Unable to run commands in azure, either with Set-AzVMRunCommand or az vm run-command create

Question

I'm trying to run a script using either PowerShell AZ or AZ Cli. The script is located in an Azure Blob Storage, it is supposed to download a zip file on the server, unzip it and launch the installation. The URL if the Zip file is provided as parameter of the script (this url contains a SAS token).

Everything works perfectly fine when using the "Run Command" blade of Azure Web Portal.

I now want to industrialize the actions a little bit better with a script that creates a SAS token and pass the parameters directly to initiate run commands.

I initially tried with Set-AzVMRunCommand, but had an issue to pass parameters: whatever the syntax used, the parameter value is never passed. The best I could achieve was to pass -Parameter @{name="URL";value="$ZipURI"} where I can see the "URL" parameter with Get-AzVMRunCommand but the value seems to never arrive.

I then tried with az cli as it seemed to solve the problem for many, but it does not look like az cli understands the --script-uri when it contains a SAS token, as I get errors like that:

'se' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Edit: Many thanks for your answers. Here are the full commands, I hope that helps, do not hesitate to ask me for more details.

Set-AzVMRunCommand -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -VMName $VirtualMachineName -RunCommandName "Deploy" -SourceScriptUri $SourceScriptURI -Location $Location -Parameter $Parameters

$SourceScriptURI is an url generated with the script name and SAS token $Parameters = @{name="URL";value="$ZipURI"}

Command is similar in AZ Cli

az vm run-command create --run-command-name "TaniumInstall" --vm-name $VirtualMachineName --resource-group $ResourceGroupName --script-uri $SourceScriptURI -protected-parameters URL=$ZipURI

Has anyone ever achieved this?

Thanks.

Can you include the full commands you’re trying to execute in your question? (Add them to your original post, and not as comments please) — mclayton, Jul 28 '23 at 11:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '23 at 12:17

I initially tried with Set-AzVMRunCommand, but had an issue to pass parameters: whatever the syntax used, the parameter value is never passed. The best I could achieve was to pass -Parameter @{name="URL";value="$ZipURI"} where I can see the "URL" parameter with Get-AzVMRunCommand but the value seems to never arrive

To run the AzVMRunCommand Invoke command with parameter values and execute the script in a VM.

Upload the powershell script in VM

Note: The script path parameter will only accept a path inside the VM, not a blob path.

Sample.ps1

    param (
        [string] $arg1
    )
    $folder = New-Item C:\Folder11\venkatscript.txt -Type File
    $outputMessage = "This is a sample script with parameters $arg1" 
    $outputMessage += "File has been created in VM Path $folder"
    Write-Output $outputMessage

Execute the below command.

 az vm run-command invoke  --command-id RunPowerShellScript --name "Venkat" -g "Sri" --scripts "C:\Folder11\sample.ps1  Venkat"

Output:

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Pass the value you want to pass an argument.

When I check in the VM, the script is executed, and the folder is also created.

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Reference: Executing Powershell script on Remote VM on Azure with Parameters - Stack Overflow

Hi, I use -SourceScriptUri for PowerShellAZ or --script-uri for az CLI, which both are documented as parameters to pass a script in a blob storage. — Rodolphe Beck, Jul 28 '23 at 12:26
Microsoft --parameters argument is not working, same is already verified. Refer same parameter Qns in [Stack](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75326154/executing-powershell-script-on-remote-vm-on-azure-with-parameters/75331629#75331629) — Venkat V, Jul 28 '23 at 12:39

Unable to run commands in azure, either with Set-AzVMRunCommand or az vm run-command create

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