MultiCloud Classroom notes 11/Aug/2026

Azure create vm image (capture)

• vm image is template capture an existing configuration (pre-installed softwares or packages)
• Generlized image: vm reuse
• special images: snapshot (backup)

Types of image capture

1. standalone image: only region
2. compute gallery: shared with multi region (RBAC)
   1. gallery: container(storage location)
   2. image defination: – having deatils os type , desc, general /special os state …etc
      1. ubuntu – ubuntu name and conical – debian family , general …etc
      2. version 1.0.0, 1.1.0

General tools to create image or AMI

• packer
• EC2 Image Builder – aws
• Azure VM Image Builder

watch class recording and create image and create vm from that Image