You likely heard of or currently use oh-my-zsh for your terminal on Linux or Mac, or WSL on Windows. It might also be possible to have heard of or currently use oh-my-posh for your PowerShell. Azure offers Azure Cloud Shell service, which uses both Bash Shell and PowerShell by default. Therefore, if you want either oh-my-zsh or oh-my-posh, or both, you should configure it by yourself.
Throughout this post, I'm going to show how to configure your shell environment for both.
This GitHub repository provides the working shell script source for your reference.
For oh-my-zsh
Let's configure oh-my-zsh on your Azure Cloud Shell. Make sure that you see the Bash Shell prompt. If not, enter the bash command to switch your prompt to Bash.
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Install oh-my-zsh.
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characterssh -c "$(curl -fsSL \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" -
Install plug-ins for oh-my-zsh. Although there are many good plug-ins, this post will install the three popular ones – zsh-completions, zsh-syntax-highlighting and zsh-autosuggestions. If you want more plug-ins, follow the steps below.
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters# Plugin: zsh-completions git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions.git \ ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-completions # Plugin: zsh-syntax-highlighting git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git \ ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting # Plugin: zsh-autosuggestions git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git \ ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions -
Install themes for oh-my-zsh. It's totally up to you which theme you're going to pick, but this post chooses either Spaceship or Powerlevel10k.
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters# Theme: Spaceship git clone https://github.com/spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt.git \ ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/spaceship-prompt --depth=1 ln -s ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/spaceship-prompt/spaceship.zsh-theme \ ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/spaceship.zsh-theme # Theme: Powerlevel10k git clone https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git \ ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k --depth=1 ln -s ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme \ ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme -
If you choose the Powerlevel10k theme, run the following command for further configuration.
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As mentioned above, Azure Cloud Shell uses Bash Shell by default. Unfortunately, you can't run the
chsh -s $(which zsh)command becausesudois not allowed. Therefore, update your.bashrclike below, as a workaround.This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersbash -c zsh - Once everything so far is done, restart Azure Cloud Shell. Alternatively, run the command,
source .bashrc. Then, you will have the oh-my-zsh applied shell prompt. -
If you want to run all steps above in just one command, run the following:
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters# Download the GitHub repository git clone https://github.com/justinyoo/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell.git ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell # Install oh-my-zsh with the theme of "Spaceship" ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell/install.sh -t spaceship # Install oh-my-zsh with the theme of "Powerlevel10k" ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell/install.sh -t p10k -
If you are with the Powerlevel10k theme and want to turn on or off the current time, run the following script:
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters# Turn on the clock feature ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell/switch-p10k-clock.sh -c # Turn off the clock feature ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell/switch-p10k-clock.sh
Now, your Azure Cloud Shell starts using oh-my-zsh.
For oh-my-posh
Let's configure oh-my-posh on your Azure Cloud Shell this time. Make sure that you see the PowerShell prompt. If not, enter the pwsh command to switch your prompt to PowerShell.
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Install oh-my-posh.
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersInstall-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force Import-Module oh-my-posh -Scope Local -Force -
Install themes for oh-my-posh. Again, it's totally up to you which theme you're going to pick, but this post chooses either Spaceship or Powerlevel10k - Rainbow.
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters# Theme: Spaceship Set-PoshPrompt -Theme spaceship # Theme: Powerlevel10k - Rainbow Set-PoshPrompt -Theme powerlevel10k_rainbow -
Install plug-ins for oh-my-posh, like Terminal Icons.
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersInstall-Module Terminal-Icons -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force Import-Module Terminal-Icons -Scope Local -Force -
Create the
$PROFILEfile to run when initiating a PowerShell session.This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersif (!(Test-Path -Path $PROFILE)) { New-Item -ItemType File -Path $PROFILE -Force } # Theme: Spaceship Write-Output " Set-PoshPrompt -Theme spaceship Import-Module Terminal-Icons -Scope Local -Force " | Out-File -FilePath $PROFILE -Encoding UTF8 -Append -Force # Theme: Powerlevel10k - Rainbow Write-Output " Set-PoshPrompt -Theme powerlevel10k_rainbow Import-Module Terminal-Icons -Scope Local -Force " | Out-File -FilePath $PROFILE -Encoding UTF8 -Append -Force -
Run the following command to reload
$PROFILE.This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters. $PROFILE -
If you want to run all steps above in just one command, run the following:
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters# Download the GitHub repository git clone https://github.com/justinyoo/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell.git ` ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell # Install oh-my-zsh with the theme of "Spaceship" ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell/install.ps1 -Theme spaceship # Install oh-my-zsh with the theme of "Powerlevel10k - Rainbow" ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell/install.ps1 -Theme p10k -
If you are with the Powerlevel10k - Rainbow theme and want to turn on or off the current time, run the following script:
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters# Turn on the clock feature ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell/switch-p10k-clock.ps1 -WithClock # Turn off the clock feature ~/oh-my-azure-cloud-shell/switch-p10k-clock.ps1
Now, your Azure Cloud Shell starts using oh-my-zsh.
So far, I've walked through how to configure either oh-my-zsh or oh-my-posh, or both. With both configurations, you will be able to extend your local shell scripting experiences to Azure Cloud Shell.