---
id: azure-cli-appservice
version: "0.2.21"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-cli-appservice — Microsoft Azure Command-Line Tools AppService Command Module

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 154.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is the App Service command module for the Azure CLI, a plugin that adds `az appservice`, `az webapp`, and `az functionapp` command groups for managing Azure App Service resources. It wraps Azure management SDKs (azure-mgmt-web, azure-mgmt-storage, azure-mgmt-containerregistry, azure-mgmt-applicationinsights) to provide CLI-level operations for creating and configuring web apps, function apps, app service plans, deployments, SSL bindings, and related infrastructure on Azure.

The module is designed to be installed as part of the Azure CLI ecosystem rather than used as a standalone library. It depends on 14 runtime packages including core Azure CLI infrastructure, DevOps build tools, and cryptographic libraries. The wheel distribution indicates low installation friction, though the 2019 release date and lack of recent updates suggest this may be a legacy or stable version within a larger, actively maintained CLI framework.

Use it for:

- Deploy and manage web applications to Azure App Service using CLI commands like `az webapp up`
- Create and configure function apps with runtime selection and deployment slot management
- Manage app service plans, including SKU selection and scaling across Linux and Windows
- Configure SSL certificates, authentication, and CORS settings for web and function apps
- Set up CI/CD pipelines for function apps via Azure DevOps integration

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Azure CLI commands for managing App Service resources including web apps, function apps, and app service plans on Microsoft Azure.

Yes, if you are using the Azure CLI and need to manage App Service resources from the command line. The module has low install friction and permissive licensing. However, verify that this version (0.2.21 from 2019) is compatible with your current Azure CLI installation, as it may have been superseded by newer integrated versions. Install as part of the Azure CLI ecosystem, not as a standalone package.

## Install

pip install azure-cli-appservice
uv add azure-cli-appservice
poetry add azure-cli-appservice

## Installing azure-cli-appservice

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Active maintenance status with recent commits, though the latest release dates to 2019-06-18, making this a legacy module within the Azure CLI ecosystem.

License in practice: MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it safe for most deployment scenarios.

Quickstart:

pip install azure-cli-appservice

from azure.cli.command_modules.appservice import operations
# Use via 'az appservice' commands in Azure CLI

Requires azure-cli-core and other Azure SDK dependencies to be installed; intended as a plugin module for the Azure CLI, not standalone use.

Verify before relying:

- Whether this module is still actively maintained or superseded by newer Azure CLI versions
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.6 given the classifier list stops there
- Whether the 2614 days since release reflects actual abandonment or normal Azure CLI versioning

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 154.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

azure app service cli, azure webapp management, azure function app deployment, azure appservice plan commands, az appservice cli module, azure-cloud, cli-module

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