Docker image for running Azure CLI commands in an Azure Pipelines container job

⚠️ This repository is deprecated

This image is no longer maintained. The Azure CLI and .NET deployment tooling are now part of azure-pipelines-janus in our new monorepo: swissgrc/docker-azure-pipelines.

Migration:

# Old
ghcr.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-azurecli:<tag>
docker.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-azurecli:<tag>

# New
ghcr.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-janus:<tag>

Timeline:

• 2026-05-01 — Deprecated, repository archived (read-only)
• 2026-07-01 — Container images on ghcr.io and docker.io will be deleted. All existing tags remain available until this date.
• 2026-09-01 — This repository will be deleted from GitHub

Questions about migration? Please use the Discussions on the new repository.

Docker image to run Azure CLI commands in Azure Pipelines container jobs.

Usage

This image can be used to run Azure CLI commands in Azure Pipelines container jobs.

Azure Pipelines Container Job

To use the image in an Azure Pipelines Container Job, add one of the following example tasks and use it with the container property.

The following example shows the container used for a deployment step with a Azure CLI command:

  - stage: deploy
    jobs:
      - deployment: runAzureCLI
        container: swissgrc/azure-pipelines-azurecli:latest-net9
        environment: smarthotel-dev
        strategy:
          runOnce:
            deploy:
              steps:
                - bash: |
                    az version

Included Software

• swissgrc/azure-pipelines-dotnet:9 as base image
• Azure CLI

Tags

Tag	Description	Size
latest-net9	Latest stable release (from main branch)
unstable-net9	Latest unstable release (from develop branch)
x.y.z-net9	Image for a specific version of Azure CLI