Tags in Azure

• Benefits of using Tags in Azure:
  • Tag wise filtering of Azure Bills.
  • Filter resources using Tags.

Lab Setup

• Azure CLI configured

az login
az group list

Activity 1: Create a Linux VM

• Lets create a free tier linux vm.
• Post creation we would want to apply tags
  • Environment: Dev
  • Project: azurelearning
  • Release: v1.1
  • Team: qtazure
    
• Refer Here to know more about tags.
• Scenario: You are asked to create tag for all the resources in a resource group
• Refer Here for bash script
• Scenario: Find all the resource groups in your subscription and tag them with Environment = Dev
• Refer Here for scripts

Activity 2: Shutdown Vms to reduce costs

• Get all the virtual machines with tag Enviroment = Dev and shutdown
• get all the vms by resource type az resource list --resource-type and use jmes path filter Refer Here
• shutdown => az vm deallocate
• Refer Here for the script to deallocate the vms

Activity 3: Refine activity 2

• Make changes in activity 2 to make it work for any resource type and any tag Name and value
• Refer Here

Activity 4: Delete all the resource groups based on tag name and value

• Refer Here for the script

Glimpse of Automation

• Overview
  
• Complete the creation of automation account
• Overview Blade
  
• Navigate to run books
  

Activity 5: Get Virtual Machine Connectivity Details

• Get the public ip of the virtual machine based on resource group

 az vm list -g 'workshop' -d --query "{ip: [0].publicIps, username: [0].osProfile.adminUsername}"

Exploring Powershell

• To find any powershell cmdlet with format <verb>-<noun>
• In Powershell the output is an object
• Azure Powershell has a format <verb>-Az<noun>