Create an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account

Create shell variables for accountName, resourceGroupName, and location.

# Variable for resource group name
resourceGroupName="msdocs-cosmos"

# Variable for location
location="westus"

# Variable for account name with a randomnly generated suffix
let suffix=$RANDOM*$RANDOM
accountName="msdocs-$suffix"

If you haven't already, sign in to the Azure CLI using the az login command.

Use the az group create command to create a new resource group in your subscription.

az group create \
    --name $resourceGroupName \
    --location $location

Use the az cosmosdb create command to create a new Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account with default settings.

az cosmosdb create \
    --resource-group $resourceGroupName \
    --name $accountName \
    --locations regionName=$location

Create shell variables for ACCOUNT_NAME, RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, and LOCATION.

# Variable for resource group name
$RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME = "msdocs-cosmos"

# Variable for location
$LOCATION = "West US"

# Variable for account name with a randomnly generated suffix
$SUFFIX = Get-Random
$ACCOUNT_NAME = "msdocs-$SUFFIX"

If you haven't already, sign in to Azure PowerShell using the Connect-AzAccount cmdlet.

Use the New-AzResourceGroup cmdlet to create a new resource group in your subscription.

$parameters = @{
    Name = $RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME
    Location = $LOCATION
}
New-AzResourceGroup @parameters    

Use the New-AzCosmosDBAccount cmdlet to create a new Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account with default settings.

$parameters = @{
    ResourceGroupName = $RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME
    Name = $ACCOUNT_NAME
    Location = $LOCATION
}
New-AzCosmosDBAccount @parameters

Sign in to the Azure portal.

From the Azure portal menu or the Home page, select Create a resource.

On the New page, search for and select Azure Cosmos DB.

On the Select API option page, select the Create option within the NoSQL - Recommend section. Azure Cosmos DB has five APIs: SQL, MongoDB, Gremlin, Table, and Cassandra. Learn more about the API for NoSQL.

On the Create Azure Cosmos DB Account page, enter the following information:

Select Review + create.

Review the settings you provide, and then select Create. It takes a few minutes to create the account. Wait for the portal page to display Your deployment is complete before moving on.

Select Go to resource to go to the Azure Cosmos DB account page.