az login using Azure CLI agent on Azure Devops

Question

I am trying to run az login and then further some other az commands via a powershell script or bash or either using Azure CLI as agent in Azure Devops release pipeline, however every time it is stopping at "az login " itself, asking to do a "login" using the link opened via the browser.
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
However the script is running under the agent's IR and cannot be used to run the browser window.
I also tried to login using "az login --use-device-code" and then opened the browser using the code value and it still failed.

Is there a way i can perform "az login" using any of the agents so the browser picks my managed identity or do I have to login via a "Service Principal" only.

Kindly someone advise so that i can use any of the agents to run az login successfully.

Answer 1

@SARASWAT CHETAN
Thank you for your post!

When it comes to logging into Azure via CLI without a pop-up window, you should be able to use:

az login -u ******@contoso.com -p VerySecret  
#Optionally, you can specify a tenant using --tenant contoso.onmicrosoft.com  

For more info - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/reference-index?view=azure-cli-latest#az_login

Additional Link:
login to azure account without popup using PowerShell

If you have any other questions, please let me know.
Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue.

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