CLI

Basic

Tool	Description
azure-cli
CloudShell	Browser-based shell environment allows to manage and configure Azure services It provides a host of tools, including Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet Bolt, kubectl, and many more

Start CLI

❯ docker run -it -v ${HOME}/.ssh:/root/.ssh mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli

CLI

Basics (az...)

Command	Notes
login	Login to Azure (and follow instructions on screen)
account list --output table	List Subscriptions
account show	Get the details of current Subscription
group list	List all the resource groups in a subscription
az resource list --resource-group <ID> --resource-type Microsoft.Web/sites	List all the resources in a resource group

IAM (az...)

Command	Notes
az role definition list --custom-role-only true --output json | jq '.[] | {"roleName":.roleName, "roleType":.roleType}'	List all custom roles
az role definition list --name "Virtual Machine Operator"	View definition for a specific role
role definition list --name "Virtual Machine Contributor" --output json | jq '.[] | .permissions[0].actions'	List permissions for the built-in role Virtual Machine Contributor
az role assignment list --role "Virtual Machine Operator"	List custom role assignment
az role definition create --role-definition vm-operator-role.json	Create custom role
az role assignment create --assignee $USER --role "Virtual Machine Operator"	Assign custom role
az role assignment delete --role "role name" az role definition delete --name "role name"	Delete custom role