Azure – CLI – Create VM in Azure Cloud Shell – Lab Core

Azure Cloud Shell is a browser-based command-line experience for managing and developing Azure resources. Think of Cloud Shell as an interactive console that you run in the cloud.

Cloud Shell provides two experiences to choose from: Bash and PowerShell. Both include access to the Azure CLI, the command-line interface for Azure.

You can use any Azure management interface, including the Azure portal, Azure CLI, and Azure PowerShell, to manage any kind of VM.

Azure Cloud Shell?

Create VM

USERNAME=azureuser
PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 32)

az vm create \
--name myVM \
--resource-group 79fdb1a1-c11e-4716-8a08-f9c4d710ed47 \
--image Win2016Datacenter \
--size Standard_DS2_v2 \
--location eastus \
--admin-username $USERNAME \
--admin-password $PASSWORD

Verify VM

az vm get-instance-view \
--name myVM \
--resource-group 79fdb1a1-c11e-4716-8a08-f9c4d710ed47 \
--output table

Output

Notes

Install Azure CLI for Windows

Azure Az Commands

Official Documentation by Microsoft

Microsoft Quickstart: Create a Windows virtual machine with the Azure CLI