tldr/pages/common/az-login.md

az login

Log in to Azure. Part of azure-cli (also known as az). More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/reference-index#az_login.

• Log in interactively:

az login

• Log in with a service principal using a client secret:

az login --service-principal --username {{http://azure-cli-service-principal}} --password {{secret}} --tenant {{someone.onmicrosoft.com}}

• Log in with a service principal using a client certificate:

az login --service-principal --username {{http://azure-cli-service-principal}} --password {{path/to/cert.pem}} --tenant {{someone.onmicrosoft.com}}

• Log in using a VM's system assigned identity:

az login --identity

• Log in using a VM's user assigned identity:

az login --identity --username /subscriptions/{{subscription_id}}/resourcegroups/{{my_rg}}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{{my_id}}