az/

Azure CLI

Microsoft

Cross-platform command line interface for managing Microsoft Azure cloud resources and services.

Cloud ProvidersJSON

01Agent Notes

Azure CLI defaults to JSON output - no extra flag needed. Uses `az <service> <action>` pattern. Use `--query` with JMESPath for server-side filtering. Most list commands support `--query "[].{name:name, id:id}"` for projection. Use `az account set -s <sub>` for subscription context.

02Global Flags

Flag	Type	Description
`--subscription`	string	Azure subscription ID or name
`--output/-o`	enum [json, table, tsv, yaml, jsonc]	Output format
`--query`	string	JMESPath query string for filtering output
`--verbose`	boolean	Increase logging verbosity

03Authentication

Methods

environment-variablesconfig-filemanaged-identityservice-principal

Env vars

AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_IDAZURE_TENANT_IDAZURE_CLIENT_IDAZURE_CLIENT_SECRET

Config files

~/.azure/

Setupaz login

Docslearn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/authenticate-azure-cli

04Install

brew install azure-cli

05Capabilities

Compute Management Storage Management Database Management Networking Identity & Access Serverless Container Orchestration Monitoring Cost Management

Reference

binaryaz

checkaz version

authenvironment-variables, config-file, managed-identity, service-principal

formatsjson, table, tsv, yaml, jsonc

json flag-o json

version2.84.0