Azure CLI and ARM

Azure CLI 2.0:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/reference-index?view=azure-cli-latest
https://shell.azure.com/

az login -u <username> -p <password>
az vm list --output=tsv | tr '\t' ','

az vm list --out tsv --query '[].[id, location, resourceGroup, name]'

az vm run-command invoke --resource-group runcmd --name linux-runcmd --scripts "sudo touch /test.txt" --command-id RunShellScript

az configure (config stored in /homedir/.azure/config)

Simple scripts to create Ububtu VM with nginx:

#!/bin/bash

# Create a resource group.
az group create --name myResourceGroup --location westeurope

# Create a new virtual machine, this creates SSH keys if not present.
az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM --image UbuntuLTS --generate-ssh-keys

# Open port 80 to allow web traffic to host.
az vm open-port --port 80 --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM 

# Use CustomScript extension to install NGINX.
az vm extension set \
  --publisher Microsoft.Azure.Extensions \
  --version 2.0 \
  --name CustomScript \
  --vm-name myVM \
  --resource-group myResourceGroup \
  --settings '{"commandToExecute":"apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install nginx"}'

Azure Resource Manager — ARM uses json format. ARM files tend to be quite verbose and therefore long:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/templates/

az group create --name <resource-group-name> --location <resource-group-location>
az group deployment create --resource-group <my-resource-group> --template-uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/101-vm-tags/azuredeploy.jsonhttps://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/blob/master/101-vm-tags/azuredeploy.json

Can create infrastructure using portal then export ARM json file that can be used as template:

• Use portal to export
• Use CLI: az group export --name zrg > template