Azure CLI

Q: How deeply does Bootstrapping Microservices, Second Edition: With Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and Terraform cover Azure CLI?

Provides installation, authentication, subscription management, version discovery, credentials, and registry commands without detailing CLI internals.

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Azure CLI is Microsoft's cross-platform command-line interface for creating, configuring, and managing Azure resources.

Azure CLI is a terminal tool for creating and configuring Azure resources and connecting local tools to cloud infrastructure. Its practical role here is preparing kubectl to manage a Kubernetes cluster running on Azure. section 6.1 section 6.12

A typical Azure CLI workflow is:

Install the CLI for your platform and verify it with az --version. section 6.10.1
Authenticate with az login, then inspect and select the active Azure subscription. section 6.10.2
Check region-specific Kubernetes versions with az aks get-versions and choose one currently available. section 7.6
Download cluster credentials with az aks get-credentials so kubectl can access the Azure Kubernetes cluster. section 6.1 section 6.12
Retrieve container registry details with az acr show and az acr credential show, using table output when readability matters. section 7.9.6

Authenticate and select a subscription

Run az login, inspect the current account with az account show, list available subscriptions with az account list, and set the intended subscription with az account set --subscription=<subscription-id>. Verify the choice again with az account show before performing resource operations. section 6.10.2

Table 6.1 New tools in chapter 6 (view table figure)

Tool	Version	Purpose
Kubernetes	1.25.12	Kubernetes is the computing platform that we use to host our microservices in production.
Kubectl	1.27.2	Kubectl is the command-line tool for interacting with a Kubernetes cluster.
Azure CLI	2.51.0	We’ll use the Azure CLI to configure kubectl for access to our Kubernetes cluster.

Use the tool table to compare Azure CLI with Kubernetes and kubectl, including their stated versions and production roles. section 6.1

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