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Auth Commands¶

Manage service principal authentication profiles.

Overview¶

Service principals enable automated Azure authentication without interactive login. Use these commands to set up and manage authentication profiles for CI/CD, automation, and production access.

Available Commands¶

azlin auth setup - Set up service principal authentication profile
azlin auth list - List available authentication profiles
azlin auth show - Show authentication profile details
azlin auth test - Test service principal authentication
azlin auth remove - Remove authentication profile

Quick Start¶

Setup Profile¶

# Create auth profile
azlin auth setup --profile production

# Test authentication
azlin auth test --profile production

Use with Commands¶

# Use profile with any command
azlin list --auth-profile production
azlin new --name prod-vm --auth-profile production

# Or via context
azlin context create prod   --subscription prod-sub   --tenant prod-tenant   --auth-profile production

Use Cases¶

CI/CD Integration¶

# Set up CI profile
azlin auth setup --profile ci-cd

# In CI pipeline
export AZLIN_AUTH_PROFILE=ci-cd
azlin new --name build-$BUILD_ID
azlin connect build-$BUILD_ID --command './run-tests.sh'
azlin kill build-$BUILD_ID

Production Automation¶

# Production profile for automation
azlin auth setup --profile prod-automation

# Automated tasks
azlin batch stop --tag 'env=dev' --auth-profile prod-automation

azlin context - Multi-tenant context management

See Also¶