1. Azure CLI
Deep Dive
Neil Peterson
Content Developer
Microsoft

2. Agenda Introduction CLI Basics and Resource Creation
Queries and Output
Interactive CLI
Cloud Shell
Scoped Configurations
GitHub project

3. Session objectives and takeaways
At the end of this session, you should be better able to…
Install and use the Azure CLI
Deploy Azure infrastructure with the CLI
Query data with the CLI
Find support and contribute to the CLI

4. Azure CLI Introduction

5. Azure CLI Introduction
Cross platform CLI for provisioning and managing Azure infrastructure.
Version 2.0
Run on macOS, Windows, or Linux
Run in Azure Cloud Shell
Create and manage Azure resources from command line
Write scripts to create and manage Azure resources

6. CLI Basics

7. Azure CLI Installation
Cross platform with several installation options.
macOS – Instructions
Windows – Instructions
Linux - Instructions
Docker Image – Instructions

8. Azure CLI Authentication
Interactive – ‘az login’
Non Interactive – ‘az login –u username –p password
Service Principle – ‘az login –service-principal –u –p password –tenant tenant

9. Using the CLI Can be run in various shells (Bash, CMD, PowerShell)
Get help (az --help) - simple format, identifies required arguments, examples.
Scoped help (az group --help) – get help on a specific command.
Command output is JSON by default

10. Demo – CLI Basics

11. Queries and Output

12. Azure CLI Query
The query argument can be used to search and filter data.
CLI uses JMESPath query notation
Query using the –query argument
Filter data using the contains function
Output formats:
json – json string.
ksonc – colorized json string
table – table
tsv – tab-seperted values

13. CLI Interactive Mode

14. Azure CLI – Interactive Mode
Interactive mode can be used for discovering command and examples.
Discover commands and arguments
Scope the CLI to a specific resource
Bash commands can be used in interactive mode.

15. Cloud Shell

16. Azure CLI – Cloud Shell
Cloud Shell is build into the Azure portal and integrated with documentation.
Browser based console
A volume is mounted where scripts can be stored
Common tools such as the Docker CLI are also installed

17. CLI Scoped Configurations

18. Azure CLI – Scoped Configurations
The CLI can be scoped so that default values are always used.
For instance, if you want to avoid entering a resource group name, a default can be specified.
az configure --defaults group=“myResourceGroup”
az configure --defaults vm=“myVM”

19. GitHub Project

20. Azure CLI – GitHub Project
Azure CLI is fully open sourced, developed and supported on GitHub.
Written in Python
Open to contribution
Support provided .via GitHub issues
Sample PR - GitHub

21. In review: session objectives and takeaways
Now, you should be better able to…
Install and use the Azure CLI
Deploy Azure infrastructure with the CLI
Query data with the CLI
Find support and contribute to the CLI