Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) documentation

Official product documentation for Azure command-line interface (Azure CLI). Azure CLI is a cross-platform command-line tool for managing Azure resources with interactive commands or scripts.

About Azure CLI

Overview

• Get started
• What is Azure CLI?
• Support lifecycle

Training

• Create Azure resources
• Control Azure services
• Manage virtual machines

Installation

Download

• Overview
• Install - Windows
• Install - Linux
• Install - macOS
• Run in Azure Cloud Shell
• Run in a Docker container

What's new

What's new

• Overview
• Release notes
• Upcoming breaking changes
• Impact of MFA in automation

Azure CLI reference

Reference

• Command reference

Identity and authentication

How-To Guide

• Authentication methods
• Sign in with Web Account Manager (WAM)

Concepts

How-To Guide

• Manage subscriptions
• Use the Azure REST API
• Query command output
• Change output formats
• Script Azure resources at scale

Tutorial

• Learn to use the Azure CLI
• Work with service principals
• Create virtual machines

Configuration

How-To Guide

• Configure settings
• Protect sensitive information

Fundamentals

Get started

• Conceptual articles
• Onboarding cheat sheet
• Tips to use Azure CLI successfully

Samples

sample

• Samples
• Samples repo

Environment-specific guidance

Concept

• Work in interactive mode
• How-to use Azure CLI in a Bash environment
• Considerations in a PowerShell environment

Help & support

Overview

• Report product issues
• Troubleshoot
• Get help from the community
• Follow Azure CLI on X
• Azure Tools Blog