Setting a default Azure Container Registry name
Tired of typing the registry name every time you run az acr? So was I.
Tired of typing the registry name every time you run az acr? So was I.
The more I used az acr the more I wanted a way of setting the --name to a default value so I did not have to keep typing it. Turns out there is a way, you just have to dig for it.
To set the default registry use az configure --defaults acr=<registry name>.
For completeness, what this does is modify the ~/.azure/config file. In Windows, ~ would be the user profile path, for example, c:\users\edward. It adds a [default] section if it does not already exist and then sets acr to the registry name specified.
An example of a complete config file would be like this:
[cloud]
name = AzureCloud
[core]
first_run = yes
[defaults]
acr = crexample
Conclusion
Now I can save some time by not needing to add --name to every az acr command, finally. Hopefully it helps you as well. I just wish it was a little more well documented when you do a --help on the command line.
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