How to get Authorization Token for VMSS resources?

Question

Hi All,

I would like to lilst/update the VMSS resources; like scale up or scale down using azure rest API. I found it's possible using following API.

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}?api-version=2022-03-01

However, I am not sure how to get the Authorization Token for VMSS resources.

Also, Is there any better way to scale up or scale down the VMs in a real time scenario. I have this use case where I would like to scale up based on the application requirement.

Answer 1

@Nitin Singh :

If you are using Azure CLI (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-windows?tabs=azure-cli), you can get the Access Token (Bearer Token) using the following commands:

az login  
az account set  --subscription "YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ID"  
az account get-access-token