Run interactive Powershell in Windows Azure Container Instance

Question

I can create a container group with:

az container create --os-type windows --resource-group dev --name win-sandbox --image mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:1809

Then running ⬇️ it just exits immediately, but I would like an interactive Powershell prompt.

az container exec -g dev --name win-sandbox --exec-command "powershell.exe"

This is consistent with omitting -it from a docker run, but there is no such option for az container exec.

How do I get an interactive Powershell prompt?

VenkateshDodda · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-29 03:34:24Z

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How do I get an interactive Powershell prompt?

As per the Azure documentation , currently az container exec to open & execute in interactive mode not supported for windows machines.

az container exec Execute a command from within a running container of a container group. The most common use case is to open an interactive bash shell.

answered Nov 29, 2021 at 3:34

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davetapley Over a year ago

How awkward. I've suggested feedback is added to az container.

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