Azure Classroom Series – 18/May/2021

Azure VM From PowerShell Continued.

• Refer Here for the PowerShell script created in the class.

Creating Custom VM Images

• In Azure We have two types of images
  • Generalized:
    • This image requires setup to be completed on first boot
    • For example on boot you can set the hostname, admin user and VM specific configurations
    • Azure agent will process the parameters and signal back to the Azure Platform that the initial configuration has completed. (Provisioning)
    • There are two Provisioners
      • Azure Linux Agent (Linux VMS)
      • cloud-init
  • Specialized: These are the images completely configured and do not require special parameters to pass during first boot. Provisioning agents are not required for these images.
• Lets create a Linux VM and install Lamp Stack in that

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 -y 
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-cli -y
# Create a file at /var/www/html/info.php with below content
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
sudo apt install stress -y

• Next Steps:
  • (CLI Approach)
  • We need to deprovision the VM
  • Create the VM Image for Linux
  • Create a new VM with the VM image
  • (Portal approach)
  • Create a VM Image for Windows Server