az

Name: az
Author: Melvynx

Azure CLI - manage VMs, web apps, functions, storage, AKS, and other Azure services. Use when user mentions 'az', 'azure', or wants to interact with Microsoft Azure.

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Install

$ npx api2cli install az

Details

Skill type: Official CLI

Auth type: bearer

Version: 1.0.0

Author: Melvynx

Repo: https://github.com/Melvynx/cli-skills

README

az

Setup

brew install azure-cli

Verify installation:

az --version

Use -o json for machine-readable output.

Authentication

az login

Resources

Account and Subscription

Command	Description
`az account show`	Show current subscription details
`az account list`	List all subscriptions
`az account set --subscription <id>`	Switch active subscription

Resource Groups

Command	Description
`az group list`	List all resource groups
`az group create --name <name> --location eastus`	Create a resource group
`az group delete --name <name>`	Delete a resource group
`az group show --name <name>`	Show resource group details

Virtual Machines

Command	Description
`az vm list`	List all VMs
`az vm list -d`	List VMs with details (IPs, power state)
`az vm create --resource-group <rg> --name <name> --image Ubuntu2204`	Create a VM
`az vm start --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Start a VM
`az vm stop --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Stop a VM
`az vm delete --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Delete a VM
`az vm show --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Show VM details

Web Apps

Command	Description
`az webapp list`	List all web apps
`az webapp create --resource-group <rg> --plan <plan> --name <name> --runtime "NODE:20-lts"`	Create a web app
`az webapp deploy --resource-group <rg> --name <name> --src-path <file>`	Deploy to a web app
`az webapp show --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Show web app details
`az webapp log tail --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Tail web app logs
`az webapp delete --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Delete a web app

Function Apps

Command	Description
`az functionapp list`	List all function apps
`az functionapp create --resource-group <rg> --consumption-plan-location eastus --runtime node --name <name> --storage-account <sa>`	Create a function app
`az functionapp show --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Show function app details
`az functionapp delete --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Delete a function app

Storage

Command	Description
`az storage account list`	List all storage accounts
`az storage account create --name <name> --resource-group <rg> --sku Standard_LRS`	Create a storage account
`az storage container list --account-name <name>`	List blob containers
`az storage blob upload --account-name <name> --container-name <c> --file <file> --name <blob>`	Upload a blob

AKS (Kubernetes)

Command	Description
`az aks list`	List all AKS clusters
`az aks create --resource-group <rg> --name <name> --node-count 3`	Create an AKS cluster
`az aks get-credentials --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Get cluster credentials for kubectl
`az aks show --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Show cluster details
`az aks delete --resource-group <rg> --name <name>`	Delete an AKS cluster

Global Flags

Flag	Description
`-o json`	Output as JSON
`-o table`	Output as table
`-o tsv`	Output as tab-separated values
`--query <expression>`	JMESPath query for filtering output
`--subscription <id>`	Override active subscription
`--verbose`	Enable verbose output
`--debug`	Enable debug output