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Virtual Machines - Run Command

Run command on the VM.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}/runCommand?api-version=2024-11-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
path True

string

minLength: 1
maxLength: 90

The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.

subscriptionId
path True

string

minLength: 1

The ID of the target subscription.

vmName
path True

string

The name of the virtual machine.

api-version
query True

string

minLength: 1

The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
commandId True

string

The run command id.

parameters

RunCommandInputParameter[]

The run command parameters.

script

string[]

Optional. The script to be executed. When this value is given, the given script will override the default script of the command.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

RunCommandResult

Azure operation completed successfully.

202 Accepted

Resource operation accepted.

Headers

  • Location: string
  • Retry-After: integer
Other Status Codes

CloudError

An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

VirtualMachineRunCommand

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e/resourceGroups/crptestar98131/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm3036/runCommand?api-version=2024-11-01

{
  "commandId": "RunPowerShellScript"
}

Sample response

{
  "value": [
    {
      "code": "ComponentStatus/StdOut/succeeded",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
      "message": "This is a sample script with parameters value1 value2"
    },
    {
      "code": "ComponentStatus/StdErr/succeeded",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
      "message": ""
    }
  ]
}
Location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/westus/operations/{operationId}&monitor=true&api-version=2024-11-01

Definitions

Name Description
ApiError

Api error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

InnerError

Inner error details.

InstanceViewStatus

Instance view status.

RunCommandInput

Capture Virtual Machine parameters.

RunCommandInputParameter

Describes the properties of a run command parameter.

RunCommandResult
StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

ApiError

Api error.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

details

ApiErrorBase[]

The Api error details

innererror

InnerError

The Api inner error

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The target of the particular error.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

Name Type Description
error

ApiError

Api error.

InnerError

Inner error details.

Name Type Description
errordetail

string

The internal error message or exception dump.

exceptiontype

string

The exception type.

InstanceViewStatus

Instance view status.

Name Type Description
code

string

The status code.

displayStatus

string

The short localizable label for the status.

level

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

message

string

The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.

time

string (date-time)

The time of the status.

RunCommandInput

Capture Virtual Machine parameters.

Name Type Description
commandId

string

The run command id.

parameters

RunCommandInputParameter[]

The run command parameters.

script

string[]

Optional. The script to be executed. When this value is given, the given script will override the default script of the command.

RunCommandInputParameter

Describes the properties of a run command parameter.

Name Type Description
name

string

The run command parameter name.

value

string

The run command parameter value.

RunCommandResult

Name Type Description
value

InstanceViewStatus[]

Run command operation response.

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

Value Description
Info
Warning
Error