Connect-AzConnectedMachine
API to register a new machine and thereby create a tracked resource in ARM
Syntax
Connect-AzConnectedMachine
[-ResourceGroupName] <String>
[[-SubscriptionId] <String>]
[[-Name] <String>]
[-Location] <String>
[[-PSSession] <PSSession[]>]
[[-Tag] <Hashtable>]
[[-DefaultProfile] <PSObject>]
[[-Proxy] <Uri>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
API to register a new machine and thereby create a tracked resource in ARM
Examples
Example 1: Onboards the machine you're on as a connected machine
Connect-AzConnectedMachine -ResourceGroupName contoso-connected-machines -Name linux_eastus1_1 -Location eastus
< truncated output of installing the azcmagent >
time="2020-08-07T13:13:25-07:00" level=info msg="Onboarding Machine. It usually takes a few minutes to complete. Sometimes it may take longer depending on network and server load status."
time="2020-08-07T13:13:25-07:00" level=info msg="Check network connectivity to all endpoints..."
time="2020-08-07T13:13:29-07:00" level=info msg="All endpoints are available... continue onboarding"
time="2020-08-07T13:13:50-07:00" level=info msg="Successfully Onboarded Resource to Azure" VM Id=********-****-****-****-**********
Name Location OSName Status ProvisioningState
---- -------- ------ ------ -----------------
linux_eastus1_1 eastus linux Connected Succeeded
Onboards the machine you're on as a connected machine.
Example 2: Onboards a remote machine as a connected device
$session = Connect-PSSession -ComputerName WINBOX
Connect-AzConnectedMachine -ResourceGroupName contoso-rg -Name win_eastus1_1 -Location eastus -PSSession $session
< truncated output of installing the azcmagent >
time="2020-08-07T13:13:25-07:00" level=info msg="Onboarding Machine. It usually takes a few minutes to complete. Sometimes it may take longer depending on network and server load status."
time="2020-08-07T13:13:25-07:00" level=info msg="Check network connectivity to all endpoints..."
time="2020-08-07T13:13:29-07:00" level=info msg="All endpoints are available... continue onboarding"
time="2020-08-07T13:13:50-07:00" level=info msg="Successfully Onboarded Resource to Azure" VM Id=********-****-****-****-**********
Name Location OSName Status ProvisioningState
---- -------- ------ ------ -----------------
win_eastus1_1 eastus windows Connected Succeeded
Onboards a remote machine as a connected device using PowerShell remoting. Note: only Windows as the target is supported at this time.
Parameters
-DefaultProfile
The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with Azure.
Type: | PSObject |
Aliases: | AzureRMContext, AzureCredential |
Position: | 5 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Location
The location for the created ConnectedMachine.
Type: | String |
Position: | 3 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
The name that will be used for this machine. The hostname is used by default.
Type: | String |
Position: | 4 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Proxy
The URI for the proxy server to use
Type: | Uri |
Position: | 8 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PSSession
When specified, the command that onboards machines to Azure will be run within each PSSession. NOTE: This only works on Windows for now.
Type: | PSSession[] |
Aliases: | Session |
Position: | 6 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ResourceGroupName
The name of the resource group you want to add the machine to.
Type: | String |
Position: | 1 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SubscriptionId
The ID of the subscription you want to add the machine to.
Type: | String |
Position: | 2 |
Default value: | (Get-AzContext).Subscription.Id |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Tag
Resource tags.
Type: | Hashtable |
Position: | 7 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |