How to query using tags or read VM names, RG/ID from file

[eosho]

I am not too versed with using Azure with python. I have searched online but can't find any resource to either query VMs using tags or using VM name, RG or ID to start/deallocate VMs. My main reason for wanting to using python was because the CLI folks told me python can handle wait periods to avoid Azure throttling.

Sample snippet

try:
    vmlist = open("vmlist.txt","r")

    for vm in vmlist.readlines():
        values = vm.split()
        if OPTION in ['stop', 'deallocate']:   
            # Stop the VM
            print('\nDeallocating the VM')
            async_vm_deallocate = compute_client.virtual_machines.deallocate(GROUP_NAME, VM_NAME)
            async_vm_deallocate.wait()

        elif OPTION in ['start']:
            # Start the VM
            print('\nStart VM')
            async_vm_start = compute_client.virtual_machines.start(GROUP_NAME, VM_NAME)
            async_vm_start.wait()

        else:
            print('\nDoing nothing. Select either start or stop")
            exit()

finally:
    vmlist.close()

[lmazuel]

Hi @Fumes007 Testing existence of a VM by his name, would be just do a "get" and catch any exception as meaning "does not exist". By tag, you must use the "azure-mgmt-resource" client, using the list ARM resources with a filter: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-mgmt-resource/azure.mgmt.resource.resources.v2018_05_01.operations.resourcesoperations?view=azure-python#list

filter should look like (not tested, might need typo adjustements): tagname eq 'mytag' and resourceType eq 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines'

[lmazuel]

Closing, answered and no activity.