Using Az modules
So far, all examples have used AzureRM modules. The previously shown runbooks will be re-written to use cmdlets from the Az module.
As mentioned before, Az modules are not installed by default. They can be installed using the Modules gallery menu item in Azure Automation.
Search for Az in the gallery and the results will show multiple modules related to it. If the Az module is selected to be imported and installed, it will throw an error saying that its dependent modules are not installed and that they should be installed before installing the current module. The module can be found on the Modules gallery blade by searching for Az, as shown in Figure 4.13:
Figure 4.13: Finding the Az module on the Modules gallery blade
Instead of selecting the Az module, select Az.Accounts and import the module by following the wizard, as shown in Figure 4.14:
Figure 4.14: Importing the Az.Accounts module
After installing Az.Accounts, the Az.Resources module can be imported. Azure virtual machine-related cmdlets are available in the Az.Compute module, and it can also be imported using the same method as we used to import Az.Accounts.
Once these modules are imported, the runbooks can use the cmdlets provided by these modules. The previously shown ConnectAzure runbook has been modified to use the Az module:
param(
[parameter(mandatory=$true)]
[string] $connectionName
)
$connection = Get-AutomationConnection -name $connectionName
$subscriptionid = $connection.subscriptionid
$tenantid = $connection.tenantid
$applicationid = $connection.applicationid
$cretThumbprint = $connection.CertificateThumbprint
Login-AzAccount -CertificateThumbprint $cretThumbprint -ApplicationId $applicationid -ServicePrincipal -Tenant $tenantid -SubscriptionId $subscriptionid
Get-AzVm
The last two lines of the code are important. They are using Az cmdlets instead of AzureRM cmdlets.
Executing this runbook will give results similar to this:
Figure 4.15: The Az.Accounts module successfully imported
In the next section, we will work with webhooks.