How to Set up Azure Arc VM management using command line (preview)

Hello @Sai Mudipalli

To set up Azure Arc VM management using the command line in an Azure HCI cluster, you can follow these steps:

1. Add the required extensions for VM management capabilities to be enabled via the newly deployed Arc Resource Bridge:

az k8s-extension create --cluster-type appliances --cluster-name $resource_name --resource-group $resource_group --name hci-vmoperator --extension-type Microsoft.AZStackHCI.Operator --scope cluster --release-namespace helm-operator2 --configuration-settings Microsoft.CustomLocation.ServiceAccount=hci-vmoperator --config-protected-file $csv_path\\ResourceBridge\\hci-config.json --configuration-settings HCIClusterID=$hciClusterId --auto-upgrade true  

2. Verify that the extensions are installed. Keep running the following command until the extension result is Succeeded. This operation can take up to five minutes.

az k8s-extension show --cluster-type appliances --cluster-name $resource_name --resource-group $resource_group --name hci-vmoperator --out table --query '[provisioningState]'  

3. Create a custom location for the Azure Stack HCI cluster, where customloc_name is the name of the custom location, such as "HCICluster -cl":

az customlocation create --resource-group $resource_group --name $customloc_name --cluster-extension-ids "/subscriptions/$subscription/resourceGroups/$resource_group/providers/Microsoft.ResourceConnector/appliances/$resource_name/providers/Microsoft.KubernetesConfiguration/extensions/hci-vmoperator" --namespace hci-vmoperator --host-resource-id "/subscriptions/$subscription/resourceGroups/$resource_group/providers/Microsoft.ResourceConnector/appliances/$resource_name" --location $location  

After completing these steps, you can navigate to the resource group in Azure and see the custom location and Azure Arc Resource Bridge that you've created for the Azure Stack HCI cluster.

Please note that the commands provided are placeholders and you need to replace the variables with the actual values specific to your environment.

Please let us know if this works or if you have any other questions or concerns and we are happy to assist.

Thanks!

Carlos V.