az login

Log in to Azure. Part of azure-cli (also known as az). More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/reference-index#az-login.

• Log in interactively:

az login

• Log in with a service principal using a client secret:

az login --service-principal {{[-u|--username]}} {{http://azure-cli-service-principal}} {{[-p|--password]}} {{secret}} --tenant {{someone.onmicrosoft.com}}

• Log in with a service principal using a client certificate:

az login --service-principal {{[-u|--username]}} {{http://azure-cli-service-principal}} {{[-p|--password]}} {{path/to/cert.pem}} {{[-t|--tenant]}} {{someone.onmicrosoft.com}}

• Log in using a VM’s system assigned identity:

az login {{[-i|--identity]}}

• Log in using a VM’s user assigned identity:

az login {{[-i|--identity]}} {{[-u|--username]}} /subscriptions/{{subscription_id}}/resourcegroups/{{my_rg}}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{{my_id}}