Overview

Majority of the users will make use of Azure Web Portal to manage the resources. But its command line interface - Azure CLI will be a prerequisite if you are planning to manage the infrastructure via code using tools like TerraForm.

Install Azure CLI on WSL

Refer the steps mentioned here

Validate the installation

Validate that the azure CLI is installed

$ az version
{
"azure-cli": "2.84.0",
"azure-cli-core": "2.84.0",
"azure-cli-telemetry": "1.1.0",
"extensions": {}
}

Configure Azure CLI

Install wslu package in WSL so that the browser is opened automatically while initiating az login
```
sudo apt install wslu
```

Run below command and authenticate

$ az login
A web browser has been opened at https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations/oauth2/v2.0/authorize. Please continue the login in the web browser. If no web browser is available or if the web browser fails to open, use device code flow with `az login --use-device-code`.

Retrieving tenants and subscriptions for the selection...

[Tenant and subscription selection]

No     Subscription name     Subscription ID                       Tenant
-----  --------------------  ------------------------------------  -----------------
[1] *  Azure subscription 1  72480d0f-45db-4433-9e3d-6d1e08a8d954  Default Directory

The default is marked with an *; the default tenant is 'Default Directory' and subscription is 'Azure subscription 1' (72480d0f-45db-4433-9e3d-6d1e08a8d954).

Select a subscription and tenant (Type a number or Enter for no changes):

Tenant: Default Directory
Subscription: Azure subscription 1 (72480d0f-45db-4433-9e3d-6d1e08a8d954)

[Announcements]
With the new Azure CLI login experience, you can select the subscription you want to use more easily. Learn more about it and its configuration at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2271236

If you encounter any problem, please open an issue at https://aka.ms/azclibug

[Warning] The login output has been updated. Please be aware that it no longer displays the full list of available subscriptions by default.

Useful Commands

Logout from Azure account
```
$az logout
```

List azure subscriptions

$ az account list --output table
Name                  CloudName    SubscriptionId                        TenantId                              State    IsDefault
--------------------  -----------  ------------------------------------  ------------------------------------  -------  -----------
Azure subscription 1  AzureCloud   72480d0f-45db-4433-9e3d-6d1e08a8d954  52026037-6929-4d92-b7df-b5259303788e  Enabled  True

Display details of a subscription

$ az account show --output table
EnvironmentName    HomeTenantId                          IsDefault    Name                  State    TenantDefaultDomain                      TenantDisplayName    TenantId
-----------------  ------------------------------------  -----------  --------------------  -------  ---------------------------------------  -------------------  ------------------------------------
AzureCloud         52026037-6929-4d92-b7df-b5259303788e  True         Azure subscription 1  Enabled  dennispaliyasoutlook601.onmicrosoft.com  Default Directory    52026037-6929-4d92-b7df-b5259303788e

$ az account show
{
"environmentName": "AzureCloud",
"homeTenantId": "52026037-6929-4d92-b7df-b5259303788e",
"id": "72480d0f-45db-4433-9e3d-6d1e08a8d954",
"isDefault": true,
"managedByTenants": [],
"name": "Azure subscription 1",
"state": "Enabled",
"tenantDefaultDomain": "dennispaliyasoutlook601.onmicrosoft.com",
"tenantDisplayName": "Default Directory",
"tenantId": "52026037-6929-4d92-b7df-b5259303788e",
"user": {
    "name": "dennis.p.aliyas@outlook.com",
    "type": "user"
}
}