A service bus instance has already been created (Step 2 below). Next is step 3, Create a Service Bus queue. Note: Steps: Step 1: # Create a resource group resourceGroupName="myResourceGroup" az group create --name $resourceGroupName --location eastus Step 2: # Create a Service Bus messaging namespace with a unique name namespaceName=myNameSpace$RANDOM az servicebus namespace create --resource-group $resourceGroupName --name $namespaceName --location eastus Step 3: # Create a Service Bus queue az servicebus queue create --resource-group $resourceGroupName --namespace-name $namespaceName -- name BasicQueue Step 4: # Get the connection string for the namespace connectionString=$(az servicebus namespace authorization-rule keys list --resource-group $resourceGroupName --namespace-name $namespaceName --name RootManageSharedAccessKey --query primaryConnectionString --output tsv) References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-quickstart-cli