authentication.md

Project Az (Python-based Azure CLI) Samples - Authentication

Logging in and out

Note, we do not currently support government or private clouds, such as Azure Stack. Don't worry, we're working on it

Log in with username and password

az login -u alice@bobco.com -p Password123

Log in with username, prompt for password

az login -u alice@bobco.com
Password: ********

Log in with device authentication. After you enter the code and click confirm on the web page, the CLI will automatically exit back to the prompt

az login
To #, use a web browser to open the page https://aka.ms/devicelogin. Enter the code BG3NVHPMB to authenticate.

Log in with a service principal

az login --service-principal -u http://sample-cli-login -p Test1234 --tenant 54826b22-38d6-4fb2-bad9-b7b93a3e9c5a

To logout

az logout

Creating a new service principal

If you want to execute a script as part of a workflow, such as a cron job, you will need to create a service principal identity. Once you have created your new identity, make sure you follow the instructions returned to give it access to your subscription.

az account create-sp

Managing subscriptions

Note, we do not currently support government or private clouds, such as Azure Stack. Don't worry, we're working on it

List all your subscriptions

az account list

View current default subscription

az account list --query [?isDefault]

Set your default subscription

$ az account set 'MySub'
$ az account set 'dec3cbaa-81bb-4ea0-zzzz-e27a20ef4089'

To remove all access credentials

az account clear