Get VM status using Azure Python SDK

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I have a list of VMs and I'd like to get each VM's status (ReadyRole/Stopped/StoppedDeallocated) using Azure's Python SDK.

I have done this in a bash terminal using azure cli commands and a combination of grep,tail and such utils but I'd like to do that in python script using Azure's SDK.

With the help of azure cli I run in a shell script azure vm list and then grep my way to get the status of the VMs.

I've been looking into servicemanagementservice.py of Azure SDK but I can't find a function like get_role_status(). list_hosted_services() and get_hosted_service_properties don't seem to provide the info I want, unless I'm missing something.

Can anyone point me towards a solution?

See if get_role (github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/master/azure/…) helps? — Gaurav Mantri
– Gaurav Mantri, Commented Jul 14, 2015 at 9:49

Will Shao - MSFT · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-14 11:32:02Z

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Base on my experience, we can get every instances status using Azure REST API. So Azure SDK for python should have similar method, because the functions in Azure SDK use the same URL as REST API.
I tried to use this method get_deployment_by_name to get the instances status:

subscription_id = '****-***-***-**'
certificate_path = 'CURRENT_USER\\my\\***'
sms = ServiceManagementService(subscription_id, certificate_path)
result=sms.get_deployment_by_name("your service name","your deployment name")

You can get the role list and check the every role property, please see this picture: enter image description here

edited Jul 14, 2015 at 11:32

answered Jul 14, 2015 at 10:50

Will Shao - MSFT

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helplessKirk Over a year ago

result.status returns u'Running' which is not exactly what I want but it does the job, I think. Thank you very much!

Will Shao - MSFT Over a year ago

The value of result.status isn't the VM status, it is your host service status. You can get instance status via "instance_status" property. Please view the image in update reply

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