"Connect" to Azure resources


based upon current understanding, 1 of core design ideas behind web services (eg. azure service management rest api) apis stateless. prevented need "connect" services before leveraging capabilities, because each call authenticated, , provided of necessary information, ensure web service call succeed.

with azure automation, seems concept being tossed aside, since "core" sample runbooks connect-azure or connect-azurevm. seems me sample runbooks should simple, useful operations start-azurevm or stop-azurevm, instead of "connect" commands, don't provide useful value in , of themselves.

can please provide direction on azure automation feature headed, , why it's necessary "connect" azure resources, before leveraging capabilities? when using azure powershell module directly, outside of workflow, sma, or azure automation, it's not necessary "connect" resources. can run start-azurevm, stop-azurevm, or large array of other commands, without "connecting" them, or azure subscription itself. doesn't make sense me, logically speaking, "connect" azure subscription, since stateless api, why concept being proliferated azure automation?

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trevor sullivan
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hi trevor,

these utility runbooks, not sample runbooks. meant called other runbooks make tasks easier. utility runbooks on script center , tagged "utility," while samples tagged "tutorial". have runbooks on script center doing things against azure, example one calls both start-azurevm , stop-azurevm. don't have runbooks starting or stopping vm because single cmdlet work, not make sense write full runbook that.

the reason connect-azurevm needed because gives uri use connect azure vm on winrm. adds vm's certificate locally worker running runbook remoting vm allowed.

connect-azure needed because azure cmdlets not stateless. require calling either set-azuresubscription, import-publishsettingfile, or add-azureaccount set connection azure. while need once when using azure cmdlets in ise, have every runbook execution in azure automation because runbooks run across many workers, , in sandboxes cleaned after execution, file azure cmdlets use know how talk azure, written filesystem using set-azuresubscription, import-publishsettingfile, or add-azureaccount, can not assumed still there between runbook executions. connect-azure calls set-azuresubscription internally, passing in certificate asset contains azure management certificate. however, azure supports non-interactive orgid cred auth via add-azureaccount, connect-azure going deprecated add newest azure module azure automation. expect blog post on using azure automation talk azure using orgid credential based auth soon.



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