azlin status¶

azlin status [OPTIONS]

# Show status of all VMs in default resource group
azlin status

# Show status of all VMs in specific resource group
azlin status --rg my-resource-group

# Show status of single VM
azlin status --vm my-vm

# Show status of single VM with explicit resource group
azlin status --vm my-vm --rg my-resource-group

# Check VM before connecting
azlin status --vm my-vm
azlin connect my-vm

# Verify VM started successfully
azlin start my-vm
sleep 5
azlin status --vm my-vm  # Should show "Running"

# Check if VM has public IP
azlin status --vm my-vm | grep "Public IP"

# Verify VM stopped
azlin stop my-vm --deallocate
azlin status --vm my-vm  # Should show "Deallocated"

# Check if VM is running
if azlin status --vm my-vm | grep -q "Running"; then
    echo "VM is running"
    azlin connect my-vm
else
    echo "VM is not running, starting..."
    azlin start my-vm
fi

# Get public IP
ip=$(azlin status --vm my-vm | grep "Public IP" | awk '{print $3}')
echo "VM IP: $ip"

# Wait for VM to reach running state
while ! azlin status --vm my-vm | grep -q "Running"; do
    echo "Waiting for VM to start..."
    sleep 5
done
echo "VM is running!"

# Public IP present - direct connection
azlin connect myvm  # Uses public IP

# No public IP - requires bastion
azlin connect myvm  # Prompts for bastion tunnel

# Verify VM name
azlin list --all

# Check resource group
azlin status --rg correct-resource-group

# List all VMs across all resource groups
azlin list --show-all-vms

# Refresh Azure CLI cache
az account clear
az login

# Check Azure portal for VM status
# May indicate Azure service issue

# Try Azure CLI directly
az vm get-instance-view --name my-vm --resource-group my-rg

# Check if bastion is available
azlin bastion list

# Connect via bastion
azlin connect myvm --yes

# Add public IP (if needed)
az network public-ip create --name myvm-ip --resource-group my-rg
az network nic ip-config update --name ipconfig1 --nic-name myvm-nic \
    --resource-group my-rg --public-ip-address myvm-ip

# Accept new IP (normal behavior)
azlin status --vm my-vm  # Note new IP

# Or use reserved public IP (prevents changes)
# Configure during VM provisioning or via Azure portal

# Check all VMs and alert on non-running
azlin status | grep -v "Running" | while read vm status _; do
    echo "ALERT: $vm is $status"
done

# Export status to JSON (via Azure CLI)
az vm list --resource-group my-rg --show-details --output json > vm-status.json

# Monitor specific VM until running
while true; do
    status=$(azlin status --vm my-vm | grep "Status" | awk '{print $2}')
    echo "Current status: $status"
    if [ "$status" = "Running" ]; then
        break
    fi
    sleep 5
done

# Pre-connection health check
check_vm_health() {
    local vm=$1

    # Check power state
    if ! azlin status --vm $vm | grep -q "Running"; then
        echo "ERROR: VM $vm is not running"
        return 1
    fi

    # Check public IP exists
    if ! azlin status --vm $vm | grep -q "Public IP"; then
        echo "WARNING: VM $vm has no public IP (bastion required)"
    fi

    echo "VM $vm is healthy"
    return 0
}

check_vm_health my-vm && azlin connect my-vm

# Find VMs that should be deallocated
azlin status | grep "Stopped" | while read vm _; do
    echo "VM $vm is stopped but not deallocated (still billing)"
    echo "Run: azlin stop $vm --deallocate"
done

# Count VMs by state
echo "Running: $(azlin status | grep -c 'Running')"
echo "Stopped: $(azlin status | grep -c 'Stopped')"
echo "Deallocated: $(azlin status | grep -c 'Deallocated')"

# Verify VM is ready before deployment
- name: Check VM Status
  run: |
    azlin status --vm deploy-vm | grep -q "Running"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
      echo "Starting VM..."
      azlin start deploy-vm
      sleep 60
    fi

# Collect status metrics for Prometheus/Grafana
azlin status | awk 'NR>2 {
    print "vm_status{name=\""$1"\",status=\""$2"\"} 1"
}'

# Start additional VMs if load is high
if [ $current_load -gt 80 ]; then
    # Start stopped backup VMs
    azlin status | grep "Deallocated" | head -2 | while read vm _; do
        azlin start $vm
    done
fi