Azure Cloud (Microsoft)

AZ cli tool

AZ cli

$ docker run -it microsoft/azure-cli
az login

In the AZ cli, create a principal account to be used by automation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/create-an-azure-service-principal-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest

Powershell

Powershell on Linux using docker
- $ docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/powershell
- $ docker run -it microsoft/powershell

Run azure

https://shell.azure.com/

$ azure login
info:    Executing command login
- Authenticating...info:    To sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and enter the code HAY8K6VD6 to authenticate.
info:    Added subscription Free Trial
+
info:    login command OK
pieter@Azure:~$

Get details
```
$ az account show
```

Create a service account

$ az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "SALT-ADMIN"
{
  "appId": "a0a000-0000-00000-0000-20",
  "displayName": "SALT-ADMIN",
  "name": "http://SALT-ADMIN",
  "password": "20000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000005",
  "tenant": "20000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"
}

# az ad sp show --id http://SALT-ADMIN

# az ad sp credential reset --name http://SALT-ADMIN

create ResourceGroup

az group create -n testRG -l "Australia East"

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