Azure CLI to change machine type after VM created

Question

How to change machine type with Azure Bash CLI after (a Linux) VM has already been created? Need to bump up a level when I need the CPU power.

PS. This cannot be done on-the-fly but have to do after power-off, right?

Answer 1

The Azure CLI command 'az vm resize' will handle this. This operation can be completed on a running VM. The VM reboots after the command is entered.

The command syntax is:

$ az vm resize --name <VM-Name> --resource-group <Resource-Group-Name> --size <New-VM-Size>

See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/vm?view=azure-cli-latest#az-vm-resize