config.md

Configuration

By default azbrowse looks for configuration in /root/.azbrowse-settings.json or ~/.azbrowse-settings.json (where ~ is your users home directory). You can also set the AZBROWSE_SETTINGS_PATH environment variable to point to another location where you want to store your config (e.g. ~/clouddrive/.azbrowse-settings.json)

Below is a table containing some of the default key bindings. If you'd like to customise the key bindings to be more suitable for your setup, please refer to the section on custom key bindings.

Updates

Users can set Environment Vars to control how AzBrowse checks for updates.

Environment Variable	Does
AZBROWSE_FORCE_UPDATE=anyvaluehere	Force Azbrowse to check for updates on launch. Normally would only check every 6 hours
AZBROWSE_SKIP_UPDATE=anyvaluehere	Skip Update check

Navigation

Key	Does
↑/↓	Select resource
PgDn/PgUp	Move up or down a page of resources
Home/End	Move to the top or bottom of the resources
Backspace	Go back
ENTER	Expand/View resource

Operations

Key	Does
CTRL+E	Toggle Browse JSON	For longer responses you can move the cursor to scroll the doc
CTRL+o (o for open)	Open Portal	Opens the portal at the currently selected resource
DEL:	Delete resource	The currently selected resource will be deleted (Requires double press to confirm)
CTLT+F:	Toggle Fullscreen	Gives a fullscreen view of the JSON for smaller terminals
CTLT+S:	Save JSON to clipboard	Saves the last JSON response to the clipboard for export
CTLT+A:	View Actions for resource	This allows things like ListKeys on storage or Restart on VMs

Custom Key Bindings

If you wish to override the default key bindings, create a ~/.azbrowse-settings.json file (where ~ is your users home directory).

The file should be formated like so:

{
    "keyBindings": {
        ...
        "Copy": "F8",
        "Help": "Ctrl+H",
        ...
    }
}

You can also specify multiple key bindings for a command:

{
    "keyBindings": {
        ...
        "Copy": "F8",
        "Help": "Ctrl+H",
        "ListUp": ["k", "Up"],
        "ListDown": ["j", "Down"]
        ...
    }
}

In the file you can override the keys for actions using keys from the lists below.

Actions

Actions:	Does
Quit	Terminates the program
Copy	Copies the resource JSON to clipboard
ListDelete	Deletes a resources
Fullscreen	Toggles fullscreen
Help	Toggles help view
ItemBack	Go back from an item to a list
ItemLeft	Switch from the item json to the menu
ListActions	List available actions on a resource
ListBack	Go back on a list
ListBackLegacy	Go back on a list (legacy terminals)
ListDown	Navigate down a list
ListUp	Navigate up a list
ListRight	Switch from the list to an item view
ListEdit	Toggle edit mode on a resource
ListExpand	Expand a selected resource
ListOpen	Open a resource in the Azure portal
ListRefresh	Refresh a list
ListUpdate	Open JSON editor to allow updating a resource

Keys

• Up
• Down
• Left
• Right
• Backspace
• Backspace2
• Delete
• Home
• End
• PageUp
• PageDown
• Insert
• Tab
• Space
• Esc
• Enter
• Ctrl+2
• Ctrl+3
• Ctrl+4
• Ctrl+5
• Ctrl+6
• Ctrl+7
• Ctrl+8
• Ctrl+[
• Ctrl+]
• Ctrl+Space
• Ctrl+_
• Ctrl+~
• Ctrl+A
• Ctrl+B
• Ctrl+C
• Ctrl+D
• Ctrl+E
• Ctrl+F
• Ctrl+G
• Ctrl+H
• Ctrl+I
• Ctrl+J
• Ctrl+K
• Ctrl+L
• Ctrl+M
• Ctrl+N
• Ctrl+O
• Ctrl+P
• Ctrl+Q
• Ctrl+R
• Ctrl+S
• Ctrl+T
• Ctrl+U
• Ctrl+V
• Ctrl+W
• Ctrl+X
• Ctrl+Y
• Ctrl+Z
• F1
• F2
• F3
• F4
• F5
• F6
• F7
• F8
• F9
• F10
• F11
• F12

For compatibility reasons you may notice some keys will have multiple mappings.

Editing Content

For items in the tree that are editable (i.e. have a PUT endpoint), the ListUpdate action will open an editor for you to make changes and then issue the PUT request to update the item once you have closed the file. By default this is configured to use Visual Studio Code.

If you wish to override the default editor, create a ~/.azbrowse-settings.json file (where ~ is your users home directory).

The file should be formated like so:

{
    "editor": {
        "command": {
            "executable": "code",
            "args" : [ "--wait" ]
        },
        "translateFilePathForWSL" : true,
        "tempDir" : "~/tmp",
        "revertToStandardBuffer" : false
    }
}

The command has two parts, executable and args. The filename to edit is automatically appended to the args. In the example above you can see the --wait argument specified which instructs the VS Code executable to not exit until the file is closed. This is important as it is how azbrowse determines that you have finished editing the file and it should perform the PUT request.

The translateFilePathForWSL property controls whether the path should be converted from a Linux path to a Windows path using the wslpath command. This is useful when running azbrowse under WSL and a Windows editor as it converts the temp file path to one that the Windows application can understand.

The tempDir property lets you control where the temporary JSON files are written should you have a requirement to not put them in the OS temp location.

The revertToStandardBuffer property controls whether the terminal is reverted to the standard buffer (azbrowse uses the alternate buffer for display) when editing files. Set this to true when configuring terminal-based editors.

The default configuration uses VS Code as the editor as shown above, and dynamically determines whether to perform the WSL file path translation.

Another example:

Examples

vim

{
    "editor": {
        "command": {
            "executable": "vim"
        },
        "revertToStandardBuffer" : true
    }
}

notepad (on Windows)

{
    "editor": {
        "command": {
            "executable": "notepad.exe"
        }
    }
}

notepad (under WSL)

{
    "editor": {
        "command": {
            "executable": "notepad.exe"
        },
        "translateFilePathForWSL" : true,
    }
}