How to configure PowerShell for managing Azure resources (Windows platform)
1. Login to the machine using privileged account.
2. Follow the instructions below to install the latest build of PowerShell:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell?view=powershell-7
3. From command prompt, run the command below to invoke PowerShell:
Note: You need to run cmd.exe or pwsh.exe as administrator.
4. Run the command below to find out the current PowerShell version:
5. In-case you currently have version older than 5.1, follow the article below to locate the download URL for upgrading to the latest version of PowerShell:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/migrating-from-windows-powershell-51-to-powershell-7?view=powershell-7
6. Run the command below to install Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
7. Run the commands below to update to the latest Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
8. To view the installed versions of Az, run the command below:
How to configure PowerShell for managing Azure resources (RHEL/CentOS platform)
1. Login to the machine using privileged account.
2. Run the command below to register the RedHat 7 or CentOS 7 repository:
3. Run the command below to install PowerShell:
4. From command prompt, run the command below to invoke PowerShell:
5. Run the command below to find out the current PowerShell version:
6. Run the command below to install Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
7. Run the commands below to update to the latest Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
8. To view the installed versions of Az, run the command below:
How to configure PowerShell for managing Azure resources (Ubuntu 18.04 platform)
1. Login to the machine using privileged account.
2. Run the command below to register the Ubuntu 18.04 repository:
3. Run the command below to install PowerShell:
4. From command prompt, run the command below to invoke PowerShell:
5. Run the command below to find out the current PowerShell version:
6. Run the command below to install Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
7. Run the commands below to update to the latest Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
8. To view the installed versions of Az, run the command below:
How to configure PowerShell for managing Azure resources (Debian 10 platform)
1. Login to the machine using privileged account.
2. Run the command below to register the Debian 10 repository:
3. Run the command below to install PowerShell:
4. From command prompt, run the command below to invoke PowerShell:
5. Run the command below to find out the current PowerShell version:
6. Run the command below to install Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
7. Run the commands below to update to the latest Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
8. To view the installed versions of Az, run the command below:
Common PowerShell commands for Azure
- Login to an Azure account:
Connect-AzAccount - List available subscriptions:
Get-AzSubscription - Change the context to a specific Azure subscription:
Set-AzContext -SubscriptionId <subscription_id>
Note: Replace <subscription_id> with the relevant subscription ID - Run the command below to suppress warning messages:
Set-Item Env:\SuppressAzurePowerShellBreakingChangeWarnings "true"
Resource group related commands
- List available resource groups:
Get-AzResourceGroup - Create a new Azure resource group:
New-AzResourceGroup -Name <ResourceGroup_Name> -Location <Location_>
Note 1: Replace <ResourceGroup_Name> with your own relevant group name
Note 2: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/
Example:
New-AzResourceGroup -Name RG01 -Location "West Europe"
Networking related commands
- List available virtual networks:
Get-AzVirtualNetwork - List available subnets
Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name <Virtual Network Name> -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> | Get-AzureRmVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig | Format-Table
Note 1: The above command should be written in a single line
Note 2: Replace <Virtual_Network_Name> with the relevant VNET
Note 3: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with the relevant resource group name
Example:
Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name VNET01 -ResourceGroupName RG01 | Get-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig | Format-Table - Create a new virtual network and a new subnet:
$subnetConfig = New-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name <SubnetName> -AddressPrefix <Subnet address prefix CIDR>
New-AzVirtualNetwork -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> -Location <Location> -Name <Virtual network name> -AddressPrefix <Virtual network address prefix CIDR> -Subnet $subnetConfig
Note 1: The above commands should be written in a single line (for each command)
Note 2: Replace <Subnet_Name> with a relevant subnet name
Note 3: Replace <Subnet_address_prefix_CIDR> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 4: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 5: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/
Note 6: Replace <Virtual_network_name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 7: Replace <Virtual_network_address_prefix_CIDR> with relevant value (see example below)
Example:
$subnetConfig = New-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name mySubnet -AddressPrefix 192.168.1.0/24
New-AzVirtualNetwork -ResourceGroupName RG01 -Location "UK West" -Name VNET01 -AddressPrefix 192.168.0.0/16 -Subnet $subnetConfig - List all available network security groups:
Get-AzNetworkSecurityGroup - Create a new network security group:
New-AzNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> -Location <Location> -Name <Network security group name>
Note 1: The above command should be written in a single line
Note 2: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 3: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/
Note 4: Replace <Network_security_group_name> with relevant value (see example below)
Example:
New-AzNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName RG01 -Location "UK West" -Name myNetworkSecurityGroup - List all available rules inside a network security group:
Get-AzNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> -Name <Network security group name> | Get-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig | Format-Table
Note 1: The above command should be written in a single line
Note 2: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 3: Replace <Network_security_group_name> with relevant value (see example below)
Example:
Get-AzNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName RG01 -Name myNetworkSecurityGroup | Get-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig | Format-Table - Create a new rule inside an existing network security group:
$nsgRule = New-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig -Name <Security rule name> -Protocol Tcp -Direction Inbound -Priority 1000 -SourceAddressPrefix * -SourcePortRange * -DestinationAddressPrefix * -DestinationPortRange 3389 -Access Allow
New-AzNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> -Location <Location> -Name <Network security group name> -SecurityRules $nsgRule -Force
Note 1: The above commands should be written in a single line (for each command)
Note 2: Replace <Security_rule_name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 3: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 4: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/
Note 5: Replace <Network_security_group_name> with relevant value (see example below)
Example:
$nsgRule = New-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig -Name AllowRDP -Protocol Tcp -Direction Inbound -Priority 1000 -SourceAddressPrefix * -SourcePortRange * -DestinationAddressPrefix * -DestinationPortRange 3389 -Access Allow
New-AzNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName RG01 -Location "West Europe" -Name myNetworkSecurityGroup -SecurityRules $nsgRule –Force - List available public IP addresses assigned to virtual machines:
Get-AzPublicIpAddress
Virtual machine related commands
- List available virtual machines in a subscription:
Get-AzVM - List available virtual machines in a specific resource group:
Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name>
Note: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value - Get information about a specific virtual machine inside a resource group:
Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName <Resource group name> -Name <VM Name>
Note 1: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value
Note 2: Replace <VM_Name> with the relevant value - Start a virtual machine inside a specific resource group:
Start-AzVM -ResourceGroupName <Resource group name> -Name <VM Name>
Note 1: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value
Note 2: Replace <VM_Name> with the relevant value - Restart a virtual machine inside a specific resource group:
Restart-AzVM -ResourceGroupName <Resource group name> -Name <VM Name>
Note 1: The above command should be written in a single line
Note 2: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value
Note 3: Replace <VM_Name> with the relevant value - Stop a virtual machine inside a specific resource group:
Stop-AzVM -ResourceGroupName <Resource group name> -Name <VM Name>
Note 1: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value
Note 2: Replace <VM_Name> with the relevant value - List available virtual machine sizes for a region:
Get-AzVMSize -Location <Location>
Note: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/ - List available virtual machine image publishers for a region:
Get-AzVMImagePublisher -Location <Location>
Note: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/ - List available offer types for a publisher (such as Vendor)
Get-AzVMImageOffer -Location <Location> -PublisherName <Publisher Name>
Note 1: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/
Note 2: Replace <Publisher_Name> with a relevant value (such as MicrosoftWindowsServer or RedHat)
Example:
Get-AzVMImageOffer -Location "West Europe" -PublisherName MicrosoftWindowsServer - List available virtual machine image SKU’s for a region:
Get-AzVMImageSku -Location <Location> -PublisherName <Publisher Name> -Offer <Offer name>
Note 1: The above command should be written in a single line
Note 2: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/
Note 3: Replace <Publisher_Name> with the relevant value (see example below)
Note 4: Replace <Offer_Name> with the relevant value (see example below)
Example:
Get-AzVMImageSku -Location "West Europe" -PublisherName "MicrosoftWindowsServer" -Offer "WindowsServer"
Storage related commands
- List available storage accounts:
Get-AzStorageAccount | Select StorageAccountName, Location - Create an empty new storage account:
New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> -AccountName <Storage account name> -Location <Location> -SkuName <Storage account type>
Note 1: The above command should be written in a single line
Note 2: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 3: Replace <Storage_account_name> with a unique value between 3-24 characters (numbers and lower-case letters)
Note 4: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/
Note 5: Replace <Storage_account_type> with a value from the list below:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview
Example:
New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName RG01 -AccountName mystorageacct01 -Location “West Europe” -SkuName Standard_LRS - Create a new storage account and a new blob storage container:
$storageAccount = New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> -Name <Storage account name> -SkuName <Storage account type> -Location <Location> -Kind Storage
$ctx = $storageAccount.Context
$containerName = <Container name>
New-AzStorageContainer -Name $containerName -Context $ctx -Permission blob
Note 1: The above commands should be written in a single line (for each command)
Note 2: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 3: Replace <Storage_account_name> with a unique value between 3-24 characters (numbers and lower-case letters)
Note 4: Replace <Storage_account_type> with a value from the list below:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview
Note 5: Replace <Location_> with the target location, from the list below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/locations/
Note 6: Replace <Container_name> with a relevant and unique value
Example:
$storageAccount = New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName RG01 -Name mystorageacct01 -SkuName Standard_LRS -Location “West Europe” -Kind Storage
$ctx = $storageAccount.Context
$containerName = "quickstartblobs"
New-AzStorageContainer -Name $containerName -Context $ctx -Permission blob - Remove a storage account:
Remove-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> -AccountName <Storage account name> –Force
Note 1: The above command should be written in a single line
Note 2: Replace <Resource_Group_Name> with relevant value (see example below)
Note 3: Replace <Storage_account_name> with the relevant value
Example:
Remove-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName RG01 -AccountName mystorageacct01 –Force
