Tag: Azure Automation

• Programmatically Provision an Azure Databricks Workspace and Cluster using Python Functions.

  Azure Databricks is a data analytics and machine learning platform based on Apache Spark. The first set of tasks to be performed before using Azure Databricks for any kind of Data exploration and machine learning execution is to create a Databricks workspace and Cluster. The following Python functions were developed to enable the automated provision…

  jbernec

  May 16, 2019

  Apache Spark, Azure Automation Account, Azure Databricks, Python

  ARM Templates, Automation, Azure Automation, Azure Databricks, Azure Databricks Cluster, Create Cluster API, Databricks REST API 2.0, Python3, yaml

• PowerShell Function Concurrently Starts up/Shuts down Multiple Azure Resource Manager VMs.

  One of the more relevant and cost saving tasks when working in Azure Cloud is fast and efficient shutdown and startup of virtual machines. Some of the options available could be to : a) Iterate through a csv list of VMs or Resource Group  of VMs and serially shutdown or startup the VMs. This can…

  jbernec

  August 15, 2017

  Azure, Azure AD Service Principal, Azure Automation Account, Azure Key Vault, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Runbook, Azure Windows PowerShell

  Azure Automation, Azure IaaS, Azure Infrastructure as a Service, Azure PowerShell, Azure VMs, Azure VMs Shutdown, Azure VMs Startup

• Implement the Azure Invoice API in Azure Automation Runbook.

  The new Azure Invoice API enables Azure Subscription users with the appropriate role assignments to download and view current and past Invoices programmatically. Till now, this was only possible via the Azure Management Portal. For Subscription users to be able to download these invoices, the account administrator needs to enable the “Access to Invoice” feature…

  jbernec

  July 14, 2017

  Azure, Azure AD Service Principal, Azure Automation Account, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Runbook, Azure Windows PowerShell

  Azure Automation, Azure Runbook, AzureRM Invoice API, AzureRM Key Vault, PowerShell Scripts