Azure Region Core Checker

This cli tests whether or not there are enough cores available in a region (this is for an automated requirement).

Setup

CentOS requires the following dependencies installed...

$ sudo yum install -y git epel-release gcc libffi-devel python-devel openssl-devel
$ sudo yum install -y python-pip

Install the azcorecheck tool...

$ git clone https://github.com/tstringer/azcorecheck.git
$ cd azure-regional-core-checker
$ chmod 755 ./install
$ sudo ./install

Environment variables

This cli expects the following environment variables to be defined...

• ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID - Azure subscription ID
• ARM_TENANT_ID - The tenant/directory ID for the service principal
• ARM_CLIENT_ID - Client/application ID of the service principal
• ARM_CLIENT_SECRET - Secret for the service principal

💡 A service principal can be created with the use of this guide (Azure documentation)

Usage

usage: azcorecheck [-h] -l LOCATION -d DESIRED_CORE_COUNT [-p]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l LOCATION, --location LOCATION
                        azure region to check
  -d DESIRED_CORE_COUNT, --desired DESIRED_CORE_COUNT
                        desired core count to check if available
  -p, --permissive      if there is a runtime error exit with a zero code