Azure Powershell
See all available releases for powershell: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases.
Azure powershell documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/?view=azps-10.3.0
Az is the formal name for the Azure PowerShell module containing cmdlets to work with Azure features. It contains hundreds of cmdlets that let you control nearly every aspect of every Azure resource. You can work with the following features, and more: Resource groups, Storage, VMs, Azure AD, Containers, Machine learning.
Installation
# Get version of the installed AZ module
Get-InstalledModule -Name Az -AllVersions | Select-Object -Property Name, Version
# To install a new AZ Module, run as Administrator
Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Repository PSGallery -Force
# To update a new AZ Module, run as Administrator
Update-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Repository PSGallery
You can have several versions of Powershell Azure installed.
Linux
# Import the encryption key for the Microsoft Ubuntu repository. This key enables the package manager to verify that the PowerShell package you install comes from Microsoft.
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
# Register the Microsoft Ubuntu repository so the package manager can locate the PowerShell package:
sudo curl -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/prod.list
# Update the list of packages:
sudo apt-get update
# Install PowerShell:
sudo apt-get install -y powershell
# Start PowerShell to verify that it installed successfully:
pwshx
Basic commands
Cmdlets are shipped in modules. A PowerShell Module is a dynamic-link library (DLL) that includes the code to process each available cmdlet. Az is the formal name for the Azure PowerShell module, which contains cmdlets to work with Azure features.
# Load module
Get-Module
# Install Azure module
Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force
# Update powershell module
Update-Module -Name Az
Managing infrastructure
For an account to work, you need a subscription. Additionally, you will need to create several resources: a resource group, an storage account and a file share.
# First, connect to your Azure account
Connect-AzAccount
# List your subscriptions
Get-AzSubscription
# Set a variable name for your subscription context and set context in Azure
$context = Get-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId <ID>
# Set context
Set-AzContext $context
Resource Groups
# List existing Resource Groups
Get-AzResourceGroup
# Create a new Resource group. Two things needed: a name and a location. Create variables for those:
$location = (Get-AzResourceGroup -Name resource-group_test1).Location
$rgName = "myresourcegroup"
New-AzResourceGroup -Name $rgName -Location $location
# A way to assign a variable to location if you want to replicate an existing location from another resource group
$location = (Get-AzResourceGroup -Name $rgName).Location
# Delete resource groups
Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name "ContosoRG01"
VMs
# List VMs
Get-AzVm
# Create a new VM
New-AzVm -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Name "MyVM01" -Image "UbuntLTS"
Storage accounts
File Disk
# List all File shares
Get-AzDisk
# Create a new configuration for your File Disk
$myDiskConfig = New-AzDiskConfig -Location $location -CreateOption Empty -DiskSizeGB 32 -Sku Standard_LRS
# Create the file disk. First assign a variable for the disk name
$myDiskName = "myDiskname"
New-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName $myresourcegroup -DiskName $myDiskName -Disk $myDiskConfig
# Increase size of an existing Az Disk
New-AzDiskUpdateConfig -DiskSize 64 | Update-AzDisk -ResourceGroup $rgName -DiskName $myDiskName
# Get current SKU of a given Az Disk
(Get-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName rg-test2 -Name myDiskName).Sku
# Update an Standard_LRS SKU to a premium one
New-AzDiskUpdateConfig -Sku Premium_LRS | Update-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName $rgName -DiskName $myDiskName