Microsoft Azure is one of the leading cloud service providers in the market. Azure is an industry leader in IaaS and PaaS service cloud. Azure CLI is a command-line interface for managing most of the Azure resources. The Azure portal itself provides an option to automate many things within Azure. The ARM template is one of the best examples. But the Command-Line option always provides more flexibility to integrate with other tools for building custom automation to use Azure resources.
Let’s see how to install and configure Azure CLI on Redhat Linux/CentOS. I always feel that the Linux shell is a better option to create a custom automation workflow.
Environment:
- Operating System : Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.x / CentOS 7.x
- Internet Connectivity
Procedure – Installing Azure CLI on Linux
1. Login to Redhat Linux /CentOS as root user.
2. Download and execute the InstallAzureCli script from Azure.
# curl -L https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCli | bash
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Running install script.
-- Verifying Python version.
-- Python version 2.7.5 okay.
-- Verifying native dependencies.
-- Executing: 'rpm -q gcc libffi-devel python-devel openssl-devel'
-- Native dependencies okay.
3. Select the custom installation path to store the lib files.
===> In what directory would you like to place the install? (leave blank to use '/root/lib/azure-cli'): /opt/azure/lib/azure-cli -- Creating directory '/opt/azure/lib/azure-cli'. -- We will install at '/opt/azure/lib/azure-cli'.
4. Select the custom location for azure CLI binaries to store.
===> In what directory would you like to place the 'az' executable? (leave blank to use '/root/bin'): /opt/azure/bin -- Creating directory '/opt/azure/bin'. -- The executable will be in '/opt/azure/bin'. -- Downloading virtualenv package from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-16.7.7.tar.gz. -- Downloaded virtualenv package to /tmp/tmpByb4x8/virtualenv-16.7.7.tar.gz. -- Checksum of /tmp/tmpByb4x8/virtualenv-16.7.7.tar.gz OK. -- Extracting '/tmp/tmpByb4x8/virtualenv-16.7.7.tar.gz' to '/tmp/tmpByb4x8'. -- Executing: ['/bin/python', 'virtualenv.py', '--python', '/bin/python', '/opt/azure/lib/azure-cli'] Already using interpreter /bin/python
5. Here is Complete installation logs.
New python executable in /opt/azure/lib/azure-cli/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel…
done.
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DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. More details about Python 2 support in pip, can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support
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DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. More details about Python 2 support in pip, can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support
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-- The executable is available at '/opt/azure/bin/az'.
-- Created tab completion file at '/opt/azure/lib/azure-cli/az.completion'
6. It will prompt you to update the command search path. The script could automatically update for the current user.
===> Modify profile to update your $PATH and enable shell/tab completion now? (Y/n): y ===> Enter a path to an rc file to update (leave blank to use '/root/.bashrc'): -- Backed up '/root/.bashrc' to '/root/.bashrc.backup' -- Installation successful. -- Run the CLI with /opt/azure/bin/az --help [root@UA-RHEL files]#
We have successfully installed Azure CLI on Redhat Linux/ CentOS. In the upcoming article, we will see how to authenticate Azure CLI in various methods.
If you see the following errors, kindly ensure that your system has python 3.x installed.
except CLIInstallError as cie: print('ERROR: '+str(cie), file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1) except KeyboardInterrupt: print('\n\nExiting...') sys.exit(1)
- You can install python 3.x on RHEL 7.x / CentOS 7.x by enabling epel repo.
# yum install -y epel-release # yum install -y python36 python36-pip
2. Download Azure CLI python script and store it in temporary location
# curl -L https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCli >> /tmp/InstallAzureCli
3. Install Azure CLI using python3 command.
# chmod +x /tmp/InstallAzureCli
# python36 /tmp/InstallAzureCli
References:
- Visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest for more information about Azure CLI