Virtual Machines - Run Command

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e/resourceGroups/crptestar98131/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vm3036/runCommand?api-version=2026-04-01

{
  "commandId": "RunPowerShellScript"
}

import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.RunCommandInput;

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines RunCommand.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file: 2026-04-01/runCommandExamples/VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachineRunCommand.
     * 
     * @param manager Entry point to ComputeManager.
     */
    public static void virtualMachineRunCommand(com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.ComputeManager manager) {
        manager.serviceClient().getVirtualMachines().runCommand("crptestar98131", "vm3036",
            new RunCommandInput().withCommandId("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 virtual_machine_run_command.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="SUBSCRIPTION_ID",
    )

    response = client.virtual_machines.begin_run_command(
        resource_group_name="crptestar98131",
        vm_name="vm3036",
        parameters={"commandId": "RunPowerShellScript"},
    ).result()
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: 2026-04-01/runCommandExamples/VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v8"
)

// Generated from example definition: 2026-04-01/runCommandExamples/VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_BeginRunCommand() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().BeginRunCommand(ctx, "crptestar98131", "vm3036", armcompute.RunCommandInput{
		CommandID: to.Ptr("RunPowerShellScript"),
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to poll the result: %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 = armcompute.VirtualMachinesClientRunCommandResponse{
	// 	RunCommandResult: armcompute.RunCommandResult{
	// 		Value: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 			{
	// 				Code: to.Ptr("ComponentStatus/StdOut/succeeded"),
	// 				Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 				DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 				Message: to.Ptr("This is a sample script with parameters value1 value2"),
	// 			},
	// 			{
	// 				Code: to.Ptr("ComponentStatus/StdErr/succeeded"),
	// 				Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 				DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 				Message: to.Ptr(""),
	// 			},
	// 		},
	// 	},
	// }
}

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

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to run command on the VM.
 *
 * @summary run command on the VM.
 * x-ms-original-file: 2026-04-01/runCommandExamples/VirtualMachineRunCommand.json
 */
async function virtualMachineRunCommand() {
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const subscriptionId = "24fb23e3-6ba3-41f0-9b6e-e41131d5d61e";
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.runCommand("crptestar98131", "vm3036", {
    commandId: "RunPowerShellScript",
  });
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue