Virtual Machine Run Commands - Get

Service:: Compute

API Version:: 2025-04-01

Gets specific run command for a subscription in a location.

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/{location}/runCommands/{commandId}?api-version=2025-04-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
commandId	path	True	string	Specifies a commandId of predefined built-in script. Command IDs available for Linux are listed at https://aka.ms/RunCommandManagedLinux#available-commands, Windows at https://aka.ms/RunCommandManagedWindows#available-commands.
location	path	True	string minLength: 1	The name of Azure region.
subscriptionId	path	True	string minLength: 1	The ID of the target subscription.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	RunCommandDocument	Azure operation completed successfully.
Other Status Codes	CloudError	An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

VirtualMachineRunCommandGet

Sample request

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/SoutheastAsia/runCommands/RunPowerShellScript?api-version=2025-04-01


/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachineRunCommands Get.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/runCommandExamples/
     * RunCommand_Get.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachineRunCommandGet.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void virtualMachineRunCommandGet(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachineRunCommands()
            .getWithResponse("SoutheastAsia", "RunPowerShellScript", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python run_command_get.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e",
    )

    response = client.virtual_machine_run_commands.get(
        location="SoutheastAsia",
        command_id="RunPowerShellScript",
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/runCommandExamples/RunCommand_Get.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v7"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/7033e85e1f80ef5cd9ca664b538ed193a8fd815b/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/runCommandExamples/RunCommand_Get.json
func ExampleVirtualMachineRunCommandsClient_Get() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachineRunCommandsClient().Get(ctx, "SoutheastAsia", "RunPowerShellScript", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.RunCommandDocument = armcompute.RunCommandDocument{
	// 	Description: to.Ptr("Custom multiline PowerShell script should be defined in script property. Optional parameters can be set in parameters property."),
	// 	Schema: to.Ptr("http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2016-11-17/runcommands.json"),
	// 	ID: to.Ptr("RunPowerShellScript"),
	// 	Label: to.Ptr("Executes a PowerShell script"),
	// 	OSType: to.Ptr(armcompute.OperatingSystemTypesWindows),
	// 	Parameters: []*armcompute.RunCommandParameterDefinition{
	// 		{
	// 			Name: to.Ptr("arg1"),
	// 			Type: to.Ptr("string"),
	// 			DefaultValue: to.Ptr("value1"),
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			Name: to.Ptr("arg2"),
	// 			Type: to.Ptr("string"),
	// 			DefaultValue: to.Ptr("value2"),
	// 	}},
	// 	Script: []*string{
	// 		to.Ptr("param("),
	// 		to.Ptr("    [string]$arg1,"),
	// 		to.Ptr("    [string]$arg2"),
	// 		to.Ptr(")"),
	// 		to.Ptr("Write-Host This is a sample script with parameters $arg1 $arg2")},
	// 	}
}

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const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Gets specific run command for a subscription in a location.
 *
 * @summary Gets specific run command for a subscription in a location.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/runCommandExamples/RunCommand_Get.json
 */
async function virtualMachineRunCommandGet() {
  const subscriptionId =
    process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e";
  const location = "SoutheastAsia";
  const commandId = "RunPowerShellScript";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachineRunCommands.get(location, commandId);
  console.log(result);
}

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using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/runCommandExamples/RunCommand_Get.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachineRunCommands_Get" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this SubscriptionResource created on azure
// for more information of creating SubscriptionResource, please refer to the document of SubscriptionResource
string subscriptionId = "24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e";
ResourceIdentifier subscriptionResourceId = SubscriptionResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId);
SubscriptionResource subscriptionResource = client.GetSubscriptionResource(subscriptionResourceId);

// invoke the operation
AzureLocation location = new AzureLocation("SoutheastAsia");
string commandId = "RunPowerShellScript";
RunCommandDocument result = await subscriptionResource.GetVirtualMachineRunCommandAsync(location, commandId);

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

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Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "script": [
    "param(",
    "    [string]$arg1,",
    "    [string]$arg2",
    ")",
    "Write-Host This is a sample script with parameters $arg1 $arg2"
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "arg1",
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "value1"
    },
    {
      "name": "arg2",
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "value2"
    }
  ],
  "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2016-11-17/runcommands.json",
  "id": "RunPowerShellScript",
  "osType": "Windows",
  "label": "Executes a PowerShell script",
  "description": "Custom multiline PowerShell script should be defined in script property. Optional parameters can be set in parameters property."
}

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiError	Api error.
ApiErrorBase	Api error base.
CloudError	An error response from the Compute service.
InnerError	Inner error details.
OperatingSystemTypes	This property allows you to specify the type of the OS that is included in the disk if creating a VM from user-image or a specialized VHD. Possible values are: Windows, Linux.
RunCommandDocument	Describes the properties of a Run Command.
RunCommandParameterDefinition	Describes the properties of a run command parameter.

ApiError

Object

Api error.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
details	ApiErrorBase[]	The Api error details
innererror	InnerError	The Api inner error
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Object

Api error base.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

CloudError

Object

An error response from the Compute service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	Api error.

InnerError

Object

Inner error details.

Name	Type	Description
errordetail	string	The internal error message or exception dump.
exceptiontype	string	The exception type.

OperatingSystemTypes

Enumeration

This property allows you to specify the type of the OS that is included in the disk if creating a VM from user-image or a specialized VHD. Possible values are: Windows, Linux.

Value	Description
Windows
Linux

RunCommandDocument

Object

Describes the properties of a Run Command.

Name	Type	Description
$schema	string	The VM run command schema.
description	string	The VM run command description.
id	string	The VM run command id.
label	string	The VM run command label.
osType	OperatingSystemTypes	The Operating System type.
parameters	RunCommandParameterDefinition[]	The parameters used by the script.
script	string[]	The script to be executed.

RunCommandParameterDefinition

Object

Describes the properties of a run command parameter.

Name	Type	Description
defaultValue	string	The run command parameter default value.
name	string	The run command parameter name.
required	boolean	The run command parameter required.
type	string	The run command parameter type.