az network nic

• Reference

Manage network interfaces.

To learn more about network interfaces in Azure visit https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-network-interface.

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Commands

az network nic create

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Create a network interface.

az network nic create --name
                      --resource-group
                      --subnet
                      [--accelerated-networking {false, true}]
                      [--app-gateway-address-pools]
                      [--application-security-groups]
                      [--dns-servers]
                      [--edge-zone]
                      [--gateway-name]
                      [--internal-dns-name]
                      [--ip-forwarding {false, true}]
                      [--lb-address-pools]
                      [--lb-inbound-nat-rules]
                      [--lb-name]
                      [--location]
                      [--network-security-group]
                      [--no-wait]
                      [--private-ip-address]
                      [--private-ip-address-version {IPv4, IPv6}]
                      [--public-ip-address]
                      [--tags]
                      [--vnet-name]

Examples

Create a network interface for a specified subnet on a specified virtual network.

az network nic create -g MyResourceGroup --vnet-name MyVnet --subnet MySubnet -n MyNic

Create a network interface for a specified subnet on a virtual network which allows
IP forwarding subject to a network security group.

az network nic create -g MyResourceGroup --vnet-name MyVnet --subnet MySubnet -n MyNic \
    --ip-forwarding --network-security-group MyNsg

Create a network interface for a specified subnet on a virtual network with network security group and application security groups.

az network nic create -g MyResourceGroup --vnet-name MyVnet --subnet MySubnet -n MyNic \
    --network-security-group MyNsg --application-security-groups Web App

Required Parameters

–name -n

The network interface (NIC).

–resource-group -g

Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>.

–subnet

Name or ID of an existing subnet. If name specified, also specify –vnet-name. If you want to use an existing subnet in other resource group, please provide the ID instead of the name of the subnet.

Optional Parameters

–accelerated-networking

Enable accelerated networking.

accepted values:

false, true

–app-gateway-address-pools

Space-separated list of names or IDs of application gateway backend address pools to associate with the NIC. If names are used, –gateway-name must be specified.

–application-security-groups –asgs

Space-separated list of application security groups.

–dns-servers

Space-separated list of DNS server IP addresses.

–edge-zone

The name of edge zone.

–gateway-name

The name of the application gateway to use when adding address pools by name (ignored when IDs are specified).

–internal-dns-name

The internal DNS name label.

–ip-forwarding

Enable IP forwarding.

accepted values:

false, true

default value:

False

–lb-address-pools

Space-separated list of names or IDs of load balancer address pools to associate with the NIC. If names are used, –lb-name must be specified.

–lb-inbound-nat-rules

Space-separated list of names or IDs of load balancer inbound NAT rules to associate with the NIC. If names are used, –lb-name must be specified.

–lb-name

The name of the load balancer to use when adding NAT rules or address pools by name (ignored when IDs are specified).

–location -l

Location. Values from: az account list-locations. You can configure the default location using az configure --defaults location=<location>.

–network-security-group

Name or ID of an existing network security group, or none by default.

–no-wait

Do not wait for the long-running operation to finish.

default value:

False

–private-ip-address

Static private IP address to use.

–private-ip-address-version

The private IP address version to use.

accepted values:

IPv4, IPv6

default value:

IPv4

–public-ip-address

Name or ID of an existing public IP address, or none by default.

–tags

Space-separated tags: key[=value] [key[=value] …]. Use “” to clear existing tags.

–vnet-name

The virtual network (VNet) name.

Global Parameters

–debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

–help -h

Show this help message and exit.

–only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

–output -o

Output format.

–query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use –debug for full debug logs.

az network nic delete

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Delete a network interface.

az network nic delete [--ids]
                      [--name]
                      [--no-wait]
                      [--resource-group]
                      [--subscription]

Examples

Delete a network interface.

az network nic delete -g MyResourceGroup -n MyNic

Optional Parameters

–ids

One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of ‘Resource Id’ arguments. You should provide either –ids or other ‘Resource Id’ arguments.

–name -n

The network interface (NIC).

–no-wait

Do not wait for the long-running operation to finish.

default value:

False

–resource-group -g

Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

Global Parameters

–debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

–help -h

Show this help message and exit.

–only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

–output -o

Output format.

–query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use –debug for full debug logs.

az network nic list

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List network interfaces.

To list network interfaces attached to VMs in VM scale sets use ‘az vmss nic list’ or ‘az vmss nic list-vm-nics’.

az network nic list [--resource-group]

Examples

List all NICs by internal DNS suffix.

az network nic list --query "[?dnsSettings.internalDomainNameSuffix=`{dnsSuffix}`]"

Optional Parameters

–resource-group -g

Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>.

Global Parameters

–debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

–help -h

Show this help message and exit.

–only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

–output -o

Output format.

–query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use –debug for full debug logs.

az network nic list-effective-nsg

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List all effective network security groups applied to a network interface.

To learn more about troubleshooting using effective security rules visit https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-nsg-troubleshoot-portal.

az network nic list-effective-nsg [--ids]
                                  [--name]
                                  [--resource-group]
                                  [--subscription]

Examples

List the effective security groups associated with a NIC.

az network nic list-effective-nsg -g MyResourceGroup -n MyNic

Optional Parameters

–ids

One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of ‘Resource Id’ arguments. You should provide either –ids or other ‘Resource Id’ arguments.

–name -n

The network interface (NIC).

–resource-group -g

Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

Global Parameters

–debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

–help -h

Show this help message and exit.

–only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

–output -o

Output format.

–query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use –debug for full debug logs.

az network nic show

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Get the details of a network interface.

az network nic show [--expand]
                    [--ids]
                    [--name]
                    [--resource-group]
                    [--subscription]

Examples

Get the internal domain name suffix of a NIC.

az network nic show -g MyResourceGroup -n MyNic --query "dnsSettings.internalDomainNameSuffix"

Optional Parameters

–expand

Expands referenced resources. Default value is None.

–ids

One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of ‘Resource Id’ arguments. You should provide either –ids or other ‘Resource Id’ arguments.

–name -n

The network interface (NIC).

–resource-group -g

Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

Global Parameters

–debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

–help -h

Show this help message and exit.

–only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

–output -o

Output format.

–query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use –debug for full debug logs.

az network nic show-effective-route-table

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Show the effective route table applied to a network interface.

To learn more about troubleshooting using the effective route tables visit https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-routes-troubleshoot-portal#using-effective-routes-to-troubleshoot-vm-traffic-flow.

az network nic show-effective-route-table [--ids]
                                          [--name]
                                          [--resource-group]
                                          [--subscription]

Examples

Show the effective routes applied to a network interface.

az network nic show-effective-route-table -g MyResourceGroup -n MyNic

Optional Parameters

–ids

One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of ‘Resource Id’ arguments. You should provide either –ids or other ‘Resource Id’ arguments.

–name -n

The network interface (NIC).

–resource-group -g

Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

Global Parameters

–debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

–help -h

Show this help message and exit.

–only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

–output -o

Output format.

–query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use –debug for full debug logs.

Update a network interface.

az network nic update [--accelerated-networking {false, true}]
                      [--add]
                      [--dns-servers]
                      [--force-string]
                      [--ids]
                      [--internal-dns-name]
                      [--ip-forwarding {false, true}]
                      [--name]
                      [--network-security-group]
                      [--no-wait]
                      [--remove]
                      [--resource-group]
                      [--set]
                      [--subscription]

Update a network interface to use a different network security group.

az network nic update -g MyResourceGroup -n MyNic --network-security-group MyNewNsg

Update a network interface. (autogenerated)

az network nic update --accelerated-networking true --name MyNic --resource-group MyResourceGroup

–accelerated-networking

Enable accelerated networking.

accepted values:

false, true

–add

Add an object to a list of objects by specifying a path and key value pairs. Example: –add property.listProperty <key=value, string or JSON string>.

default value:

[]

–dns-servers

Space-separated list of DNS server IP addresses. Use “”(‘””‘ in PowerShell) to revert to default Azure servers.

–force-string

When using ‘set’ or ‘add’, preserve string literals instead of attempting to convert to JSON.

default value:

False

–ids

One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of ‘Resource Id’ arguments. You should provide either –ids or other ‘Resource Id’ arguments.

–internal-dns-name

The internal DNS name label.

–ip-forwarding

Enable IP forwarding.

accepted values:

false, true

–name -n

The network interface (NIC).

–network-security-group

Name or ID of the associated network security group.

–no-wait

Do not wait for the long-running operation to finish.

default value:

False

–remove

Remove a property or an element from a list. Example: –remove property.list OR –remove propertyToRemove.

default value:

[]

–resource-group -g

Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>.

–set

Update an object by specifying a property path and value to set. Example: –set property1.property2=.

default value:

[]

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

Global Parameters

–debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

–help -h

Show this help message and exit.

–only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

–output -o

Output format.

–query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use –debug for full debug logs.

az network nic wait

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Place the CLI in a waiting state until a condition of the network interface is met.

az network nic wait [--created]
                    [--custom]
                    [--deleted]
                    [--exists]
                    [--expand]
                    [--ids]
                    [--interval]
                    [--name]
                    [--resource-group]
                    [--subscription]
                    [--timeout]
                    [--updated]

Examples

Pause CLI until the network interface is created.

az network nic wait -g MyResourceGroup -n MyNic --created

Place the CLI in a waiting state until a condition of the network interface is met. (autogenerated)

az network nic wait --deleted --name MyNic --resource-group MyResourceGroup --subscription MySubscription

Optional Parameters

–created

Wait until created with ‘provisioningState’ at ‘Succeeded’.

default value:

False

–custom

Wait until the condition satisfies a custom JMESPath query. E.g. provisioningState!=’InProgress’, instanceView.statuses[?code==’PowerState/running’].

–deleted

Wait until deleted.

default value:

False

–exists

Wait until the resource exists.

default value:

False

–expand

Expands referenced resources. Default value is None.

–ids

One or more resource IDs (space-delimited). It should be a complete resource ID containing all information of ‘Resource Id’ arguments. You should provide either –ids or other ‘Resource Id’ arguments.

–interval

Polling interval in seconds.

default value:

30

–name -n

The network interface (NIC).

–resource-group -g

Name of resource group. You can configure the default group using az configure --defaults group=<name>.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–timeout

Maximum wait in seconds.

default value:

3600

–updated

Wait until updated with provisioningState at ‘Succeeded’.

default value:

False
Global Parameters

–debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

–help -h

Show this help message and exit.

–only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

–output -o

Output format.

–query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

–subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

–verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use –debug for full debug logs.