az vm

Manage virtual machines in Azure.

Part of `az`, the command-line client for Microsoft Azure.

• List details of available Virtual Machines:

az vm list

• Create an `UbuntuServer 18.04 LTS` Virtual Machine and generate ssh keys:

az vm create --resource-group {rg} --name {vm_name} --image {Canonical:UbuntuServer:18.04-LTS:latest} --admin-user {azureuser} --generate-ssh-keys

• Stop a Virtual Machine:

az vm stop --resource-group {rg} --name {vm_name}

• Deallocate a Virtual Machine:

az vm deallocate --resource-group {rg} --name {vm_name}

• Start a Virtual Machine:

az vm start --resource-group {rg} --name {vm_name}

• Restart a Virtual Machine:

az vm restart --resource-group {rg} --name {vm_name}

• List VM images available in the Azure Marketplace:

az vm image list

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