# Login (opens browser)
az login
Login with service principal
az login —service-principal -u APP_ID -p SECRET —tenant TENANT_ID
Check current account
az account show
List subscriptions
az account list —output table
Set active subscription
az account set —subscription “My Subscription”
Set defaults
az configure —defaults location=westeurope group=my-rg

# List resource groups
az group list --output table
Create
az group create —name my-rg —location westeurope
Delete (and everything in it!)
az group delete —name my-rg —yes —no-wait
List all resources in a group
az resource list —resource-group my-rg —output table

Everything in Azure lives in a resource group. Delete the group = delete everything inside.

# List VMs
az vm list --output table
az vm list -g my-rg --output table
Create VM
az vm create 

—resource-group my-rg 

—name my-vm 

—image Ubuntu2204 

—size Standard_B2s 

—admin-username azureuser 

—generate-ssh-keys
SSH into VM
ssh azureuser@$(az vm show -g my-rg -n my-vm —show-details —query publicIps -o tsv)
Start / stop / deallocate / delete
az vm start -g my-rg -n my-vm
az vm stop -g my-rg -n my-vm
az vm deallocate -g my-rg -n my-vm    # Stop billing
az vm delete -g my-rg -n my-vm —yes
Get public IP
az vm show -g my-rg -n my-vm —show-details —query publicIps -o tsv
Open port
az vm open-port -g my-rg -n my-vm —port 80

stop keeps the VM allocated (still billed). deallocate stops billing.

# Create storage account
az storage account create -n mystorageacct -g my-rg -l westeurope --sku Standard_LRS
Get connection string
az storage account show-connection-string -n mystorageacct -g my-rg -o tsv
Create container (like an S3 bucket)
az storage container create -n mycontainer —account-name mystorageacct
Upload file
az storage blob upload -f file.txt -c mycontainer -n file.txt —account-name mystorageacct
List blobs
az storage blob list -c mycontainer —account-name mystorageacct —output table
Download
az storage blob download -c mycontainer -n file.txt -f ./downloaded.txt —account-name mystorageacct
Delete
az storage blob delete -c mycontainer -n file.txt —account-name mystorageacct
Upload directory
az storage blob upload-batch -d mycontainer -s ./dist —account-name mystorageacct

# Create App Service plan
az appservice plan create -n my-plan -g my-rg --sku B1 --is-linux
Create web app
az webapp create -n my-app -g my-rg —plan my-plan —runtime “NODE:20-lts”
Deploy from local folder
az webapp up -n my-app -g my-rg —runtime “NODE:20-lts”
Deploy from GitHub
az webapp deployment source config -n my-app -g my-rg 

—repo-url https://github.com/user/repo —branch main
Set environment variables
az webapp config appsettings set -n my-app -g my-rg —settings KEY=value DB_HOST=prod.db.com
View logs
az webapp log tail -n my-app -g my-rg
Restart
az webapp restart -n my-app -g my-rg
List web apps
az webapp list —output table
Get URL
az webapp show -n my-app -g my-rg —query defaultHostName -o tsv

# Create function app
az functionapp create -n my-func -g my-rg --storage-account mystorageacct \
  --consumption-plan-location westeurope --runtime node --runtime-version 20
Deploy
func azure functionapp publish my-func
List functions
az functionapp function list -n my-func -g my-rg
Set app settings
az functionapp config appsettings set -n my-func -g my-rg —settings KEY=value
View logs
az functionapp log tail -n my-func -g my-rg

# Who am I?
az account show --query user.name -o tsv
List all resources (everything)
az resource list —output table
Find resources by tag
az resource list —tag env=production —output table
List available VM sizes in a region
az vm list-sizes —location westeurope —output table
List available regions
az account list-locations —query ’[].name’ -o tsv
Cost estimate (requires Cost Management)
az costmanagement query —type Usage —timeframe MonthToDate —dataset-filter ’{}’ —scope “/subscriptions/SUB_ID”
Interactive mode (autocomplete!)
az interactive