This sample application demonstrates several common Azure Container Instances operations in Python using the Azure libraries for Python.

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This sample has been tested as functional on Python versions 2.7.15rc1 and 3.6.5.

The code in this sample project demonstrates the following operations:

• Authenticate with Azure
• Create resource group
• Create single- and multi-container container groups
  • Expose application container to internet with public DNS name
  • Multi-container group includes both application and sidecar containers
  • Run a task-based container with custom command line and environment variables
• List container groups in resource group
• Get and print container group details
• Delete container groups
• Delete resource group

• Azure subscription
• Python
• pip
• virtualenv (optional)

1. Optional but recommended, use virtualenv to create and activate a virtual environment for the project:

   virtualenv ~/venv/aci-docs-sample-python
   source ~/venv/aci-docs-sample-python/bin/activate
   

2. Use the Azure CLI (or Cloud Shell) to generate an Azure credentials file (more authentication details)

   az ad sp create-for-rbac --sdk-auth > my.azureauth

3. Set environment variable AZURE_AUTH_LOCATION to the full path of the credentials file

4. git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/aci-docs-sample-python

5. cd aci-docs-sample-python

6. pip install -r src/requirements.txt

7. python src/aci_docs_sample.py

   ...sample runs...

8. Exit virtualenv (if using a virtual environment): deactivate

• Azure SDK for Python (GitHub)
• More Azure Container Instances code samples