Azure Python SDK

Environment for working with Azure Python SDK

Getting started

1. Ensure Python 3.8+ is installed on your system

2. Create an Azure Active Directory application

3. Create a secret for the application

4. Create a resource group

5. Assign the application to the Contributor or Reader role on the subscription or resource group

6. In .env fill in the AZURE_CLIENT_ID and AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET to match your Service Principal. Be sure to escape the JSON. Avoid using online tools to do this due to the sensitive nature of what you are escaping. The resulting env map will resemble:

   {
       "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
       "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "abcdefab-abcd-abcd-abcd-abcdefabcdef",
       "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET": "AL8)RxYQzCf./dF!y5EN13eqdg3T!qwh",
       "AZURE_TENANT_ID": "1234abcd-1234-1234-1234-1234abcd1234"
   }

7. Run init.sh to set up the environment for the Python environment

8. Add the following line to .gitignore to avoid committing any sensitive information:

   .vscode/
   

9. Develop and debug functions using the Current File (Integrated Terminal) configuration (press F5 with the file open)

References

• Azure SDK for Python (Unit test code in particular)