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How to create Azure Resource group using Python

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Azure libraries for Python simplify provisioning, managing, and using Azure resources from Python application code.This post describes how to create an Azure Resource Group using Python.

Prerequisite: Below are the prerequisites for following this post.

1. Azure CLI. Refer below articles to install Azure CLI.

[Windows]
Install Azure CLI on windows
[Ubuntu]
Install Azure CLI on Ubuntu
2. Python 3.6 or later

Create Azure Resource Group using Python

  • Install required Python Libraries
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pip install azure-identity
pip install azure-mgmt-resource
  • Login with Azure CLI
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az login
  • Import AzureCliCredential and ResourceManagementClient class
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from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
from azure.mgmt.resource import ResourceManagementClient
  • Define SubscriptionName, ResourceGroupName and Location
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subscription_id = "REPLACE_WITH_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"

RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME = "REPLACE_WITH_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME"
LOCATION = "REPLACE_WITH_LOCATION" # e.g uswest, uswest2 etc..
  • Get credentials and Obtain the management object for resources
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credential = AzureCliCredential()
resource_client = ResourceManagementClient(credential, subscription_id)
  • Create Resource Group
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response = resource_client.resource_groups.create_or_update(
RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, {"location": LOCATION}
)

print(f"Resource Group {response.name} has been created in {response.location}")
  • Complete Code Snippet
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from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
from azure.mgmt.resource import ResourceManagementClient


subscription_id = "REPLACE_WITH_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"

RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME = "REPLACE_WITH_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME"
LOCATION = "REPLACE_WITH_LOCATION" # e.g uswest, uswest2 etc..


credential = AzureCliCredential()

resource_client = ResourceManagementClient(credential, subscription_id)

response = resource_client.resource_groups.create_or_update(
RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, {"location": LOCATION}
)

print(f"Resource Group {response.name} has been created in {response.location}")

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