Azure Virtual machines Contd

Credentials

• Linux:
  • Username and Password
  • Username and key
• Windows
  • Username and Password
• Key: Azure has a service where you can create private key and public key (key pair) or import your existing keys
  
• To create a key on your system ssh-keygen
• Now create a key pair and upload the public key
  
• We can get the private key from Azure
  
  
  

Login into vms

• Windows:
  • RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol): Gives visual interface to work with windows from remote
    • command mstsc -v <ipaddress>
    • port: TCP 3389
• Linux
  • SSH (Secure Shell): Gives shell interface /terminal access to work with linux vms
    • command
      • with username and password ssh username@ipaddress
      • with username and key ssh -i <path to private key> username@ipaddress
    • port: TCP 22
• Note:
  • If your vm is created with key and if you execute ssh username@ipaddress it checks for the key in ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Tags

• When we create any resource we can tag the resources.
• Tagging is helpful for
  • querying resources
  • filtering bills
• Whenever you create any resource atleast have these tags

project: learning
env: dev
purpose: learning

Create linux vm with username and password

• For screen shots watch the clasroom video
  

Create linux vm with username and key

• For screen shots watch the clasroom video
  
  

Exercise

• Ensure you have a default rsa key setup in your machine. If you already have an ssh key use it
• Import default rsa key into ssh keys
• Create a linux vm with this key and execute ssh in all the 3 combinations shown in the class.