Configure Azure CLI locally in Linux Distribution (Ubuntu or Debian) and enjoy Commands.

Refer my earlier article here for basic understanding of Azure Cloud Shell (Bash).

To access the Azure CLI on a local Linux (Ubuntu distribution or Debian distribution) machine, simply install the Azure CLI on your computer and run it from the command line. This will give you access to all the same features and functionality as the web portal, but with the added convenience of being able to work directly from your local machine.

Let see what the procedure is or step by step instruction needed to set up the Azure CLI (Bash) in local Linux distribution machine. First let check if there exists any version earlier or not from the following command

az --version

The output confirms the azure cli (Bash) was not available earlier in the local Linux distribution machine. Now let see the step-by-step instructions to complete the installation for azure cli and there are 2 options for convenience.

Option 1:

Download the script using following command and send to the bash as shown below:

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

Option 2:

Update the system and get the packages for the installation

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl apt-transport-https lsb-release gnupg

Download and install the key for Microsoft

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -sLS https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc |
    gpg --dearmor |
    sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/microsoft.gpg > /dev/null
sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/microsoft.gpg

Include the Azure CLI repo

AZ_DIST=$(lsb_release -cs)
echo "deb [arch=`dpkg --print-architecture` signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ $AZ_DIST main" |
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list

Now update the machine again and install the CLI

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install azure-cli

Now again verify the Azure CLI (Bash) is reflecting in the system as before

The Azure CLI version 2.58.0 has been successfully installed on the local system. Upon inspection, you may observe the installation of additional dependencies, as well as the default Python version 3.11.7.

How to Upgrade Azure CLI if already installed?

This following command updates all installed extensions as required.

az upgrade

That’s it, thank you for reading.

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