Azure CLI samples for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
APPLIES TO: 
NoSQL
The following tables include links to sample Azure CLI scripts for the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL and to sample Azure CLI scripts that apply to all Azure Cosmos DB APIs. Common samples are the same across all APIs.
These samples require Azure CLI version 2.30 or later. Run az --version to find the version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install Azure CLI. If using Azure Cloud Shell, the latest version is already installed.
API for NoSQL Samples
| Task | Description |
|---|---|
| Create an Azure Cosmos DB account, database, and container | Creates an Azure Cosmos DB account, database, and container for API for NoSQL. |
| Create a serverless Azure Cosmos DB account, database, and container | Creates a serverless Azure Cosmos DB account, database, and container for API for NoSQL. |
| Create an Azure Cosmos DB account, database, and container with autoscale | Creates an Azure Cosmos DB account, database, and container with autoscale for API for NoSQL. |
| Perform throughput operations | Read, update, and migrate between autoscale and standard throughput on a database and container. |
| Lock resources from deletion | Prevent resources from being deleted with resource locks. |
Common API Samples
These samples apply to all Azure Cosmos DB APIs. These samples use a API for NoSQL account, but these operations are identical across all database APIs in Azure Cosmos DB.
| Task | Description |
|---|---|
| Add or fail over regions | Add a region, change failover priority, trigger a manual failover. |
| Perform account key operations | List account keys, read-only keys, regenerate keys and list connection strings. |
| Secure with IP firewall | Create an Azure Cosmos DB account with IP firewall configured. |
| Secure new account with service endpoints | Create an Azure Cosmos DB account and secure with service-endpoints. |
| Secure existing account with service endpoints | Update an Azure Cosmos DB account to secure with service-endpoints when the subnet is eventually configured. |
| Find existing free-tier account | Find whether there is an existing free-tier account in your subscription. |
Next steps
Reference pages for all Azure Cosmos DB CLI commands are available in the Azure CLI Reference.
For Azure CLI samples for other APIs see: