Connection string and account key operations for an Azure Cosmos DB account using PowerShell

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This sample requires the Az PowerShell module 5.4.0 or later. Run Get-Module -ListAvailable Az to see which versions are installed. If you need to install, see Install Azure PowerShell module.

Run Connect-AzAccount -Environment AzureChinaCloud to sign in to Azure.

Sample script

# Reference: Az.CosmosDB | https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/az.cosmosdb
# --------------------------------------------------
# Purpose
# List an account's connection strings and keys; regenerate a key.
# --------------------------------------------------
# Variables - ***** SUBSTITUTE YOUR VALUES *****
$resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup" # Resource Group must already exist
$accountName = "myaccount" # Must be all lower case
$keyKind = "primary" # Other key kinds: secondary, primaryReadOnly, secondaryReadOnly
# --------------------------------------------------

Write-Host "List connection strings"
Get-AzCosmosDBAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -Name $accountName -Type "ConnectionStrings"

Write-Host "List keys"
Get-AzCosmosDBAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -Name $accountName -Type "Keys"

Write-Host "Reset key"
New-AzCosmosDBAccountKey  -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -Name $accountName -KeyKind $keyKind

Clean up deployment

After the script sample has been run, the following command can be used to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it.

Remove-AzResourceGroup -ResourceGroupName "myResourceGroup"

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Next steps

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