Tag: Runbook

Configure Azure Automation hybrid runbook workers and run hybrid runbooks

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Azure automation is Microsoft cloud based workflow engine that can be used to run workflows in Azure. It started out its life as engine to operate against azure resources. However with time it gained the capability to run against on-premises resources as well by introduction of new feature called hybrid runbook workers.

You can think of hybrid runbook workers as one or more servers (think high availability) in your on-premise datacenter that can act on behalf of runbooks located in azure cloud. It has the capability to execute a runbook (known as hybrid runbook) which can be as simple as PowerShell script or as complex as a PowerShell workflow can be. So you can use it to to orchestrate complex, repetitive, or time-consuming tasks for your on-premise servers.Read More »

View and understand Azure automation job status

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When you start a runbook in Azure Automation, it create a Azure automation job. A job is a single execution instance of a runbook. A job is then assigned to a Azure worker process, which then executes it. When you view the list of runbooks in the Azure portal, it will list the status of the last job that was started for each runbook.You can view the list of jobs for each runbook in order to track the status of each job.Read More »

Invoke Azure Automation jobs using PowerShell

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We can use PowerShell cmdlet Get-AzureRmAutomationRunbook to get runbooks associated with an automation account:

$resourceGroupName = "enggdevsoutheastasia"
$automationAccountName = "AzureAutomation"
$runbookName = "start-azurevms"
Get-AzureRmAutomationRunbook -automationAccountName $automationAccountName `
 -resourceGroupName $resourceGroupName

Similarly, we can use cmdlet Start-AzureRmAutomationRunbookRead More »

Using Azure Automation to stop/start virtual machines

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Today, we’ll see how we can leverage Azure Automation to stop/start virtual machines in Azure. We’ll begin with how to start virtual machine first and same steps can be applied to stop virtual machines. You’ll only need to change few commands in the runbook associated.

Login into Azure Resource Manager with your credentials. Click on Azure Automation account and then click on the runbooks section highlightedRead More »