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az lock — Manage Azure locks. Part of `azure-cli` (also known as `az`). More information: <https://learn.micro

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Problem

How to use the az lock command: Manage Azure locks. Part of azure-cli (also known as az). More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/lock>.

Solution

az lock — Manage Azure locks. Part of azure-cli (also known as az). More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/lock>.

Create a read-only subscription level lock:

az lock create {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}} {{[-t|--lock-type]}} ReadOnly

Create a read-only resource group level lock:

az lock create {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{group_name}} {{[-t|--lock-type]}} ReadOnly

Delete a subscription level lock:

az lock delete {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}}

Delete a resource group level lock:

az lock delete {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{group_name}}

List out all locks on the subscription level:

az lock list

Show a subscription level lock with a specific name:

az lock show {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}}

Code Snippets

Create a read-only subscription level lock

az lock create {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}} {{[-t|--lock-type]}} ReadOnly

Create a read-only resource group level lock

az lock create {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{group_name}} {{[-t|--lock-type]}} ReadOnly

Delete a subscription level lock

az lock delete {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}}

Delete a resource group level lock

az lock delete {{[-n|--name]}} {{lock_name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{group_name}}

List out all locks on the subscription level

az lock list

Context

tldr-pages: common/az lock

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