Install Azure CLI on Fedora 35

I started work on packaging the Azure CLI and all of its components in Fedora back in July 2021 and the work finally finished just as the Fedora 35 development cycled ended. This required plenty of packaging work and I was thankful for all the advice I received along the way from experienced Fedora packagers.

Installing Azure CLI #

Make sure you’re on Fedora 35 or later first. Then install azure-cli:

$ sudo dnf -y install azure-cli
$ az --version
azure-cli                         2.29.0 *

core                              2.29.0 *
telemetry                          1.0.6

Extensions:
aks-preview                       0.5.29

Python location '/usr/bin/python3'
Extensions directory '/home/major/.azure/cliextensions'

Authenticate with Azure #

You have two methods for authenticating with Azure:

• via a web browser (good for desktops and workstations)
• via a device code (good for remote servers or virtual machines)

To authenticate with a browser, type az login and complete the steps in the browser window that appears.

Otherwise, run az login --use-device-code and complete the steps manually using the URL and the access code provided on the command line.

If everything works well, you should get a message saying You have logged in. followed by some information about your account in JSON format.

To the cloud! #

Most resources in Azure live inside a resource group, so let’s try to create one to ensure the CLI is working and authenticated properly:

$ az group create --location eastus --resource-group major-testing-eastus
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/major-testing-eastus",
  "location": "eastus",
  "managedBy": null,
  "name": "major-testing-eastus",
  "properties": {
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  },
  "tags": null,
  "type": "Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups"
}

Perfect! 🎉

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