Azure CLI¶
Azure CLI is required for managing Azure resources from the command line.
Install Azure CLI on Debian¶
Install using the official Microsoft repository:
Install Azure CLI
cd ~/Tooling
# Install dependencies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl apt-transport-https lsb-release gnupg
# Add Microsoft signing key
curl -sL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | \
gpg --dearmor | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/microsoft.gpg > /dev/null
# Add Azure CLI repository
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y azure-cli
Add Azure CLI to ToolingBins¶
Azure CLI is installed system-wide, but you can add a symlink for convenience:
Symlink az
cd ~/ToolingBins
ln -s /usr/bin/az az
Update Azure CLI¶
To update Azure CLI, run:
Update Azure CLI
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y azure-cli