c7n-azure
Cloud Custodian - Azure Support
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and solves a real problem—scaling governance across Azure. Install it if you need policy-driven compliance, cost control, or resource lifecycle automation. The 80 Azure SDK dependencies are a one-time cost reflecting genuine breadth of Azure service coverage.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Azure authentication (Azure CLI login or environment variables) and Python 3.9.2 or later.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel.
- Active maintenance with a recent release 78 days ago and ongoing commits.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions; you must retain license notices.
last release 2026-05-28 (78 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 6,043 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 86,450 downloads/mo, #13,863 on PyPI
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pip install c7n-azure
Create custodian.yml:
policies:
- name: tag-vms
resource: azure.vm
actions:
- type: tag
tag: Environment
value: Production
custodian run --output-dir=. custodian.yml- Whether the 80 Azure SDK dependencies are all required at runtime or some are optional based on resource types.
- Performance characteristics and scalability limits when running policies against large Azure environments.
- Whether policies can be scheduled automatically or if orchestration requires external tooling.
What it is and what it does
This package extends a policy engine to Azure, letting you write declarative YAML policies that specify which Azure resources to target, how to filter them, and what actions to take—tagging, deletion, remediation, or reporting. It integrates with Azure's management APIs to discover and act on resources at scale.
It's designed for teams managing compliance, cost control, and resource lifecycle across Azure subscriptions. Policies run on-demand, scanning resources and applying consistent governance rules without manual intervention. The plugin depends on 80 Azure SDK packages to access different Azure services.
Use it for
- Automatically tag all untagged virtual machines or storage accounts for cost allocation and compliance tracking.
- Enforce compliance by finding and reporting resources that violate security policies.
- Remediate drift by stopping unused compute resources or deleting orphaned disks to reduce cloud spend.
- Audit resource creation and modification across subscriptions and log policy execution for compliance reports.
- Enforce naming conventions and resource group organization across Azure deployments.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and solves a real problem—scaling governance across Azure. Install it if you need policy-driven compliance, cost control, or resource lifecycle automation. The 80 Azure SDK dependencies are a one-time cost reflecting genuine breadth of Azure service coverage.
Install
c7n-azure on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Active maintenance with a recent release 78 days ago and ongoing commits. Requires 80 Azure SDK dependencies, which is substantial but reflects the breadth of Azure services it can govern.
Requires Azure authentication (Azure CLI login or environment variables) and Python 3.9.2 or later.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions; you must retain license notices.
Quickstart
pip install c7n-azure
Create custodian.yml:
policies:
- name: tag-vms
resource: azure.vm
actions:
- type: tag
tag: Environment
value: Production
custodian run --output-dir=. custodian.ymlVerify before relying
- Whether the 80 Azure SDK dependencies are all required at runtime or some are optional based on resource types.
- Performance characteristics and scalability limits when running policies against large Azure environments.
- Whether policies can be scheduled automatically or if orchestration requires external tooling.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4.0.0,>=3.9.2 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 80 packagesadalapplicationinsightsapschedulerazure-cosmosazure-cosmosdb-tableazure-functionsazure-graphrbacazure-identityazure-keyvault-certificatesazure-keyvault-keysazure-keyvault-secretsazure-keyvaultazure-mgmt-advisorazure-mgmt-apimanagementazure-mgmt-appconfigurationazure-mgmt-applicationinsightsazure-mgmt-appplatformazure-mgmt-authorizationazure-mgmt-automationazure-mgmt-batchazure-mgmt-cdnazure-mgmt-cognitiveservicesazure-mgmt-computeazure-mgmt-containerinstanceazure-mgmt-containerregistryazure-mgmt-containerserviceazure-mgmt-cosmosdbazure-mgmt-costmanagementazure-mgmt-databricksazure-mgmt-datafactory |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 78 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 86,450 / month, #13,863 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseTopic :: System :: Distributed ComputingTopic :: System :: Systems Administration |
Evidence: c7n_azure-0.7.50-py3-none-any.whl
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