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Azure CLI Authentication

  • Install Azure CLI - Command line tool by specifing your attended OS.
  • ensure your account have sufficient permission as Billing Reader or Usage Billing Contributor to manage Azure billing.
  • Check installed package by:
az --version
  • Authenticate using your Azure account:
az login

This will open the portal in your default browser to authenticate.

Check installed Python version

  • Ensure you Python version is >= 3.12.3 by:
python --version

# Consider update Python version if less than 3

Install eraXplor

  • Install eraxplor too by:
pip install eraXplor

How-To use

eraXplor-azure have multiple arguments set with a default values -explained below-, Adjsut these arguments as required.

eraXplor-azure <--start-date [yyyy,MM,DD]> <--end-date [yyyy,MM,DD]> \
<--subscription_id [SUBSCRIPTION_ID]> \
<--granularity [Daily | Monthly]> \
<--output [FILE_NAME.CSV]>

For Windows/PowerShell users restart your terminal, and you may need to use the following command:

python3 -m eraXplor-azure

# Or
python -m eraXplor-azure

# to avoid using this command, apend the eraXplor to your paths.
# Normaly its under: C:\Users\<YourUser>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python<version>\Scripts\
Note

Ensure you run the command in a place you have sufficient permission to replace file. The eraXport tool sorting cost reult into a CSV file, by default The CSV will replace for next run.

Argument Reference

  • --start-date or -s: (Optional) Default value set as three months before.
  • --end-date or -e: (Optional) Default value set as Today date.
  • --subscription_id or -S: (Optional) subscription id, Default value set to list all subscriptions with tags.
  • --out or -o: (Optional) Default value set as az_cost_report.csv.
  • --granularity or -g: (Optional) Default value set as Monthly. The available options are (Monthly, Daily)