Install Azure CLI on WSL2 (Ubuntu)

Install with one command

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

Update to the latest version

  $ az upgrade

• Learn more https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?pivots=apt#update

Uninstall Azure CLI

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?pivots=apt#uninstall

Log in Azure CLI

• Execute the following command

    $ az login

• A browser will be opened.
• Log in with your Azure account.
• Wait for a while and you will get your subscription in JSON format and a shell is read to enter a new command.

List all subscription you have and check a default subscription

az account list --output table

Set a default subscription

az account set --subscription <subscription name or id>

• How to manage Azure subscription https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/manage-azure-subscriptions-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest

Create a resource group with a default subscription.

az group create --location <location-name> --name <resource-group-name>

• To list all locations, use az account list-locations --output table.
• To list all existing resource groups of the default subscription, use az group list --output table.
• More details for Azure resource group

Get Azure Credentials for azure/login action

• Run the following command:

 az ad sp create-for-rbac \
  --name {name} --role contributor \
  --scopes /subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/{resource-group} \
  --sdk-auth

• Replace {name}, {subscription-id} and {resource-group} with your name reference, subscription and resource group.
• The command should return JSON object similar to this:

  {
    "clientId": "<GUID>",
    "clientSecret": "<GUID>",
    "subscriptionId": "<GUID>",
    "tenantId": "<GUID>",
    (...)
  }

• Store the above JSON object as the value of a GitHub secret with a name, for example AZURE_CREDENTIALS
• Then use a secret in your GitHub Actions workflow script, for example ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}

REF

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?pivots=apt