Commands for creating an Azure Service Principal for Test Kitchen, Packer, Terraform, etc.

CreateAzureSP.sh

# Get a list of all the available subscriptions
az account list

# Output
#
#[
#  {
#    "cloudName": "AzureCloud",
#    "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"        <- Subscription ID
#    "isDefault": true,
#    "name": "My Awesome Azure Subscription",
#    "state": "Enabled",
#    "tenantId": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
#    "user": {
#      "cloudShellID": true,
#      "name": "name@domain.tld",
#      "type": "user"
#    }
#  }
#]

# Create a Service Principal using the desired subscription id from the command above
az ad sp create-for-rbac --role="Contributor" --scopes="/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"

#Output
#
#{
#  "appId": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",    <- Also known as the Client ID
#  "displayName": "azure-cli-2018-12-12-14-15-39",
#  "name": "http://azure-cli-2018-12-12-14-15-39",
#  "password": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
#  "tenant": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
#}