Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) documentation

The Azure command-line interface (Azure CLI) is a set of commands used to create and manage Azure resources. The Azure CLI is available across Azure services and is designed to get you working quickly with Azure, with an emphasis on automation.

About Azure CLI

Overview

• What is Azure CLI?
• Onboarding cheat sheet
• Get started
• Terminology and support levels

Installation

Download

• Install
• Install - Windows
• Install - macOS
• Install - Linux
• Run in Azure Cloud Shell
• Azure CLI in Docker

What's new

What's new

• What's new highlights
• Release notes
• Upcoming breaking changes

Azure CLI Reference

Reference

• Reference index A to Z
• About CLI extensions
• Available extensions

Identity and Authentication

What's new

• Sign in with Web Account Manager (WAM)
• Azure AD to Microsoft Graph Migration

How-To Guide

• Authentication methods
• Work with service principals

Learn to use the Azure CLI

How-To Guide

• Use Bash with the Azure CLI
• Query command output
• Work in interactive mode
• Work in multiple clouds
• Use the Azure CLI successfully

Concept

• Configure settings
• Output formats
• Use variables
• Use persisted parameters

Indexes of Azure CLI content

Overview

• List of conceptual docs A to Z
• List of samples A to Z
• List of references A to Z

Manage cloud resources with the Azure CLI

How-To Guide

• Manage Azure subscriptions
• Manage Azure resource groups
• Create virtual machines

Training

• Create Azure resources
• Control Azure services
• Manage virtual machines
• Connect an application to Azure Storage
• Run parallel tasks in Azure Batch

Help & Support

Concept

• Request a new feature
• Report a product bug
• Get help from the community
• Request support using the Azure CLI