Azure IoT Hub : Get Connected Devices count using AZ CLI

Question

Hi Team,

I need to Get Connected Devices count using AZ CLI.

Same thing I tried using power shell but we have to use AZ CLI.
For Powershell Reference link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.iothub/get-aziothubdevice?view=azps-7.5.0

I tried "az iot hub device-identity list" this command but it's not working for me. If possible please provide details.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hello @Jignesh Vala ,

The IoT Hub is accessible using the CLI using the AZ keyword.

I expect you have installed it already.

For IoT, there is a separate extension:

az extension add --name azure-iot

I also recommend checking if the CLI AZ command needs an update:

az upgrade

I used the 'interactive' version (which is still in preview):

az interactive

This generated for my test (the tool let me leave out 'az'):

az iot hub device-identity list --top -1 --edge-enabled true --hub-name edgedemo-ih

This gave me a JSON representation of all known (edge) devices, not limited in length:

From here, you can parse the JSON to get the count.

An alternative is the query language:

az iot hub query --hub-name edgedemo-ih --output json --query-command 'select * from devices'

this gives you more control over the output and returns: