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
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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-typeand 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>
