Using Azure CLI with two different credentials

Sometimes you need to logon to more than one Azure Active Directory (don't ask why). Normally the azure cli tool keeps a file in ./azure about your subscriptions, etc.

you could just logout/login - but that is a royal pain in the ass.

So for example say you need to logon to a Azure Gov cloud with different credentials. For that you can set or unset the AZURE_CONFIG_DIR which will point to your respective ~./azure of your choice...

# government az cli credentials cached in a .azure_gov folder
export AZURE_CONFIG_DIR=.azure_gov

az cloud set --name AzureUSGovernment
az login
az account set -s 9999-9999-9999-9---9-9-9-9-