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az vm — Manage virtual machines in Azure. Part of `azure-cli` (also known as `az`). More information: <https

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Problem

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

Solution

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

Display a table of available Virtual Machines:

az vm list --output table

Create a virtual machine using the default Ubuntu image and generate SSH keys:

az vm create {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}} --image {{UbuntuLTS}} --admin-user {{azureuser}} --generate-ssh-keys

Stop a Virtual Machine:

az vm stop {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

Deallocate a Virtual Machine:

az vm deallocate {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

Start a Virtual Machine:

az vm start {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

Restart a Virtual Machine:

az vm restart {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

List VM images available in the Azure Marketplace:

az vm image list

Code Snippets

Display a table of available Virtual Machines

az vm list --output table

Create a virtual machine using the default Ubuntu image and generate SSH keys

az vm create {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}} --image {{UbuntuLTS}} --admin-user {{azureuser}} --generate-ssh-keys

Stop a Virtual Machine

az vm stop {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

Deallocate a Virtual Machine

az vm deallocate {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

Start a Virtual Machine

az vm start {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/az vm

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