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Install, initialize, and log into the Azure command-line interface (azcli)
Created: January 3, 2019Version Published: February 19, 2025Releases: 11
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Orb Quick Start Guide

Use CircleCI version 2.1 at the top of your .circleci/config.yml file.

1 version: 2.1

Add the orbs stanza below your version, invoking the orb:

1 2 orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.3.2

Use azure-cli elements in your existing workflows and jobs.

Usage Examples

install

Install the Azure CLI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 version: '2.1' orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.0.0 jobs: verify-install: executor: azure-cli/default steps: - azure-cli/install - run: command: az -v name: Verify Azure CLI is installed workflows: example-workflow: jobs: - verify-install

login-with-service-principal

Log into Azure with a Service Principal

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 version: '2.1' orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.0.0 jobs: login-to-azure: executor: azure-cli/azure-docker steps: - azure-cli/login-with-service-principal - run: command: az resource list name: List resources of tenant stored as `AZURE_SP_TENANT` env var workflows: example-workflow: jobs: - login-to-azure

login-with-user

Install the Azure CLI, then log in with a username and password

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 version: '2.1' orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.0.0 jobs: login-to-azure: executor: azure-cli/default steps: - azure-cli/install - azure-cli/login-with-user: alternate-tenant: true - run: command: az resource list name: List resources of tenant stored as `AZURE_TENANT` env var workflows: example-workflow: jobs: - login-to-azure

login-with-user-or-service-principal

Log into Azure with the login type determined based on environment variable detection.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 version: '2.1' orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.0.0 jobs: login-to-azure: executor: azure-cli/azure-docker steps: - azure-cli/login-with-user-or-service-principal - run: command: az resource list name: List resources of tenant stored as `AZURE_SP_TENANT` env var workflows: example-workflow: jobs: - login-to-azure

Commands

install

Install the Azure CLI, if not available

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login-with-service-principal

Initilize the Azure CLI

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PARAMETER
DESCRIPTION
REQUIRED
DEFAULT
TYPE
azure-sp
Name of environment variable storing the full name of the Service Principal, in the form http://app-url
No
AZURE_SP
env_var_name
azure-sp-password
Name of environment variable storing the password for the Service Principal
No
AZURE_SP_PASSWORD
env_var_name
azure-sp-tenant
Name of environment variable storing the tenant ID for the Service Principal
No
AZURE_SP_TENANT
env_var_name

login-with-user

Initilize the Azure CLI

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PARAMETER
DESCRIPTION
REQUIRED
DEFAULT
TYPE
alternate-tenant
Use an alternate tenant
No
false
boolean
azure-password
Environment variable storing your Azure password
No
AZURE_PASSWORD
env_var_name
azure-tenant
Environment variable storing your Azure tenant, necessary if `alternate-tenant` is set to true
No
AZURE_TENANT
env_var_name
azure-username
Environment variable storing your Azure username
No
AZURE_USERNAME
env_var_name

login-with-user-or-service-principal

Initilize the Azure CLI. Supports login either with a user or with a Service Principal. The type of login is determined by checking if the environment variable storing the Azure username or the environment variable storing the name of the Service Principal is set to a non-empty value.

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PARAMETER
DESCRIPTION
REQUIRED
DEFAULT
TYPE
alternate-tenant
Use an alternate tenant. Only applicable for user logins.
No
false
boolean
azure-password
Environment variable storing your Azure password. Only applicable for user logins.
No
AZURE_PASSWORD
env_var_name
azure-sp
Name of environment variable storing the full name of the Service Principal, in the form http://app-url. Only applicable for Service Principal logins.
No
AZURE_SP
env_var_name
azure-sp-password
Name of environment variable storing the password for the Service Principal. Only applicable for Service Principal logins.
No
AZURE_SP_PASSWORD
env_var_name
azure-sp-tenant
Name of environment variable storing the tenant ID for the Service Principal. Only applicable for Service Principal logins.
No
AZURE_SP_TENANT
env_var_name
azure-tenant
Environment variable storing your Azure tenant, necessary if `alternate-tenant` is set to true. Only applicable for user logins.
No
AZURE_TENANT
env_var_name
azure-username
Environment variable storing your Azure username. Only applicable for user logins.
No
AZURE_USERNAME
env_var_name

Executors

azure-docker

Microsoft's Azure CLI Docker image

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PARAMETER
DESCRIPTION
REQUIRED
DEFAULT
TYPE
tag
The microsoft azure cli Docker image version tag.
No
latest
string

default

CircleCI official cimg/python Docker image to use

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PARAMETER
DESCRIPTION
REQUIRED
DEFAULT
TYPE
python-version
-
No
3.12.9
string

Orb Source

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 # This code is licensed from CircleCI to the user under the MIT license. # See here for details: https://circleci.com/developer/orbs/licensing version: 2.1 description: | Install, initialize, and log into the Azure command-line interface (azcli) display: source_url: https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/azure-cli-orb commands: install: description: | Install the Azure CLI, if not available steps: - run: command: | #!/usr/bin/env bash install_debian() { # Set sudo to work whether logged in as root user or non-root user if [[ $EUID == 0 ]]; then export SUDO=""; else export SUDO="sudo"; fi # https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/azure-cli-orb/issues/15 # https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/apt/apt-get.8.en.html $SUDO apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change-suite update && $SUDO apt-get -qqy install apt-transport-https if [[ $(command -v lsb_release) == "" ]]; then echo "Installing lsb_release" $SUDO apt-get -qqy install lsb-release fi # Create an environment variable for the correct distribution AZ_REPO="$(lsb_release -cs)" export AZ_REPO # Modify your sources list echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ $AZ_REPO main" | $SUDO tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list if [[ $(command -v curl) == "" ]]; then echo "Installing curl" $SUDO apt-get -qqy install curl fi if [[ $(command -v gpg) == "" ]]; then echo "Installing gpg" $SUDO apt-get -qqy install gnupg fi # Get the Microsoft signing key echo "Install Microsoft signing key" curl -sL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor | $SUDO tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg >/dev/null # Update and install the Azure CLI # https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/azure-cli-orb/issues/15 # https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/apt/apt-get.8.en.html echo "Run apt-get update" $SUDO apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change-suite update echo "Run apt-get install" $SUDO apt-get -qqy install \ ca-certificates \ azure-cli echo "Azure CLI is now installed." } install_alpine() { apk update apk add gcc musl-dev python3-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev cargo make py-pip bash pip install azure-cli --break-system-packages } # Verify the CLI isn't already installed if az -v >/dev/null; then echo "Azure CLI installed already." exit 0 fi if grep debian /etc/os-release &>/dev/null; then install_debian exit 0 fi if grep alpine /etc/os-release &>/dev/null; then install_alpine exit 0 fi echo "Could not identify the system properly so azure cli could not be installed" exit 1 name: Install Azure CLI, if not available no_output_timeout: 20m login-with-service-principal: description: Initilize the Azure CLI parameters: azure-sp: default: AZURE_SP description: | Name of environment variable storing the full name of the Service Principal, in the form http://app-url type: env_var_name azure-sp-password: default: AZURE_SP_PASSWORD description: | Name of environment variable storing the password for the Service Principal type: env_var_name azure-sp-tenant: default: AZURE_SP_TENANT description: | Name of environment variable storing the tenant ID for the Service Principal type: env_var_name steps: - run: command: | #!/usr/bin/env bash AZURE_SP_TENANT="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_SP_TENANT")" AZURE_SP="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_SP")" AZURE_SP_PASSWORD="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_SP_PASSWORD")" az login \ --service-principal \ --tenant="${AZURE_SP_TENANT}" \ -u="${AZURE_SP}" \ -p="${AZURE_SP_PASSWORD}" environment: AZURE_SP: << parameters.azure-sp >> AZURE_SP_PASSWORD: << parameters.azure-sp-password >> AZURE_SP_TENANT: << parameters.azure-sp-tenant >> name: Login to the Azure CLI via Service Principal login-with-user: description: Initilize the Azure CLI parameters: alternate-tenant: default: false description: Use an alternate tenant type: boolean azure-password: default: AZURE_PASSWORD description: | Environment variable storing your Azure password type: env_var_name azure-tenant: default: AZURE_TENANT description: | Environment variable storing your Azure tenant, necessary if `alternate-tenant` is set to true type: env_var_name azure-username: default: AZURE_USERNAME description: | Environment variable storing your Azure username type: env_var_name steps: - run: command: | #!/usr/bin/env bash ALTERNATE_TENANT="$(circleci env subst "\$$ALTERNATE_TENANT")" AZURE_USERNAME="$(circleci env subst "\$$ALTERNATE_TENANT")" AZURE_PASSWORD="$(circleci env subst "\$$ALTERNATE_TENANT")" AZURE_TENANT="$(circleci env subst "\$$ALTERNATE_TENANT")" if [[ ! "${ALTERNATE_TENANT}" = "false" ]]; then az login \ --tenant="${AZURE_TENANT}" \ -u="${AZURE_USERNAME}" \ -p="${AZURE_PASSWORD}" exit 0 fi if [ -n "${AZURE_USERNAME}" ]; then echo "User credentials detected; logging in with user" az login \ -u="${AZURE_USERNAME}" \ -p="${AZURE_PASSWORD}" exit 0 fi environment: ALTERNATE_TENANT: << parameters.alternate-tenant >> AZURE_PASSWORD: << parameters.azure-password >> AZURE_TENANT: << parameters.azure-tenant >> AZURE_USERNAME: << parameters.azure-username >> name: Login to the Azure CLI via username/password login-with-user-or-service-principal: description: | Initilize the Azure CLI. Supports login either with a user or with a Service Principal. The type of login is determined by checking if the environment variable storing the Azure username or the environment variable storing the name of the Service Principal is set to a non-empty value. parameters: alternate-tenant: default: false description: Use an alternate tenant. Only applicable for user logins. type: boolean azure-password: default: AZURE_PASSWORD description: | Environment variable storing your Azure password. Only applicable for user logins. type: env_var_name azure-sp: default: AZURE_SP description: | Name of environment variable storing the full name of the Service Principal, in the form http://app-url. Only applicable for Service Principal logins. type: env_var_name azure-sp-password: default: AZURE_SP_PASSWORD description: | Name of environment variable storing the password for the Service Principal. Only applicable for Service Principal logins. type: env_var_name azure-sp-tenant: default: AZURE_SP_TENANT description: | Name of environment variable storing the tenant ID for the Service Principal. Only applicable for Service Principal logins. type: env_var_name azure-tenant: default: AZURE_TENANT description: | Environment variable storing your Azure tenant, necessary if `alternate-tenant` is set to true. Only applicable for user logins. type: env_var_name azure-username: default: AZURE_USERNAME description: | Environment variable storing your Azure username. Only applicable for user logins. type: env_var_name steps: - run: command: | #!/usr/bin/env bash ALTERNATE_TENANT="$(circleci env subst "\$$ALTERNATE_TENANT")" AZURE_TENANT="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_TENANT")" AZURE_USERNAME="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_USERNAME")" AZURE_PASSWORD="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_PASSWORD")" AZURE_SP="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_SP")" AZURE_SP_TENANT="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_SP_TENANT")" AZURE_SP_PASSWORD="$(circleci env subst "\$$AZURE_SP_PASSWORD")" if [[ ! "${ALTERNATE_TENANT}" = "false" ]]; then az login \ --tenant="${AZURE_TENANT}" \ -u="${AZURE_USERNAME}" \ -p="${AZURE_PASSWORD}" exit 0 fi if [ -n "${AZURE_USERNAME}" ]; then echo "User credentials detected; logging in with user" az login \ -u="${AZURE_USERNAME}" \ -p="${AZURE_PASSWORD}" exit 0 fi if [ -n "${AZURE_SP}" ]; then echo "Service Principal credentials detected; logging in with Service Principal" az login \ --service-principal \ --tenant="${AZURE_SP_TENANT}" \ -u="${AZURE_SP}" \ -p="${AZURE_SP_PASSWORD}" exit 0 fi echo 'Login failed; neither user nor Service Principal credentials were provided' exit 1 environment: ALTERNATE_TENANT: <<parameters.alternate-tenant>> AZURE_PASSWORD: <<parameters.azure-password>> AZURE_SP: <<parameters.azure-sp>> AZURE_SP_PASSWORD: $<<parameters.azure-sp-password>> AZURE_SP_TENANT: $<<parameters.azure-sp-tenant>> AZURE_TENANT: <<parameters.azure-tenant>> AZURE_USERNAME: <<parameters.azure-username>> name: Login to the Azure CLI with user or Service Principal executors: azure-docker: description: | Microsoft's Azure CLI Docker image docker: - image: mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli:<<parameters.tag>> parameters: tag: default: latest description: The microsoft azure cli Docker image version tag. type: string default: description: | CircleCI official cimg/python Docker image to use docker: - image: cimg/python:<<parameters.python-version>> parameters: python-version: default: 3.12.9 type: string examples: install: description: | Install the Azure CLI usage: version: "2.1" orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.0.0 jobs: verify-install: executor: azure-cli/default steps: - azure-cli/install - run: command: az -v name: Verify Azure CLI is installed workflows: example-workflow: jobs: - verify-install login-with-service-principal: description: | Log into Azure with a Service Principal usage: version: "2.1" orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.0.0 jobs: login-to-azure: executor: azure-cli/azure-docker steps: - azure-cli/login-with-service-principal - run: command: az resource list name: List resources of tenant stored as `AZURE_SP_TENANT` env var workflows: example-workflow: jobs: - login-to-azure login-with-user: description: | Install the Azure CLI, then log in with a username and password usage: version: "2.1" orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.0.0 jobs: login-to-azure: executor: azure-cli/default steps: - azure-cli/install - azure-cli/login-with-user: alternate-tenant: true - run: command: az resource list name: List resources of tenant stored as `AZURE_TENANT` env var workflows: example-workflow: jobs: - login-to-azure login-with-user-or-service-principal: description: | Log into Azure with the login type determined based on environment variable detection. usage: version: "2.1" orbs: azure-cli: circleci/azure-cli@1.0.0 jobs: login-to-azure: executor: azure-cli/azure-docker steps: - azure-cli/login-with-user-or-service-principal - run: command: az resource list name: List resources of tenant stored as `AZURE_SP_TENANT` env var workflows: example-workflow: jobs: - login-to-azure
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