Azure CLI Commands Cheat Sheet

Display the installed Azure CLI version and component versions.

Show Azure CLI version information.

Upgrade Azure CLI to the latest available version.

List installed Azure CLI extensions.

Install an Azure CLI extension.

Update an installed Azure CLI extension.

Remove an Azure CLI extension.

Sign in interactively to an Azure account.

Authenticate using a device code.

Sign out from the current Azure account.

Display the currently selected Azure subscription.

List subscriptions available to the authenticated account.

Set the active Azure subscription.

Clear the current Azure account subscription cache.

List Azure resource groups.

Display details about a resource group.

Create a resource group in a specified Azure region.

Delete a resource group and its resources.

Check whether a resource group exists.

List deployments associated with a resource group.

List virtual machines.

List virtual machines with detailed information.

Show details for a virtual machine.

Create an Ubuntu virtual machine and generate SSH keys.

Start an Azure virtual machine.

Stop an Azure virtual machine.

Stop and deallocate a virtual machine to release compute resources.

Restart a virtual machine.

Delete a virtual machine.

Display IP address information for a virtual machine.

Create a network security rule allowing inbound traffic on a port.

Execute a shell command inside a Linux virtual machine.

List matching Ubuntu VM images.

List managed disks.

Show details about a managed disk.

Create a managed disk.

Delete a managed disk.

List storage accounts.

Show storage account details.

Create a storage account.

Delete a storage account.

List access keys for a storage account.

List blob containers using Azure identity authentication.

Create a blob container.

List blobs in a container.

Upload a local file to Azure Blob Storage.

Download a blob to a local file.

Delete a blob.

List virtual networks.

Show details for a virtual network.

Create a virtual network.

List subnets in a virtual network.

Create a subnet.

List VNet peerings.

List network security groups.

Show an NSG and its configuration.

Create a network security group.

List security rules in an NSG.

Create an inbound NSG rule allowing TCP traffic on a port.

List public IP addresses.

Show public IP details.

Create a public IP address.

List network interfaces.

Show network interface details.

List Azure load balancers.

Show load balancer details.

List load-balancing rules.

List health probes.

List Azure Container Registries.

Show details for an Azure Container Registry.

Create an Azure Container Registry.

Authenticate Docker with an Azure Container Registry.

List repositories in an Azure Container Registry.

List image tags in an ACR repository.

Build a container image in Azure Container Registry.

List Azure Kubernetes Service clusters.

Show AKS cluster details.

Create an AKS cluster with two nodes.

Change the node count of an AKS cluster.

Download AKS credentials and merge them into the local kubeconfig.

Stop an AKS cluster where supported.

Start a stopped AKS cluster.

List node pools in an AKS cluster.

List Azure Container Instances.

Show container instance details.

Display logs from a container instance.

Restart a container instance.

Delete a container instance.

List Azure App Service web apps.

Show details for a web app.

Create a web app using an existing App Service plan.

Start a web app.

Stop a web app.

Restart a web app.

Stream application logs from a web app.

List publishing profiles for an App Service application.

Configure source deployment from a repository.

Retrieve publishing profile information for deployment workflows.

List Azure Function Apps.

Show details about a Function App.

Start a Function App.

Stop a Function App.

Restart a Function App.

Stream logs from an Azure Function App.

List Azure SQL logical servers.

Show Azure SQL server details.

List databases on an Azure SQL server.

Show details for an Azure SQL database.

Create an Azure SQL database.

Delete an Azure SQL database.

List available metrics for an Azure resource.

Retrieve metrics for an Azure resource.

List Azure activity log events for a resource group.

List failed activity log events.

List Log Analytics workspaces.

Show Log Analytics workspace details.

Run a Kusto Query Language query against a Log Analytics workspace.

List Azure Key Vaults.

Show Key Vault details.

Create an Azure Key Vault.

List secrets stored in a Key Vault.

Retrieve metadata and the current value of a Key Vault secret when authorized.

Create or update a Key Vault secret.

Delete a Key Vault secret.

List user-assigned managed identities.

Show a user-assigned managed identity.

Create a user-assigned managed identity.

Delete a user-assigned managed identity.

Display information about the currently signed-in Microsoft Entra user.

List Microsoft Entra users when authorized.

Show information about a Microsoft Entra user.

List Microsoft Entra groups.

Find service principals by display name.

List Azure RBAC role definitions.

Show the Contributor role definition.

List role assignments for a user, group or service principal.

Assign an Azure RBAC role at a specified scope.

Remove an Azure RBAC role assignment.

List Azure resources in the current subscription.

Show details for an Azure resource.

Apply tags to Azure resources.

Delete a resource by resource ID.

List management locks in a resource group.

Create a resource lock that prevents deletion.

Delete a management lock.

List Azure Policy definitions.

List Azure Policy assignments.

List policy compliance state information.

Summarize Azure Policy compliance.

Query Azure resources using Azure Resource Graph.

Find virtual machines using Resource Graph.

Count Azure resources by resource type.

List usage details when supported for the subscription and billing configuration.

List budgets associated with a resource group where supported.

Show budget details.

Install the Azure DevOps CLI extension.

Configure default Azure DevOps organization and project.

List Azure DevOps projects.

List Git repositories in the configured Azure DevOps project.

Show Azure Repos repository details.

List Azure Pipelines.

Run an Azure Pipeline.

List pipeline runs.

List Azure Container Apps.

Show Azure Container App details.

List revisions of a Container App.

Show Container App logs.

Restart a Container App revision.

List Azure DNS zones.

Show an Azure DNS zone.

List DNS record sets.

Add an IPv4 address to an A record set.

Display command output in a readable table.

Return command output as JSON.

Return command output as YAML.

Return command output as tab-separated values.

Filter and transform Azure CLI output using JMESPath.

Suppress non-error output where supported.

Verify the active Azure account and subscription.

Check which subscriptions are available.

Switch to the correct Azure subscription.

Verify resource-group access.

List Azure resource providers and their registration state.

Check the registration state of a specific Azure resource provider.

Display Azure CLI configuration settings.

Configure Azure CLI to show only errors.

Authenticate to Azure before deployment.

Select the subscription used by the deployment pipeline.

Create or ensure the deployment resource group exists.

Build and publish a container image using Azure Container Registry.

Configure kubectl access to an AKS cluster.

Deploy an application package to Azure App Service.

Inspect Azure activity logs after a deployment.