Auto shutdown Azure VMs
Making sure VMs not being used is critical to optimize Azure spend. Here are a few ways to shut them down automatically!
December 28, 2016
Q. Is there anything built in to Azure to automatically shutdown VMs at a certain time?
A. There are numerous solutions to automatically shutdown VMs:
Use an Azure Automation to shutdown whatever VMs are required and create a schedule to call the automation
Run a PowerShell script to scan for when VMs where shutdown by users (but still provisioned on the fabric and then shut them down (to stop paying) as I created at http://windowsitpro.com/azure/deprovision-vms-are-stopped-azure-after-20-minutes
Utilize the DevTestLabs schedule resource that will shutdown VMs at certain times with a configurable notification which is configured via JSON, e.g.:
{ "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json", "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0", "parameters": { "vmName": { "type": "string" } }, "variables": { "policyName": "[concat('shutdown-computevm-', parameters('vmName'))]", "vmResourceId": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines', parameters('vmName'))]" }, "resources": [ { "apiVersion": "2016-05-15", "type": "Microsoft.DevTestLab/schedules", "name": "[variables('policyName')]", "location": "[resourceGroup().location]", "properties": { "status":"Enabled", "timeZoneId":"Central Standard Time", "taskType":"ComputeVmShutdownTask", "notificationSettings":{ "status":"Disabled", "timeInMinutes":15, "webhookUrl":null }, "targetResourceId":"[variables('vmResourceId')]", "dailyRecurrence":{ "time":"1800" } } } ], "outputs": { }}
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