Run_your_first_Batch_Job_in_Azure.txt

az login

az account show

az account list --all --output table

az account set --subscription "MSDN Platforms"

#Create a resource group
az group create --name myResourceGroup --location westeurope

#Create a storage account
az storage account create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name mystorageaccount1975 --location westeurope --sku Standard_LRS
	
#Create a Batch account
az batch account create --name mybatchaccount --storage-account mystorageaccount1975 --resource-group myResourceGroup --location westeurope

#You need to authenticate with Batch
az batch account login --name mybatchaccount1975 --resource-group myResourceGroup --shared-key-auth

#Create a pool of compute nodes
az batch pool create --id mypool --vm-size Standard_A1_v2 --target-dedicated-nodes 2 --image canonical:ubuntuserver:16.04-LTS --node-agent-sku-id "batch.node.ubuntu 16.04"

#To see the status of the pool
az batch pool show --pool-id mypool --query "allocationState"

#Create a job
az batch job create --id myjob --pool-id mypool

#Create tasks
for i in {1..4}
do
   az batch task create --task-id mytask$i --job-id myjob --command-line "/bin/bash -c 'printenv | grep AZ_BATCH; sleep 90s'"
done

#View task status
az batch task show --job-id myjob --task-id mytask1
(take note of the exitCode of the task command line and the nodeId. An exitCode of 0 indicates that the task command line completed successfully.)

#View task output
az batch task file list --job-id myjob --task-id mytask1 --output table

#To download one of the output files to a local directory
az batch task file download --job-id myjob --task-id mytask1 --file-path stdout.txt --destination ./stdout.txt

code stdout.txt

#Clean up resources
az batch pool delete --pool-id mypool
az group delete --name myResourceGroup