tldr/pages/common/az-vm.md

az vm

Manage virtual machines in Azure. Part of az, the command-line client for Microsoft Azure. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/vm.

• List details of available Virtual Machines:

az vm list

• Create an UbuntuServer 18.04 LTS Virtual Machine and generate ssh keys:

az vm create --resource-group {{rg}} --name {{vm_name}} --image {{Canonical:UbuntuServer:18.04-LTS:latest}} --admin-user {{azureuser}} --generate-ssh-keys

• Stop a Virtual Machine:

az vm stop --resource-group {{rg}} --name {{vm_name}}

• Deallocate a Virtual Machine:

az vm deallocate --resource-group {{rg}} --name {{vm_name}}

• Start a Virtual Machine:

az vm start --resource-group {{rg}} --name {{vm_name}}

• Restart a Virtual Machine:

az vm restart --resource-group {{rg}} --name {{vm_name}}

• List VM images available in the Azure Marketplace:

az vm image list