| services | title | author | solutions | manager | editor | ms.service | ms.devlang | ms.topic | ms.tgt_pltfrm | ms.workload | ms.date | ms.author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
virtual-machines |
Setting up Azure CLI for service management |
squillace |
timlt |
tysonn |
virtual-machine |
na |
article |
linux |
infrastructure |
04/13/2015 |
rasquill |
The following steps help you use Azure CLI easily with the most recent version and the proper subscription. If you need to install Azure CLI and connect it to your account first, see the Azure Command-Line Interface (Azure CLI).
To use Azure CLI for imperative commands with service management mode, you should have a recent version if possible. To verify your version, type azure --version. You should see something like:
$ azure --version
0.8.17 (node: 0.10.25)
If you want to update your version of Azure CLI, see Azure CLI.
Once you have connected your Azure CLI with the account you want to use, you may have more than one subscription. If you do, you should review the subscriptions available for your account by typing azure account list, and then select the subscription you want to use by typing azure account set <subscription id or name> true where subscription id or name is either the subscription id or the subscription name that you would like to work with in the current session. You should see something like the following:
$ azure account set "Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN" true
info: Executing command account set
info: Setting subscription to "Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN" with id "0e220bf6-5caa-4e9f-8383-51f16b6c109f".
info: Changes saved
info: account set command OK
Note
If you don't already have an Azure account but you do have a subscription to MSDN subscription, you can get free Azure credits by activating your MSDN subscriber benefits here -- or you can use the free account. Either will work for Azure access.