az vm user
Manage user accounts for a VM.
Commands
Name | Description | Type | Status |
---|---|---|---|
az vm user delete |
Delete a user account from a VM. |
Core | GA |
az vm user reset-ssh |
Reset the SSH configuration on a VM. |
Core | GA |
az vm user update |
Update a user account for VM. You can use it to update password or ssh key value for VM user. |
Core | GA |
az vm user delete
Delete a user account from a VM.
Also deletes the user home directory on Linux VMs.
az vm user delete --username
[--ids]
[--name]
[--no-wait]
[--resource-group]
[--subscription]
Examples
Delete a user account.
az vm user delete -u username -n MyVm -g MyResourceGroup
Delete a user on all VMs in a resource group.
az vm user delete -u username --ids $(az vm list -g MyResourceGroup --query "[].id" -o tsv)
Required Parameters
The user name.
Optional Parameters
One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of 'Resource Id' arguments. You should provide either --ids or other 'Resource Id' arguments.
The name of the Virtual Machine. You can configure the default using az configure --defaults vm=<name>
.
Do not wait for the long-running operation to finish.
Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>
.
Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID
.
Global Parameters
Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.
Show this help message and exit.
Only show errors, suppressing warnings.
Output format.
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.
Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID
.
Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.
az vm user reset-ssh
Reset the SSH configuration on a VM.
The extension will restart the SSH service, open the SSH port on your VM, and reset the SSH configuration to default values. The user account (name, password, and SSH keys) are not changed.
az vm user reset-ssh [--ids]
[--name]
[--no-wait]
[--resource-group]
[--subscription]
Examples
Reset the SSH configuration.
az vm user reset-ssh -n MyVm -g MyResourceGroup
Reset the SSH server on all VMs in a resource group.
az vm user reset-ssh --ids $(az vm list -g MyResourceGroup --query "[].id" -o tsv)
Optional Parameters
One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of 'Resource Id' arguments. You should provide either --ids or other 'Resource Id' arguments.
The name of the Virtual Machine. You can configure the default using az configure --defaults vm=<name>
.
Do not wait for the long-running operation to finish.
Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>
.
Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID
.
Global Parameters
Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.
Show this help message and exit.
Only show errors, suppressing warnings.
Output format.
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.
Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID
.
Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.
az vm user update
Update a user account for VM. You can use it to update password or ssh key value for VM user.
This command uses VMAccessForLinux 1.5 for Linux operating system and VMAccessAgent 2.4 for Window operating system.
az vm user update --username
[--ids]
[--name]
[--no-wait]
[--password]
[--resource-group]
[--ssh-key-value]
[--subscription]
Examples
Update a Windows user account. If username does not exist, a new user will be created.
az vm user update -u username -p password -n MyVm -g MyResourceGroup
Update a Linux user account. ("$(< filename)" syntax is not supported on Command Prompt or PowerShell.)
az vm user update -u username --ssh-key-value "$(< ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)" -n MyVm -g MyResourceGroup
Update a user on all VMs in a resource group. ("$(< filename)" syntax is not supported on Command Prompt or PowerShell.)
az vm user update -u username --ssh-key-value "$(< ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)" --ids $(az vm list -g MyResourceGroup --query "[].id" -o tsv)
Required Parameters
The user name.
Optional Parameters
One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of 'Resource Id' arguments. You should provide either --ids or other 'Resource Id' arguments.
The name of the Virtual Machine. You can configure the default using az configure --defaults vm=<name>
.
Do not wait for the long-running operation to finish.
The user password.
Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>
.
SSH public key file value or public key file path. This command appends the new public key text to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file for the admin user on the VM. This does not replace or remove any existing SSH keys.
Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID
.
Global Parameters
Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.
Show this help message and exit.
Only show errors, suppressing warnings.
Output format.
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.
Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID
.
Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.
Azure CLI