Azure Resource Manager is the deployment and management service for Azure. It provides a management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure account. You use management features, like access control, locks, and tags, to secure and organize your resources after deployment. Also here are some of my related guides: How to manage azure resource manager resource groups by using Azure CLI, how to configure azure resources with tools, how to install and configure Ansible on Ubuntu, how to install Ansible on Windows with Cygwin, how to automate infrastructure deployments in the cloud with ansible and azure pipelines, how to install Kerberos packages in Windows via Cygwin, how to configure a remote server (windows) to Support Ansible, and how to deploy Azure VMware solution private cloud.
In this article, you will learn the following listed below.
- What is a resource group.
- Create resource groups using CLI.
- List resource groups using CLI.
- Lock resource groups CLI.
- Deploy resources CLI.
- Delete resource groups CLI.What is resource group
A resource group is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution. The resource group can include all the resources for the solution, or only those resources that you want to manage as a group.
Create resource groups using CLI
- Go to the Azure Portal
- At the top bar, click on the cloud shell
- Select to open the bash terminal
- Type the following below to create a resource group
az group create --name staggingResourceGroup --location westus
List resource groups using CLI
- Go to the Azure Portal
- At the top bar, click on the cloud shell
- Select to open the bash terminal
- Type the following below to create a resource group
az group list
Lock resource groups using CLI
Locking prevents other users in your organization from accidentally deleting or modifying critical resources.
- Go to the Azure Portal
- At the top bar, click on the cloud shell
- Select to open the bash terminal
- Type the following below to create a resource group
az lock create --name LockGroup --lock-type CanNotDelete --resource-group staggingResourceGroup
How to get the locks for a resource group
az lock list --resource-group staggingResourceGroup
How to delete a lock for a resource group
az lock delete --name LockGroup --resource-group staggingResourceGroup
Deploy resources using CLI
- Go to the Azure Portal
- At the top bar, click on the cloud shell
- Select to open the bash terminal
- Type the following below to create a resource group
az storage account create --resource-group staggingResourceGroup --name staggingstorage2021 --location westus --sku Standard_LRS --kind StorageV2
Deploy resources using CLI
- Go to the Azure Portal
- At the top bar, click on the cloud shell
- Select to open the bash terminal
- Type the following below to create a resource group
az group delete --name staggingResourceGroup
Summary
This article provided a step-by-step overview of how to manage azure resource manager resource groups by using Azure CLI