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I know you can start / stop container instance from Azure CLI using below command az container stop --name mycontainer --resource-group myResourceGroupVM

but since in my org azure cli gives "Access is denied" error i want to know how to do same using powershell or ARM. I am unable to get any powershell cmdlet to start or stop conrainer instance from documentation. Please help.

I referred below documentation for same: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azurerm.containerinstance/?view=azurermps-6.9.0#container_instances

Also could anyone tell me why I get "Access is denied." for all az (CLI ) commands?

Meghal Vasa
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You can use the PowerShell cmdlet to stop the ACI and the cmdlet will like this:

Invoke-AzureRmResourceAction -ResourceGroupName yourResourceGroup -ResourceName yourContainerGroup -Action Stop -ResourceType Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups

The result of the PowerShell cmdlet like this:

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Also, it shows the state on the Azure Portal:

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Charles Xu
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To perform this action using the newer Powershell 'Az' modules:

$cg = Get-AzContainerGroup -ResourceGroupName <yourResourceGroupName> -Name <yourContainerGroupName>

Invoke-AzResourceAction -ResourceId $cg.Id -Action start -Force

The Action parameter can be start, stop, restart.

I got those possible values from the Azure Resource Explorer: https://resources.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.ContainerInstance/operations

Andrew Shepherd
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You can do Start-AzContainerGroup now.

Here's the documentation.

General Grievance
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