Install Azure CLI on an AWS EC2 Ubuntu Instance

The first step to running Azure commands on an AWS EC2 Linux Instance is to install the Azure CLI

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I happen to be working on Azure today so a quick post on something that used to be in one of my class labs. How to install Azure on an AWS EC2 instance. In my classes I used Amazon Linux but for this example I’m using Ubuntu. Click the Ubuntu link above for more information on running Ubuntu on AWS and why I’m doing that.

You can find the Microsoft instructions for installing the Azure CLI on Linux here:

Install the Azure CLI on Linux

I took the easy way out for my first install I used this command as directed:

curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash