Windows Azure’s command line tools are traditionally available only on Microsoft Windows in the form of PowerShell Cmdlets. But with the June / Spring release of Windows Azure, Microsoft shipped the command line interface for Mac and Linux. This tutorial is a walk through of the steps of involved in setting up, configuring and using the Windows Azure command line tools on Ubuntu.
Windows Azure command line tools for Linux are built using Node.js. So, let’s start with the installation of Node.js.
Step 1 – Install Node.js
Run the following commands to install the latest build of Node.js
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
Make sure that Node.js is installed and working by typing this command
node --version
Step 2 – Install the Windows Azure package
We will now download the Azure specific packages for node.
sudo npm install azure –g
Step 3 – Configuring the tools to use a specific Windows Azure account
This step will point the Windows Azure command line tools to a valid account of Windows Azure. You may have multiple active accounts but, the tools can only operate on one account at a time.
Running the following command will open the browser window with the sign in page which will redirect you to the publish settings file.
azure account download
Once you have downloaded the publisher settings configuration file, point the tools to it with the following command
azure account import <path to the .publishsettings file>
Let’s test the import by running the following command. If everything went fine, you should see the list
azure config list
To switch to a different account, use the following command
azure config set subscription <other-subscription-id>
Step 4 – Trying out a few useful commands
To list all the storage accounts
azure account storage list
To check the locations where the VM features are available
azure vm location list
To check the locations where the web sites features are available
azure site location list
Below is the screencast of this tutorial
- Janakiram MSV, Chief Editor, CloudStory.in