Resource Group Management

4.1 What is a Resource Group?

A Resource Group in Azure is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution.

Examples of resources:

  • Virtual Machines (VMs)

  • Storage Accounts

  • Databases

  • Virtual Networks (VNets)

Key Characteristics
Why It Matters

Logical grouping

Organize your environment

Simplified management

Apply permissions, policies, and monitoring at the group level

Billing

View costs by resource group

Lifecycle management

Delete all resources together when no longer needed

✅ Think of a Resource Group as a folder for your Azure stuff.

🛠️ 4.2 Creating a Resource Group

Basic command structure:

bashCopyEditaz group create --name <resource-group-name> --location <location>

🛠️ Example:

bashCopyEditaz group create --name myTestRG --location eastus

  • --name: Name of your resource group

  • --location: Azure region where metadata is stored

✅ Successful output will show the new Resource Group details in JSON.

⚡ Quick Tip:

The location for a Resource Group does not limit where your resources can be deployed — it only stores metadata about the group itself.

📋 4.3 Listing Resource Groups

View all Resource Groups in your subscription:

bashCopyEditaz group list --output table
Name
Location
Status

myTestRG

eastus

Succeeded

prodGroup

westus2

Succeeded

✅ Best Practice: Use --output table for a nice readable format.

Filtering with --query

List just the names of your Resource Groups:

bashCopyEditaz group list --query "[].name" --output table

Result:

Name

myTestRG

prodGroup

🔎 4.4 Viewing a Specific Resource Group

You can get detailed information about a specific Resource Group:

bashCopyEditaz group show --name <resource-group-name>

🛠️ Example:

bashCopyEditaz group show --name myTestRG --output yaml

✅ Output will show properties like:

  • Location

  • Tags

  • Resource Group ID

  • Provisioning State

🗑️ 4.5 Deleting a Resource Group

Deleting a Resource Group deletes everything inside it — use carefully!

Command:

bashCopyEditaz group delete --name <resource-group-name>

You’ll usually be prompted for confirmation.

🛠️ Example:

bashCopyEditaz group delete --name myTestRG

Force delete without confirmation:

bashCopyEditaz group delete --name myTestRG --yes --no-wait

  • --yes: Skip confirmation

  • --no-wait: Return immediately instead of waiting for the delete operation to complete

💡 4.6 Best Practices for Managing Resource Groups

Best Practice
Why It Matters

Group resources by lifecycle

E.g., group dev resources separately from prod

Use naming conventions

Makes it easy to search and automate (e.g., rg-prod-web)

Apply tags

Add metadata like project name, environment, owner

Clean up unused groups

Saves costs and reduces clutter

📝 Module 4 Summary

Topic
Key Points

What is a Resource Group?

A logical container for Azure resources

Create a group

az group create --name <name> --location <location>

List groups

az group list --output table

View a group's details

az group show --name <name>

Delete a group

az group delete --name <name>

Best practices

Naming, tagging, grouping by lifecycle, cleanup

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