azure-cli

Install via pip

$ pip install azure-cli

$ pip install --upgrade azure-cli

$ az --version

azure-cli package installation and management

azure-cli is the Python package for the Azure command-line interface. It provides the `az` command and all associated modules for managing Azure resources.
The package can be installed via pip, OS package managers, or standalone installers.

~/.azure/config

User-specific Azure CLI configuration file for defaults, output format, and extension settings.

Python pip

$ pip install azure-cli

$ brew install azure-cli

$ curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash

Download MSI installer from Microsoft

$ docker run -it mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli

The package includes:
- Core CLI (`az` command)
- All service modules
- Extensions framework
- Auto-completion support
- Telemetry (can be disabled)

Requires Python 3.8+. Large installation size (hundreds of MB). Regular updates needed for new features. Some older Linux distributions need manual dependency installation. Extensions installed separately.

azure-cli (version 2.0+) was released in 2017 as a complete rewrite in Python, replacing the Node.js-based version 1.0.

az(1), pip(1), az-extension(1)