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The Azure CLI is available to install in Windows, macOS and Linux environments. It can also be run in a Docker container and Azure Cloud Shell.
Install
The current version of the Azure CLI is
2.65.0
. For information about the latest release, see the
release notes
. To find your installed version and see if you need to update, run
az version
.
Install on Windows
Install on macOS
Install on Linux or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (
What is WSL?
)
Install on RHEL/CentOS Stream with dnf
Install on SLES/OpenSUSE with zypper
Install on Ubuntu/Debian with apt
Install on Azure Linux with tdnf
Install from script
Run in Docker container
Run in Azure Cloud Shell
Where is the Azure CLI installed?
When installing the Azure CLI, you can't select an install location. In Windows, the 32-bit Azure CLI installs in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2
and the 64-bit in
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2
. In Linux, the Azure CLI is installed in
/opt/az/
on Ubuntu and Debian, and in
/lib64/az/
on CentOS Stream, RHEL and Azure Linux.
User-specific configuration files are located in
$HOME/.azure
on macOS and Linux, and
%USERPROFILE%\.azure
on Windows. These locations are known as the
AZURE_CONFIG_DIR
.
What version of the Azure CLI is installed?
Type
az version
in a terminal window to know what version of the Azure CLI is installed. Your output looks like this:
"azure-cli": "x.xx.0x",
"azure-cli-core": "x.xx.x",
"azure-cli-telemetry": "x.x.x",
"extensions": {}
What extensions are installed?
Use the
az extension list
command to see installed extension. You can also use
az version
, but
az extension list
provides additional information including the installation path and status. For information on managing extensions, see
Use and manage extensions with the Azure CLI
.
See also
Sign in with the Azure CLI
Azure CLI Onboarding cheat sheet
Find Azure CLI
samples
and
published docs
Tips to use the Azure CLI successfully
