Create an Azure App Configuration store with the Azure CLI

This sample script creates a new instance of Azure App Configuration using the Azure CLI in a new resource group.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

• Use the Bash environment in Azure Cloud Shell. For more information, see Quickstart for Bash in Azure Cloud Shell.

  

• If you prefer to run CLI reference commands locally, install the Azure CLI. If you're running on Windows or macOS, consider running Azure CLI in a Docker container. For more information, see How to run the Azure CLI in a Docker container.

  • If you're using a local installation, sign in to the Azure CLI by using the az login command. To finish the authentication process, follow the steps displayed in your terminal. For other sign-in options, see Sign in with the Azure CLI.

  • When you're prompted, install the Azure CLI extension on first use. For more information about extensions, see Use extensions with the Azure CLI.

  • Run az version to find the version and dependent libraries that are installed. To upgrade to the latest version, run az upgrade.

• This tutorial requires version 2.0 or later of the Azure CLI. If using Azure Cloud Shell, the latest version is already installed.

Sample script

#!/bin/bash

appConfigName=myTestAppConfigStore
#resource name must be lowercase
myAppConfigStoreName=${appConfigName,,}
myResourceGroupName=$appConfigName"Group"

# Create resource group 
az group create --name $myResourceGroupName --location eastus

# Create the Azure AppConfig Service resource and query the hostName
appConfigHostname=$(az appconfig create \
  --name $myAppConfigStoreName \
  --location eastus \
  --resource-group $myResourceGroupName \
  --query endpoint \
  --sku free \
  -o tsv
  )

# Get the AppConfig connection string 
appConfigConnectionString=$(az appconfig credential list \
--resource-group $myResourceGroupName \
--name $myAppConfigStoreName \
--query "[?name=='Secondary Read Only'] .connectionString" -o tsv)

# Echo the connection string for use in your application
echo "$appConfigConnectionString"

Make a note of the actual name generated for the new resource group. You'll use that resource group name when you want to delete all group resources.

Clean up deployment

After the sample script has been run, the following command can be used to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it.

az group delete --name myResourceGroup

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands to create a new resource group and an App Configuration store. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Command	Notes
az group create	Creates a resource group in which all resources are stored.
az appconfig create	Creates an App Configuration store resource.
az appconfig credential list	List access keys for an App Configuration store.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure CLI, see Azure CLI documentation.

More App Configuration CLI script samples can be found in the Azure App Configuration CLI samples.