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Azure CLI and Cloud Shell Basics

📖 Scenario: You are starting to manage cloud resources on Microsoft Azure. You want to practice using the Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) inside the Azure Cloud Shell environment. This will help you create and manage resources easily from the browser without installing anything.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to open Azure Cloud Shell, create a resource group using Azure CLI, set a location variable, and list the resource groups to confirm your creation.

📋 What You'll Learn

Use Azure CLI commands inside Azure Cloud Shell

Create a resource group with a specific name and location

Set a variable for the location

List resource groups to verify creation

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Cloud administrators often use Azure CLI in Cloud Shell to quickly create and manage resources without installing software locally.

💼 Career

Knowing Azure CLI and Cloud Shell is essential for cloud engineers and administrators to automate and manage Azure resources efficiently.

1

Open Azure Cloud Shell and create a resource group

In Azure Cloud Shell, write the Azure CLI command to create a resource group named MyResourceGroup in the eastus location. Use the command az group create with the parameters --name MyResourceGroup and --location eastus.

Azure

# Type the az group create command to make MyResourceGroup in eastus
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus to create the resource group.

2

Set a variable for the location

In Azure Cloud Shell, create a variable called location and set it to the string eastus. Use the syntax location=eastus.

Azure

az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus
# Set the variable location to eastus
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use location=eastus to set the variable.

3

Create another resource group using the location variable

Use the Azure CLI command az group create to create a resource group named MySecondResourceGroup using the location variable for the location parameter. The command should include --name MySecondResourceGroup and --location $location.

Azure

az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus
location=eastus
# Create MySecondResourceGroup using the location variable
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use az group create --name MySecondResourceGroup --location $location to create the second group.

4

List all resource groups to verify creation

Use the Azure CLI command az group list to list all resource groups. Add the parameter --output table to display the list in a readable table format.

Azure

az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus
location=eastus
az group create --name MySecondResourceGroup --location $location
# List all resource groups in table format
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use az group list --output table to see your resource groups clearly.