Cloud Infrastructure Scripts

A collection of Python scripts for automating Microsoft Azure infrastructure management, cost optimization, and administrative tasks.

This repository serves as a portfolio of cloud engineering tools designed to solve real-world operational challenges using the Azure SDK for Python.

📂 Catalog of Scripts

Script Name	Description	Key Services
vm-auto-stop.py	Automates cost savings by identifying and deallocating specific Virtual Machines by tags and resource group.	Compute, Tags
VM-error-scanner.py	Script automates the monitoring of Azure Virtual Machines to identify instances that are in a failed or error state.	Compute, Tags
(Coming Soon)	Future scripts for Storage Account management and Network security checks.	...

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🚀 Feature: VM Auto-Stopper (vm-auto-stop.py)

This script helps reduce cloud spend by automatically finding Virtual Machines that are meant for development (tagged Environment: Dev) and ensuring they are deallocated.

Key Logic:

1. Authenticates securely using DefaultAzureCredential.
2. Scans a target Resource Group for VMs.
3. Filters for VMs with specific tags (e.g., Environment: Dev).
4. Checks the Instance View to see if the VM is currently Running.
5. Action: Deallocates the VM to stop billing.
6. Safety: Includes a DRY_RUN flag to simulate actions without affecting production.

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🔍 Feature: VM Error Scanner (VM_error_scanner.py)

This script improves infrastructure observability by automatically scanning the subscription for Virtual Machines that have fallen into a "Failed" or unhealthy state, which might otherwise go unnoticed without manual portal checks.

Key Logic:

1. Authenticates securely using DefaultAzureCredential.
2. Iterates through all Virtual Machines in the subscription (or a specific Resource Group).
3. Retrieves the Instance View for each VM to access real-time status codes.
4. Filters the results to isolate VMs that are not in a healthy or successful state by two conditions.
5. Reporting: specific details (VM Name, Resource Group, and Error Code) are printed to the console for immediate viewing.

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🛠️ Prerequisites

To run these scripts, you will need:

• Python 3.8+
• Azure CLI (for local authentication)
• Azure Subscription (with permissions to manage resources)

Required Libraries

python -m pip install azure-identity azure-mgmt-compute