start_azure_vm.yml

name: start or stop azure virtual machine
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      action:
        default: "stop"
        required: true
        type: choice
        options:
          - start
          - stop
      vm_name:
        required: true
        default: "devwithkrishna-vm"
        type: string
      resource_group:
        required: true
        default: "DEV-WITH-KRISHNA-VM-RG"
        type: string
      subscription_name:
        required: true
        default: "TECH-ARCHITECTS-NONPROD"
        type: string
run-name: ${{ inputs.action }} - ${{ inputs.vm_name }} - triggered by ${{ github.actor }}
jobs:
  start-or-stop-azure-virtual-machine:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  
    name: ${{ github.actor }} ${{ github.event.inputs.action }} ${{github.event.inputs.vm_name}} VM  
    steps:
    - name: echo inputs
      run: |
        echo " action ${{github.event.inputs.action}} vmname ${{github.event.inputs.vm_name}} "
    - name: azure login
      uses: azure/login@v1
      with:
        creds: '{"clientId":"${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}","clientSecret":"${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}","subscriptionId":"${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}","tenantId":"${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}"}'
    - name: az cli commands
      uses: azure/CLI@v1
      with:
        azcliversion: 2.55.0
        inlinescript: |
          az account set -s ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
          az account show -o json
    - name: az vm start or stop
      run: |
        if [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.action }}" == "start" ]]; then
        az vm start --name ${{ github.event.inputs.vm_name }} --resource-group ${{ github.event.inputs.resource_group }} --subscription ${{ github.event.inputs.subscription_name }}
        echo "Vm ${{ github.event.inputs.vm_name }} has been started"
        elif [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.action }}" == "stop" ]]; then
        az vm deallocate --name ${{ github.event.inputs.vm_name }} --resource-group ${{ github.event.inputs.resource_group }} --subscription ${{ github.event.inputs.subscription_name }}
        echo "Vm ${{ github.event.inputs.vm_name }} has been stopped/deallocated"
        fi