How to create a Linux Virtual Machine in Azure?

Today, we are going to learn how to create a Linux virtual machine in Azure portal. We are going create Linux virtual machine through Azure portal. The Azure portal is a browser-based user interface to create VMs and their associated resources.

I am going to provision the Ubuntu 16.04 server VM in Microsoft azure. If you are not familiar with creating a Linux VM in Azure then follow the below guide lines  

How to create a Linux Virtual Machine in Azure?

Using the Azure Portal (http://portal.azure.com),  In the Azure world, the services are called ‘Resource’.

  • Click the Green ‘+’ sign to start creating a Resource.
  • Select Compute under Get Started list
  • Select Instance of your choice, here we are using Ubuntu Server 18.04
  • Click OK
How to create Linux Virtual Machine in Azure?

Now, New Navigation will be open, we have to submit the VM details one by one, lets follow the below process.

How to create an Azure Resource Group?

  • Select the Resource Group
  • Enter VM name (VM Name for Linux is in between 1 to 64 character long.
Azure VM Name creation policy
  • Select Availability Zone (if required) 
  • Choose a VM size (depends on your requirements), In this post, we are going with very basic  B1s size
  • Enter Username that would be your root user
  • Select Authentication type SSH public key or Password. In this post, we using password. (Password must follow 3 settings. Ref. Screenshot.)
Azure user creation password policy
Azure Linux Administrator Account
  • Expand Select public inbound ports and choose SSH, this will allow connections on these ports on this VM
  • Click Next : Disks >
Azure VM Basics details
  • Select OS disk size and type
  • If you want to add data disk then select the “Create and attach a new disk”.
  • Click Next : Networking >
Azure VM Disk
  • Select the Virtual Network, Subnet, NIC Network Security Group, we are using defaults for Network and Subnet settings
  • Expand Select public inbound ports and choose SSH and HTTP, this will allow connections on these ports on this VM
  • Select Load Balancing (if required) 
  • Click Next : Management > 
Azure Networking  details
  • Select Boot Diagnostics and OS guest Diagnostics in MONITORING section
  • we are using defaults for IDENTITY  AUDO-SHUTDOWN and  BACKUP  settings
  • Click Review + create
How to create Linux Virtual Machine in Azure?
  • Review Summary and click Create
VM validation process status

Verify Resources

  • Click Virtual Machines in the left panel
  • Hit Refresh to see your new VM appears in the list
  • Status showing Running
How to create Linux Virtual Machine in Azure?

Hopefully, this will helps your understanding  🙂 Click Me for more post for Azure

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