Azure Cloud shell

Overview:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-shell/overview

URL: https://shell.azure.com

On first launch Cloud Shell prompts to create a resource group, storage account, and Azure Files share on your behalf. This is a one-time step and will be automatically attached for all sessions. A single file share can be mapped and will be used by both Bash and PowerShell in Cloud Shell.

Read more to learn how to mount a new or existing storage account.

• Cloud Shell runs on a temporary host provided on a per-session, per-user basis
• Cloud Shell times out after 20 minutes without interactive activity
• Cloud Shell requires an Azure file share to be mounted
• Cloud Shell uses the same Azure file share for both Bash and PowerShell
• Cloud Shell is assigned one machine per user account
• Cloud Shell persists $HOME using a 5-GB image held in your file share
• Permissions are set as a regular Linux user in Bash

Learn more about features in Bash in Cloud Shell and PowerShell in Cloud Shell.

Azure cloud shell limitations:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-shell/limitations

Troubleshooting:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-shell/troubleshooting

How to access Azure cloud shell from Visual Studio Code ?

http://espacenuagic.com/2018/08/17/utiliser-azure-cloud-shell-depuis-visual-studio-code/

On a windows computer

Install VS code: https://code.visualstudio.com/download

then install NodeJS: https://nodejs.org/en/

then on VS Code install the extension “Azure Account”