How to get the azure VMUUID of azure VM? - azure

Question

I am creating an ARM template for the Azure Log Analytics workspace.it has some queries which use azure VM's VMUUID. Is there is any way to fetch the azure VM's VMUUID inside the ARM template or any other way to fetch azure VMUUID?
ARM Template I just need to get the values of VMUUID of all VM's in that subscription.

Answer 1

You can also get this information programmatically from the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS). It provides information about currently running virtual machine instances. You can use IMDS to manage and configure your virtual machines. This information includes the SKU, storage, network configurations, and upcoming maintenance events. For a complete list of the data available, see the Endpoint Categories Summary.
IMDS is a REST API that's available at a well-known, non-routable IP address 169.254.169.254. You can only access it from within the VM. Communication between the VM and IMDS never leaves the host.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/instance-metadata-service

Answer 2

Try Azure Resource Explorer
You could easily find it in the Azure Resource Explorer.
//One more extra reference: What is Azure Resource Explorer?
Just navigate to the Microsoft.Compute => virtualMachines view:
There is one more way to find it, but for me seems more complicated as you need to connect to the VM:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/accessing-and-using-azure-vm-unique-id/
Update: Try PowerShell
The simple PowerShell script below returns a list of all VMUUIDs in the specified subscription:
Get-AzSubscription
Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId "Olga's Subscription"
$GetVM = Get-AzVM
Foreach ($vm in $GetVM)
{
$vmId =""
$vmId = $vm.vmid
$vmIdList +=$vmId + "`r`n"
}
Write-Output $vmIdList
Please let me know if above answers your question.