I’m using an Azure DevOps pipeline to start/stop Azure Web Apps and a Function App on a schedule. The pipeline uses an AzurePowerShell@5 task with a service connection to authenticate to azure, Despite specifying the correct subscription ID, it still fails with ERROR: Please run 'az login'.

Pipeline YAML:

trigger: none

schedules:
  - cron: "0 7 * * Mon-Fri"
    displayName: "Start WebApp at 7 AM (Mon-Fri)"
    branches:
      include:
        - main
    always: true

  - cron: "0 19 * * Mon-Fri"
    displayName: "Stop WebApp at 7 PM (Mon-Fri)"
    branches:
      include:
        - main
    always: true

stages:
- stage: dev
  displayName: 'Start and Stop Dev Environment'
  variables:
  - name: subscriptionId
    value: '12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef'
  - name: resourceGroupName
    value: 's148d01-vyed'
  - name: webAppNames
    value: |
      - 's148d01-as-vyed-admin-01'
      - 's148d01-as-vyed-pub-01'
  - name: functionAppName
    value: 's148d01-fa-vyed-01'
  jobs:
  - job: Dev_Webapp
    steps:
    - task: AzurePowerShell@5
      displayName: 'Powershell task'
      inputs:
        azureSubscription: s148d.azdo-deployment-dfe-gov
        ScriptType: filePath
        ScriptPath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/scripts/s148Autoschdulers.ps1
        ScriptArguments: '-subscriptionId "$(subscriptionId)" -resourceGroupName "$(resourceGroupName)" -webAppNames "$(webAppNames)" -functionAppName "$(functionAppName)"'
        azurePowerShellVersion: 'LatestVersion'
        pwsh: true

PowerShell Script

param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$subscriptionId,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$resourceGroupName,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string[]]$webAppNames,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$functionAppName
    )

# Setting your Azure subscription
az account set --subscription $subscriptionId

# Get the current hour and current day
$currentHour = (Get-Date).Hour
$currentDay = (Get-Date).DayOfWeek

foreach ($webAppName in $webAppNames) {
    $webAppStatus = az webapp show --name $webAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName --query "state" --output tsv
    Write-Output "Current status of Azure Web App $webAppName: $webAppStatus"

    if ($currentHour -eq 7) {
        if ($webAppStatus -eq "Stopped") {
            az webapp start --name $webAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName
            Write-Output "Azure Web App $webAppName started successfully."
        } else {
            Write-Output "Azure Web App $webAppName is already running."
        }
    } elseif ($currentHour -eq 19) {
        if ($webAppStatus -eq "Running") {
            az webapp stop --name $webAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName
            Write-Output "Azure Web App $webAppName stopped successfully."
        } else {
            Write-Output "Azure Web App $webAppName is already stopped."
        }
    } else {
        Write-Output "Current time is not 7 AM or 7 PM. WebApp status will not be changed. It will automatically start or stop the webapp at 7AM and 7PM on Monday to Friday"
    }
}

# Get the status of the function app

$functionAppStatus = az functionapp show --name $functionAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName --query "state" --output tsv
Write-Output "Current status of Azure Function App $functionAppName: $functionAppStatus"

if ($currentDay -eq 'Monday') {
    if ($currentHour -eq 7) {
        if ($functionAppStatus -eq "Stopped") {
            az functionapp start --name $functionAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName
            Write-Output "Azure Function App $functionAppName started successfully."
        } else {
            Write-Output "Azure Function App $functionAppName is already running."
        }
    } elseif ($currentHour -eq 19) {
        if ($functionAppStatus -eq "Running") {
            az functionapp stop --name $functionAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName
            Write-Output "Azure Function App $functionAppName stopped successfully."
        } else {
            Write-Output "Azure Function App $functionAppName is already stopped."
        }
    } else {
        Write-Output "Current time is not 7 AM or 7 PM on Monday. The function app status cannot be changed."
    }
} else {
    Write-Output "Today is not Monday. Function App status will not be changed. It will automatically start or stop the function app at 7AM and 7PM on Monday"
}

Error Log

==============================================================================
Task         : Azure PowerShell
Description  : Run a PowerShell script within an Azure environment
Version      : 5.252.0
Author       : Microsoft Corporation
Help         : 
==============================================================================
Generating script.
Formatted command: . '/home/vsts/work/1/s/scripts/s148Autoschdulers.ps1' -subscriptionId "12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef" -resourceGroupName "s148d01-vyed" -webAppNames "- 's148d01-as-vyed-admin-01'
- 's148d01-as-vyed-pub-01'
" -functionAppName "s148d01-fa-vyed-01"
/usr/bin/pwsh -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command . '/home/vsts/work/_temp/3e1608a1-6ae4-48a1-9056-f34660231aed.ps1'
File saved!
Import-Module -Name /usr/share/az_12.1.0/Az.Accounts/4.0.2/Az.Accounts.psd1 -Global
Clear-AzContext -Scope Process
Clear-AzContext -Scope CurrentUser -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Connect-AzAccount -ServicePrincipal -Tenant 9c7d9dd3-840c-4b3f-818e-552865082e16 -Credential System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -Environment AzureCloud @processScope
Set-AzContext -SubscriptionId 12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef -TenantId 9c8d7ee3-987c-123c-888e-552865082e16
ERROR: The subscription '12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef' doesn't exist in cloud 'AzureCloud'.
ERROR: Please run 'az login' to setup account.
Azure Web App '- 's148d01-as-vyed-admin-01'
- 's148d01-as-vyed-pub-01'
' is currently: 
The current time is not 7 AM or 7 PM. WebApp status will remain unchanged. It will automatically start and stop at 7 AM and 7 PM from Monday to Friday.
ERROR: Please run 'az login' to setup account.
Azure Function App 's148d01-fa-vyed-01' is currently: 
The Function App status will remain unchanged. It will automatically start and stop at 7 AM and 7 PM on every Monday .

/usr/bin/pwsh -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command . '/home/vsts/work/_tasks/AzurePowerShell_72a1931b-effb-4d2e-8fd8-f8472a07cb62/5.252.0/RemoveAzContext.ps1'
Disconnect-AzAccount -Scope CurrentUser -ErrorAction Stop
Disconnect-AzAccount -Scope Process -ErrorAction Stop
Clear-AzContext -Scope Process -ErrorAction Stop

Finishing: Powershell task

How can I run the script successfully Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

I’m using an Azure DevOps pipeline to start/stop Azure Web Apps and a Function App on a schedule. The pipeline uses an AzurePowerShell@5 task with a service connection to authenticate to azure, Despite specifying the correct subscription ID, it still fails with ERROR: Please run 'az login'.

Pipeline YAML:

trigger: none

schedules:
  - cron: "0 7 * * Mon-Fri"
    displayName: "Start WebApp at 7 AM (Mon-Fri)"
    branches:
      include:
        - main
    always: true

  - cron: "0 19 * * Mon-Fri"
    displayName: "Stop WebApp at 7 PM (Mon-Fri)"
    branches:
      include:
        - main
    always: true

stages:
- stage: dev
  displayName: 'Start and Stop Dev Environment'
  variables:
  - name: subscriptionId
    value: '12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef'
  - name: resourceGroupName
    value: 's148d01-vyed'
  - name: webAppNames
    value: |
      - 's148d01-as-vyed-admin-01'
      - 's148d01-as-vyed-pub-01'
  - name: functionAppName
    value: 's148d01-fa-vyed-01'
  jobs:
  - job: Dev_Webapp
    steps:
    - task: AzurePowerShell@5
      displayName: 'Powershell task'
      inputs:
        azureSubscription: s148d.azdo-deployment-dfe-gov
        ScriptType: filePath
        ScriptPath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/scripts/s148Autoschdulers.ps1
        ScriptArguments: '-subscriptionId "$(subscriptionId)" -resourceGroupName "$(resourceGroupName)" -webAppNames "$(webAppNames)" -functionAppName "$(functionAppName)"'
        azurePowerShellVersion: 'LatestVersion'
        pwsh: true

PowerShell Script

param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$subscriptionId,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$resourceGroupName,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string[]]$webAppNames,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$functionAppName
    )

# Setting your Azure subscription
az account set --subscription $subscriptionId

# Get the current hour and current day
$currentHour = (Get-Date).Hour
$currentDay = (Get-Date).DayOfWeek

foreach ($webAppName in $webAppNames) {
    $webAppStatus = az webapp show --name $webAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName --query "state" --output tsv
    Write-Output "Current status of Azure Web App $webAppName: $webAppStatus"

    if ($currentHour -eq 7) {
        if ($webAppStatus -eq "Stopped") {
            az webapp start --name $webAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName
            Write-Output "Azure Web App $webAppName started successfully."
        } else {
            Write-Output "Azure Web App $webAppName is already running."
        }
    } elseif ($currentHour -eq 19) {
        if ($webAppStatus -eq "Running") {
            az webapp stop --name $webAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName
            Write-Output "Azure Web App $webAppName stopped successfully."
        } else {
            Write-Output "Azure Web App $webAppName is already stopped."
        }
    } else {
        Write-Output "Current time is not 7 AM or 7 PM. WebApp status will not be changed. It will automatically start or stop the webapp at 7AM and 7PM on Monday to Friday"
    }
}

# Get the status of the function app

$functionAppStatus = az functionapp show --name $functionAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName --query "state" --output tsv
Write-Output "Current status of Azure Function App $functionAppName: $functionAppStatus"

if ($currentDay -eq 'Monday') {
    if ($currentHour -eq 7) {
        if ($functionAppStatus -eq "Stopped") {
            az functionapp start --name $functionAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName
            Write-Output "Azure Function App $functionAppName started successfully."
        } else {
            Write-Output "Azure Function App $functionAppName is already running."
        }
    } elseif ($currentHour -eq 19) {
        if ($functionAppStatus -eq "Running") {
            az functionapp stop --name $functionAppName --resource-group $resourceGroupName
            Write-Output "Azure Function App $functionAppName stopped successfully."
        } else {
            Write-Output "Azure Function App $functionAppName is already stopped."
        }
    } else {
        Write-Output "Current time is not 7 AM or 7 PM on Monday. The function app status cannot be changed."
    }
} else {
    Write-Output "Today is not Monday. Function App status will not be changed. It will automatically start or stop the function app at 7AM and 7PM on Monday"
}

Error Log

==============================================================================
Task         : Azure PowerShell
Description  : Run a PowerShell script within an Azure environment
Version      : 5.252.0
Author       : Microsoft Corporation
Help         : https://aka.ms/azurepowershelltroubleshooting
==============================================================================
Generating script.
Formatted command: . '/home/vsts/work/1/s/scripts/s148Autoschdulers.ps1' -subscriptionId "12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef" -resourceGroupName "s148d01-vyed" -webAppNames "- 's148d01-as-vyed-admin-01'
- 's148d01-as-vyed-pub-01'
" -functionAppName "s148d01-fa-vyed-01"
/usr/bin/pwsh -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command . '/home/vsts/work/_temp/3e1608a1-6ae4-48a1-9056-f34660231aed.ps1'
File saved!
Import-Module -Name /usr/share/az_12.1.0/Az.Accounts/4.0.2/Az.Accounts.psd1 -Global
Clear-AzContext -Scope Process
Clear-AzContext -Scope CurrentUser -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Connect-AzAccount -ServicePrincipal -Tenant 9c7d9dd3-840c-4b3f-818e-552865082e16 -Credential System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -Environment AzureCloud @processScope
Set-AzContext -SubscriptionId 12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef -TenantId 9c8d7ee3-987c-123c-888e-552865082e16
ERROR: The subscription '12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef' doesn't exist in cloud 'AzureCloud'.
ERROR: Please run 'az login' to setup account.
Azure Web App '- 's148d01-as-vyed-admin-01'
- 's148d01-as-vyed-pub-01'
' is currently: 
The current time is not 7 AM or 7 PM. WebApp status will remain unchanged. It will automatically start and stop at 7 AM and 7 PM from Monday to Friday.
ERROR: Please run 'az login' to setup account.
Azure Function App 's148d01-fa-vyed-01' is currently: 
The Function App status will remain unchanged. It will automatically start and stop at 7 AM and 7 PM on every Monday .

/usr/bin/pwsh -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command . '/home/vsts/work/_tasks/AzurePowerShell_72a1931b-effb-4d2e-8fd8-f8472a07cb62/5.252.0/RemoveAzContext.ps1'
Disconnect-AzAccount -Scope CurrentUser -ErrorAction Stop
Disconnect-AzAccount -Scope Process -ErrorAction Stop
Clear-AzContext -Scope Process -ErrorAction Stop

Finishing: Powershell task

How can I run the script successfully Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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Checking your PowerShell script, you are running Azure CLI commands, which require az login to authenticate with Azure. But Azure PowerShell uses Azure-Connect to login to Azure. Based on your script, it's suggested that you could use AzureCLI@2 task.

Besides, I noticed that webAppNames is defined as multi-line variable. The type of variable in Azure DevOps is string. If you pass webAppNames as you defined, $webAppNames in your PowerShell script will have only one element and az webapp show will fail as shown below:

To resolve this issue, define webAppNames as value: '"s148d01-as-vyed-admin-01", "s148d01-as-vyed-pub-01"' and remove " " when passing webAppNames in the arguments .

The modified YAML file is:

trigger: none

schedules:
  - cron: "0 7 * * Mon-Fri"
    displayName: "Start WebApp at 7 AM (Mon-Fri)"
    branches:
      include:
        - main
    always: true

  - cron: "0 19 * * Mon-Fri"
    displayName: "Stop WebApp at 7 PM (Mon-Fri)"
    branches:
      include:
        - main
    always: true

stages:
- stage: dev
  displayName: 'Start and Stop Dev Environment'
  variables:
  - name: subscriptionId
    value: '12345678-abcd-6789-1122-ab12bc34de56ef'
  - name: resourceGroupName
    value: 's148d01-vyed'
  - name: webAppNames
    value: '"s148d01-as-vyed-admin-01", "s148d01-as-vyed-pub-01"'  
  - name: functionAppName
    value: 's148d01-fa-vyed-01'
  jobs:
  - job: Dev_Webapp
    steps:
    - task: AzureCLI@2
      inputs:
        azureSubscription: '{Your ARM SC}'
        scriptType: 'pscore'
        scriptLocation: 'scriptPath'
        scriptPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/scripts/s148Autoschdulers.ps1'
        arguments: '-subscriptionId "$(subscriptionId)" -resourceGroupName "$(resourceGroupName)" -webAppNames $(webAppNames) -functionAppName "$(functionAppName)"'

Result: