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Azure CLI reference command index for Azure identities

There are many Azure CLI reference commands that help you to work with Azure identities. This article provides a list of Azure CLI commands and the quickstart, how-to guide or tutorial that shows the use of the command. For identity commands without an article, use the reference example (the link in column one).

Note

Not all Azure CLI commands containing the word "identity" are about Microsoft Entra ID managed identities. This article is an index of Azure CLI commands to help you manage any type of Azure identity.

az acr

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az acr identity Troubleshoot a customer-managed key
Tutorial: Build and deploy from source code to Azure Container Apps

az aks

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az aks pod-identity Use Microsoft Entra pod-managed identities in Azure Kubernetes Service (Preview)
Migrate from pod managed-identity to workload identity
az aks pod-identity exception Use Microsoft Entra pod-managed identities in Azure Kubernetes Service (Preview)
Troubleshoot Azure Kubernetes Service backup and restore

az appconfig

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az appconfig identity Use customer-managed keys to encrypt your App Configuration data
Add managed identities for Azure App Configuration

az backup

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az backup vault identity Encrypt backup data by using customer-managed keys
Save and manage MARS agent passphrase securely in Azure Key Vault

az communication

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az communication identity How to use Managed Identity with Azure Communication Services
az communication identity token Quickstart: Join a room call
Pre-call diagnostic overview
Adding visual effects to a video call

az containerapp

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az containerapp identity Managed identities in Azure Container Apps
Deploy to Azure Container Apps from Azure Pipelines
Deploy to Azure Container Apps with GitHub Actions
Migrate a Python application to use passwordless connections with Azure SQL Database
Tutorial: Build and deploy a Python web app with Azure Container Apps and PostgreSQL
Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Blob Storage
Tutorial: Use code interpreter sessions in LangChain with Azure Container Apps
Tutorial: Use code interpreter sessions in Semantic Kernel with Azure Container Apps
Authenticating Azure-hosted apps to Azure resources with the Azure SDK for Go

az cosmosdb

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az cosmosdb identity Configure managed identities with Microsoft Entra ID for your Azure Cosmos DB account
Create and manage container copy jobs in Azure Cosmos DB (Preview)
Access Azure Key Vault from Azure Cosmos DB using a managed identity
Configure customer-managed keys for your Azure Cosmos DB account with Azure Managed HSM Key Vault

az dt

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az dt identity Set up an Azure Digital Twins instance and authentication (CLI)

az functionapp

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az functionapp identity Create your first containerized functions on Azure Container Apps
Tutorial: Build out an end-to-end solution
Enable API analysis in your API center - self-managed
Ingest IoT Hub telemetry into Azure Digital Twins
Set up twin-to-twin event handling

az identity

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az identity Manage user-assigned managed identities
Use Key Vault references as app settings in Azure App Service and Azure Functions
How to use managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions
Transfer an Azure subscription to a different Microsoft Entra directory
Use a managed identity in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Configure a custom container for Azure App Service
Deploy and configure workload identity on an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster
Connect your Azure identity provider to the Azure Key Vault Secrets Store CSI Driver in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Migrate custom software to Azure App Service using a custom container
Provision and publish a bot
az identity federated-credential Deploy and configure workload identity on an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster
Connect your Azure identity provider to the Azure Key Vault Secrets Store CSI Driver in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Configure a user-assigned managed identity to trust an external identity provider
Tutorial: Deploy applications using GitOps with Flux v2
Quickstart: Deploy Application Gateway for Containers ALB Controller
Migrate from pod managed-identity to workload identity
Securely scale your applications using the KEDA add-on and workload identity on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Deploy an AI model on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with the AI toolchain operator (preview)
Use the Secret Store extension to fetch secrets for offline access in Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters
Deploy a highly available PostgreSQL database on AKS

az image

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az image builder identity Troubleshoot Azure VM Image Builder

az iot

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az iot central app identity Export IoT data to Blob Storage
Export IoT data to Event Hubs
Manage and monitor IoT Central applications
Export IoT data to Azure Data Explorer
Export IoT data to Service Bus
az iot hub device-identity Create and provision an IoT Edge device on Linux using symmetric keys
Create and manage device identities
Quickstart: Deploy your first IoT Edge module to a virtual Linux device
Quickstart: Deploy your first IoT Edge module to a Windows device
Tutorial: Send device data to Azure Storage using IoT Hub message routing
Quickstart: Send telemetry from a device to an IoT hub and monitor it with the Azure CLI
Tutorial - Use MQTT to develop an IoT device client without using a device SDK
Tutorial: Build out an end-to-end solution
Create and provision an IoT Edge device on Linux using X.509 certificates
Install and run the Spatial Analysis container (preview)
az iot hub device-identity connection-string Create and provision an IoT Edge device on Linux using symmetric keys
Create and manage device identities
Quickstart: Deploy your first IoT Edge module to a virtual Linux device
Quickstart: Deploy your first IoT Edge module to a Windows device
Tutorial: Build out an end-to-end solution
Install and run the Spatial Analysis container (preview)
Create and provision an IoT Edge for Linux on Windows device using symmetric keys
Tutorial: Use a simulated device to test connectivity with your IoT hub
Use Visual Studio 2022 to develop and debug modules for Azure IoT Edge
Tutorial: Configure your devices from a back-end service
az iot hub identity Configure IoT Hub file uploads using Azure CLI
az iot hub module-identity Deploy Azure IoT Edge modules with Azure CLI
az iot ops identity Enable secure settings in Azure IoT Operations

az mysql

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az mysql flexible-server identity Use Java and JDBC with Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Database for MySQL
Configure passwordless database connections for Java apps on Oracle WebLogic Server

az networkcloud

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az networkcloud clustermanager identity Cluster Manager: How to manage the Cluster Manager in Operator Nexus

az nexusidentity

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az nexusidentity Use Method D v2.0 break glass access

az policy

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az policy ment identity Built-in policies for Azure Monitor

az postgres

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az postgres flexible-server identity Configure system or user assigned managed identities
System assigned managed identity
User assigned managed identities

az redis

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az redis identity Managed identity for storage

az spring

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az spring app identity Migrate a Python application to use passwordless connections with Azure SQL Database
Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Blob Storage
Enable system-assigned managed identity for an application in Azure Spring Apps
Migrate a .NET application to use passwordless connections with Azure SQL Database
Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Database for MySQL
Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Service Bus
Migrate a Node.js application to use passwordless connections with Azure SQL Database
Migrate a Java application to use passwordless connections with Azure SQL Database
Migrate an application to use passwordless connections with Azure Event Hubs

az synapse

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az synapse workspace managed-identity Move an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace from one region to another

az vm

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az vm identity Connect your Azure identity provider to the Azure Key Vault Secrets Store CSI Driver in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Sign in to a Linux virtual machine in Azure by using Microsoft Entra ID and OpenSSH
Connect with managed identity to Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Use an Azure managed identity to authenticate to an Azure container registry
Use the Linux diagnostic extension 4.0 to monitor metrics and logs
Tutorial: Use Azure Key Vault with a virtual machine in .NET
Send Prometheus metrics from virtual machines, scale sets, or Kubernetes clusters to an Azure Monitor workspace
Authenticate Azure-hosted apps to Azure resources with the Azure SDK for .NET
Migrate a Python application to use passwordless connections with Azure SQL Database
Authenticating Azure-hosted apps to Azure resources with the Azure SDK for Python

az vmss

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az vmss identity Connect your Azure identity provider to the Azure Key Vault Secrets Store CSI Driver in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Sign in to a Linux virtual machine in Azure by using Microsoft Entra ID and OpenSSH
Fail to pull images from Azure Container Registry to Azure Kubernetes Service cluster
Use the Linux diagnostic extension 4.0 to monitor metrics and logs
Send Prometheus metrics from virtual machines, scale sets, or Kubernetes clusters to an Azure Monitor workspace
Send Prometheus data to Azure Monitor by using managed identity authentication
Create a chaos experiment that uses an agent-based fault with the Azure CLI

az webapp

Reference subgroup Azure CLI article showing reference use
az webapp identity How to use managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions
Tutorial: Connect to SQL Database from .NET App Service without secrets using a managed identity
Configure a custom container for Azure App Service
Connect to and query Azure SQL Database using Python and the pyodbc driver
Migrate custom software to Azure App Service using a custom container
Tutorial: Use a managed identity to connect Key Vault to an Azure web app in .NET
Tutorial: Connect to Azure databases from App Service without secrets using a managed identity
Authenticate Azure-hosted apps to Azure resources with the Azure SDK for .NET
Migrate a Python application to use passwordless connections with Azure SQL Database
Tutorial: Configure a sidecar container for a Linux app in Azure App Service