Using PowerShell for managing Azure resources
How to configure PowerShell for managing Azure resources (Windows platform)
- Login to the machine using privileged account.
- From command prompt, run the command below to invoke PowerShell:
- powershell
- Note: You need to run cmd.exe or PowerShell.exe as administrator.
- Run the command below to find out the current PowerShell version:
- $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
- In-case you currently have version older than 5.1, follow the article below to locate the download URL for upgrading to the latest version of PowerShell:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/setup/installing-windows-powershell?view=powershell-6
- Also, review the article below for PowerShell installation pre-requirements:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/setup/windows-powershell-system-requirements?view=powershell-5.1
- Run the below command to check if you have PowerShellGet installed on your system:
- Get-Module PowerShellGet -list | Select-Object Name,Version,Path
- In-case you don’t have PowerShellGet, run the commands below:
- Install-PackageProvider Nuget –Force
- Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet –Force
- For more information about installation or upgrade of PowerShellGet, see:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/gallery/installing-psget
- Run the command below to install Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
- Install-Module AzureRM -Force
- Run the command below to set the execution policy:
- Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force
- Run the command below to import the AzureRM module:
- Import-Module AzureRM
- Run the command below to update to the latest AzureRM module:
- Update-Module -Name AzureRM -Force
- To view the installed versions of AzureRM, run the command below:
- Get-Module -Name AzureRM -List | select Name,Version
- To remove older versions of AzureRM, run the command below (update the command to the relevant version you wish to uninstall):
- Get-InstalledModule -Name AzureRM -RequiredVersion 6.10.0 | Uninstall-Module
How to configure PowerShell for managing Azure resources (CentOS platform)
- Login to the machine using privileged account.
- Run the command below to register the RedHat repository:
- curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo
- Note: The above command should be written in a single line
- Run the command below to install PowerShell:
- sudo yum install -y powershell
- From command prompt, run the command below to invoke PowerShell:
- sudo pwsh
- Note: You need to run cmd.exe or PowerShell.exe as administrator.
- Run the command below to find out the current PowerShell version:
- $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
- Run the below command to check if you have PowerShellGet installed on your system:
- Get-Module PowerShellGet -list | Select-Object Name,Version,Path
- In-case you don’t have PowerShellGet, run the commands below:
- Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet –Force
- For more information about installation or upgrade of PowerShellGet, see:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/gallery/installing-psget
- Run the command below to install Azure cmdlet for PowerShell:
- Install-Module Az -Force
- Run the command below to import the AzureRM module:
- Import-Module Az
- Run the command below to update to the latest AzureRM module:
- Update-Module -Name Az -Force