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Azure CLI

$Login & Configuration

az login

az account show

Show current Azure subscription details

az account list

List all Azure subscriptions

az account set --subscription 'Subscription Name or ID'

Set active Azure subscription

az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus

Create a new resource group

$Virtual Machines (VMs)

az vm list -o table

List all Azure VMs in table format

az vm create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name MyVm --image UbuntuLTS --admin-username azureuser --generate-ssh-keys

Create a new Linux VM

az vm start --name MyVm --resource-group MyResourceGroup

Start a VM

az vm stop --name MyVm --resource-group MyResourceGroup

Stop a VM

az vm delete --name MyVm --resource-group MyResourceGroup --yes

Delete a VM

az vm show --name MyVm --resource-group MyResourceGroup -d --query publicIps -o tsv

Get public IP of a VM

$Storage Accounts

az storage account list -o table

List all storage accounts

az storage account create --name mystorageaccount --resource-group MyResourceGroup --location eastus --sku Standard_LRS

Create a storage account

az storage container create --name mycontainer --account-name mystorageaccount --public-access off

Create a blob container

az storage blob upload --container-name mycontainer --account-name mystorageaccount --name myblob.txt --file /path/to/local_file.txt

Upload a blob

$Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

az aks list -o table

List AKS clusters

az aks create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name MyAksCluster --node-count 1 --generate-ssh-keys

Create an AKS cluster

az aks get-credentials --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name MyAksCluster

Get kubectl credentials for AKS

$Web Apps

az webapp list -o table

List all web apps

az webapp create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --plan MyPlan --name MyWebApp --runtime 'NODE|18-lts'

Create a web app

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