List of VMs

Question

How can I get a list of VMs and their properties (size, OS, location, etc) in all of my subscriptions in Azure? Using my local Linux instance, use curl

Answer 1

Hi

The way to do this is install the Azure CLI for Linux on your Linux instance:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?wt.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5005255&pivots=apt

You'll need to use the "az vm" commands as opposed to curl to get the required info, commands list here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/vm?view=azure-cli-latest&wt.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5005255

Hope this helps,

Thanks

Michael Durkan

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Answer 2

Hello, @Ricardo Garin !

How do I check my VM or other Azure resources using curl from Linux?

I would agree with recommendation from @Michael Durkan here and use Azure CLI--you can even use Azure cloud shell to avoid installing anything locally.

If you wanted to, you could create an access token and then use curl to call Azure REST API. These are some guides on how you would do that:

• Get started with Azure using only curl (by NEIL ON AZURE)
• Calling Azure REST API via curl (by Davide Mauri)
• Invoke Azure REST API with curl (on azure-notes)

Once you are able to use curl to call Azure REST API, you can use:

• Virtual Machines - List All: Lists all of the virtual machines in the specified subscription. Use the nextLink property in the response to get the next page of virtual machines.

This will get you size (vmSize), OS (sku, osType), location (location), and much more.

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