Virtual Machines - Run Command

Service:

Compute

API Version:

2024-07-01

Run command on the VM.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}/runCommand?api-version=2024-07-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the resource group.
subscriptionId	path	True	string	Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.
vmName	path	True	string	The name of the virtual machine.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.

Request Body

Media Types: "application/json", "text/json"

Name	Required	Type	Description
commandId	True	string	The run command id.
parameters		RunCommandInputParameter[]	The run command parameters.
script		string[]	Optional. The script to be executed. When this value is given, the given script will override the default script of the command.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	RunCommandResult	OK Media Types: "application/json", "text/json"
202 Accepted		Accepted Media Types: "application/json", "text/json"

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

VirtualMachineRunCommand

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e/resourceGroups/crptestar98131/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm3036/runCommand?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "commandId": "RunPowerShellScript"
}

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.RunCommandInput;

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines RunCommand.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/runCommandExamples/
     * VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachineRunCommand.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void virtualMachineRunCommand(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines().runCommand("crptestar98131", "vm3036",
            new RunCommandInput().withCommandId("RunPowerShellScript"), com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python virtual_machine_run_command.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e",
    )

    response = client.virtual_machines.begin_run_command(
        resource_group_name="crptestar98131",
        vm_name="vm3036",
        parameters={"commandId": "RunPowerShellScript"},
    ).result()
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/runCommandExamples/VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v6"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/069a65e8a6d1a6c0c58d9a9d97610b7103b6e8a5/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/runCommandExamples/VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_BeginRunCommand() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().BeginRunCommand(ctx, "crptestar98131", "vm3036", armcompute.RunCommandInput{
		CommandID: to.Ptr("RunPowerShellScript"),
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.RunCommandResult = armcompute.RunCommandResult{
	// 	Value: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 		{
	// 			Code: to.Ptr("ComponentStatus/StdOut/succeeded"),
	// 			DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 			Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 			Message: to.Ptr("This is a sample script with parameters value1 value2"),
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			Code: to.Ptr("ComponentStatus/StdErr/succeeded"),
	// 			DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 			Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 			Message: to.Ptr(""),
	// 	}},
	// }
}

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JavaScript

const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Run command on the VM.
 *
 * @summary Run command on the VM.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/runCommandExamples/VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
 */
async function virtualMachineRunCommand() {
  const subscriptionId =
    process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "crptestar98131";
  const vmName = "vm3036";
  const parameters = { commandId: "RunPowerShellScript" };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.beginRunCommandAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    vmName,
    parameters,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

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dotnet

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Xml;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/runCommandExamples/VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachines_RunCommand" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this VirtualMachineResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineResource
string subscriptionId = "24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e";
string resourceGroupName = "crptestar98131";
string vmName = "vm3036";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineResourceId = VirtualMachineResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, vmName);
VirtualMachineResource virtualMachine = client.GetVirtualMachineResource(virtualMachineResourceId);

// invoke the operation
RunCommandInput input = new RunCommandInput("RunPowerShellScript");
ArmOperation<VirtualMachineRunCommandResult> lro = await virtualMachine.RunCommandAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, input);
VirtualMachineRunCommandResult result = lro.Value;

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

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Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "value": [
    {
      "code": "ComponentStatus/StdOut/succeeded",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
      "message": "This is a sample script with parameters value1 value2"
    },
    {
      "code": "ComponentStatus/StdErr/succeeded",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
      "message": ""
    }
  ]
}

Status code:

202

Location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/westus/operations/{operationId}&monitor=true&api-version=2024-07-01

Definitions

Name	Description
InstanceViewStatus	Instance view status.
RunCommandInput	Capture Virtual Machine parameters.
RunCommandInputParameter	Describes the properties of a run command parameter.
RunCommandResult
StatusLevelTypes	The level code.

InstanceViewStatus

Instance view status.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The status code.
displayStatus	string	The short localizable label for the status.
level	StatusLevelTypes	The level code.
message	string	The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.
time	string	The time of the status.

RunCommandInput

Capture Virtual Machine parameters.

Name	Type	Description
commandId	string	The run command id.
parameters	RunCommandInputParameter[]	The run command parameters.
script	string[]	Optional. The script to be executed. When this value is given, the given script will override the default script of the command.

RunCommandInputParameter

Describes the properties of a run command parameter.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The run command parameter name.
value	string	The run command parameter value.

RunCommandResult

Name	Type	Description
value	InstanceViewStatus[]	Run command operation response.

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

Name	Type	Description
Error	string
Info	string
Warning	string