myPlan --sku B1 --is-linux

az aks create

Create an AKS cluster

az aks create -g myRG -n myAKS --node-count 3 --generate-ssh-keys

az aks get-credentials

Get AKS cluster credentials

az aks get-credentials -g myRG -n myAKS

az aks list

List AKS clusters

az aks list -o table

az aks scale

Scale AKS cluster nodes

az aks scale -g myRG -n myAKS --node-count 5

az aks delete

Delete an AKS cluster

az aks delete -g myRG -n myAKS --yes

az acr create

Create a container registry

az acr create -g myRG -n myACR --sku Basic

az acr login

az acr login --name myACR

az network vnet create

Create a virtual network

az network vnet create -g myRG -n myVNet --address-prefix 10.0.0.0/16

az network vnet subnet create

Create a subnet

az network vnet subnet create -g myRG --vnet-name myVNet -n mySubnet --address-prefixes 10.0.1.0/24

az network nsg create

Create a network security group

az network nsg create -g myRG -n myNSG

az network nsg rule create

Create an NSG rule

az network nsg rule create -g myRG --nsg-name myNSG -n AllowHTTP --priority 100 --destination-port-ranges 80 --access Allow --protocol Tcp

az network public-ip create

Create a public IP address

az network public-ip create -g myRG -n myPublicIP --sku Standard

az network lb create

Create a load balancer

az network lb create -g myRG -n myLB --sku Standard --frontend-ip-name myFrontEnd --backend-pool-name myBackEnd

az network dns zone create

Create a DNS zone

az network dns zone create -g myRG -n contoso.com

az group create

Create a resource group

az group create -n myRG -l eastus

az group list

List resource groups

az group list -o table

az group delete

Delete a resource group

az group delete -n myRG --yes --no-wait

az account list

List subscriptions

az account list -o table

az account set

Set active subscription

az account set --subscription 'My Subscription'

az configure

Manage Azure CLI configuration

az configure --defaults group=myRG location=eastus

az resource list

List resources

az resource list -g myRG -o table

az tag create

Create a tag

az tag create --resource-id /subscriptions/{sub-id}/resourceGroups/myRG --tags env=prod

az sql server create

Create a SQL Server

az sql server create -g myRG -n myserver -u sqladmin -p Pa$$w0rd -l eastus

az sql db create

Create a SQL database

az sql db create -g myRG -s myserver -n mydb --service-objective S0

az sql db list

List SQL databases

az sql db list -g myRG -s myserver -o table

az sql db delete

Delete a SQL database

az sql db delete -g myRG -s myserver -n mydb --yes

az sql server firewall-rule create

Create a firewall rule

az sql server firewall-rule create -g myRG -s myserver -n AllowMyIP --start-ip-address 203.0.113.1 --end-ip-address 203.0.113.1

az cosmosdb create

Create a Cosmos DB account

az cosmosdb create -g myRG -n mycosmosdb

az mysql server create

Create a MySQL Server

az mysql server create -g myRG -n mymysql -u mysqladmin -p Pa$$w0rd -l eastus --sku-name GP_Gen5_2