Command Reference¶

Complete reference for all azlin commands organized by category.

Command Groups¶

Core Commands¶

• VM Commands - VM lifecycle management
• Auth Commands - Authentication profiles
• Context Commands - Multi-tenant context management
• Storage Commands - Azure Files NFS storage

Operations & Monitoring¶

• Batch Commands - Batch operations across VMs
• Fleet Commands - Distributed command orchestration
• Util Commands - Utilities (cp, sync, logs, ps, w, top, cost, update)

Environment & Configuration¶

• Env Commands - Environment variable management
• Snapshot Commands - VM snapshots and backups
• Template Commands - VM configuration templates
• Keys Commands - SSH key management

Security & Networking¶

• Bastion Commands - Azure Bastion for secure access
• IP Commands - IP diagnostics and troubleshooting

AI & Automation¶

• Do Command - Natural language VM management
• Doit Commands - Autonomous infrastructure deployment
• Autopilot Commands - Cost optimization and lifecycle management

Advanced Features¶

• Compose Commands - Multi-VM docker-compose orchestration
• GitHub Runner Commands - GitHub Actions runner fleets

Quick Reference¶

VM Lifecycle¶

• azlin new - Create a new VM
• azlin clone - Clone a VM with contents
• azlin list - List all VMs
• azlin connect - Connect to a VM
• azlin start - Start a stopped VM
• azlin stop - Stop a running VM
• azlin status - Show VM status
• azlin session - Manage session names
• azlin tag - Manage VM tags
• azlin update - Update development tools
• azlin destroy - Delete a VM
• azlin kill - Delete VM and resources
• azlin killall - Delete all VMs
• azlin prune - Delete idle VMs

AI-Powered Features¶

• azlin do "<request>" - Natural language commands
• azlin doit deploy "<infrastructure>" - Deploy infrastructure
• azlin autopilot enable - Enable cost optimization

Storage & Files¶

• azlin storage create - Create NFS storage
• azlin storage mount - Mount storage on VMs
• azlin storage mount local - Mount on macOS
• azlin storage list - List storage accounts
• azlin cp - Copy files to/from VMs
• azlin sync - Sync home directory

Monitoring & Operations¶

• azlin status - Show VM status
• azlin w - Show who is logged in
• azlin ps - Show running processes
• azlin top - Distributed resource monitoring
• azlin cost - Show cost estimates
• azlin logs - View VM logs

Batch Operations¶

• azlin batch exec - Execute on multiple VMs
• azlin batch sync - Sync multiple VMs
• azlin batch start - Start multiple VMs
• azlin batch stop - Stop multiple VMs
• azlin batch update - Update multiple VMs

Environment & Snapshots¶

• azlin env set - Set environment variables
• azlin env list - List environment variables
• azlin snapshot create - Create VM snapshot
• azlin snapshot restore - Restore from snapshot

Authentication & Context¶

• azlin auth setup - Setup service principal
• azlin auth list - List auth profiles
• azlin context create - Create context
• azlin context use - Switch context

Advanced Features¶

• azlin compose up - Deploy multi-VM compose
• azlin github-runner enable - Enable runner fleet
• azlin bastion setup - Setup Azure Bastion
• azlin ip check - Check IP configuration