tldr/pages/common/az-vm.md

az vm

Manage virtual machines in Azure. Part of azure-cli (also known as az). More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/vm.

• Display a table of available Virtual Machines:

az vm list --output table

• Create a virtual machine using the default Ubuntu image and generate SSH keys:

az vm create {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}} --image {{UbuntuLTS}} --admin-user {{azureuser}} --generate-ssh-keys

• Stop a Virtual Machine:

az vm stop {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

• Deallocate a Virtual Machine:

az vm deallocate {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

• Start a Virtual Machine:

az vm start {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

• Restart a Virtual Machine:

az vm restart {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{rg}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{vm_name}}

• List VM images available in the Azure Marketplace:

az vm image list