Using azure cli from virtual machine

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I need to use the azure cli from within a linux virtual machine. There are two contraints:

  1. cannot use/store the credentials used for creating the VM on the VM.
  2. the login/authentication need to be automated (non-interactive)

On AWS, I can use instance profiles for such scenario, but I am unable to find any feasible approach for Azure. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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2 Answers

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If you are using Azure CLI 2.0, you can use az login with the --msi parameter to log in using the Virtual Machine's identity. See the az login documentation for more information.

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az login —msi has been deprecated (See here) as of v2.0.22.

The new method is to use the —identity option. ie. az login —identity. See az login docs for more information.