How To Create An Azure Virtual Machine Using Azure CLI

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In this blog post, we will discuss how to create an Azure Virtual Machine using Azure CLI.

What Is Azure CLI:

Azure Command Line Interface or Azure CLI is a collection of commands that can be used to interact with Azure service. Like in AWS we use AWS CLI or in GCP we use gcloud, in Azure you can use Azure CLI to create and manage your Azure resources.

What is Azure Virtual Machine:

Azure Virtual Machine or Azure VM is the compute service offered by Azure to host your virtual servers in Azure cloud. Azure Virtual Machine is basically a virtual server running on Azure datacenter. Like in AWS you use EC2 instance or in GCP you use Google Compute Engine Instance, in Azure, you will use Azure VM instance if you need to create and manage your own server on Azure cloud.

Prerequisites:

One system with Azure CLI installed and configured.

You can follow the below blog post if you haven’t installed and configured Azure CLI yet.

https://cloudaffaire.com/how-to-install-and-configure-azure-cli/

How To Create An Azure Virtual Machine Using Azure CLI:

Step 1: Select the Azure location of your choice where you will deploy your Azure VM. For this demo, I am using southeastasia location.

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## I am executing the command on a PowerShell session.
## For command prompt replace ` by ^ and for Shell replace ` by \

## List all available locations in Azure
az account list-locations -o table;

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## I am executing the command on a PowerShell session.

## For command prompt replace ` by ^ and for Shell replace ` by \

## List all available locations in Azure

az account list-locations -o table;

Step 2: Create a resource group.

## Create a resource group.
az group create `
--name MyResourceGroup `
--location southeastasia;

## Create a resource group.

az group create `

--name MyResourceGroup `

--location southeastasia;

Step 3: Create a virtual network.

# Create a virtual network.
az network vnet create `
--resource-group MyResourceGroup `
--name MyNetwork `
--address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/16 `
--subnet-name MySubNetwork `
--subnet-prefixes 10.0.1.0/24;

# Create a virtual network.

az network vnet create `

--resource-group MyResourceGroup `

--name MyNetwork `

--address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/16 `

--subnet-name MySubNetwork `

--subnet-prefixes 10.0.1.0/24;

Step 4: Create a public IP address.

# Create a public IP address.
az network public-ip create `
--resource-group MyResourceGroup `
--name MyPublicIP;

# Create a public IP address.

az network public-ip create `

--resource-group MyResourceGroup `

--name MyPublicIP;

Step 5: Create a network security group.

# Create a network security group.
az network nsg create `
--resource-group MyResourceGroup `
--name MyNetworkSecurityGroup;

# Create a network security group.

az network nsg create `

--resource-group MyResourceGroup `

--name MyNetworkSecurityGroup;

Step 6: Create a virtual network card with the public IP address and network security group.

# Create a virtual network card and associate with a public IP address and NSG.
az network nic create `
--resource-group MyResourceGroup `
--name MyNic `
--vnet-name MyNetwork `
--subnet MySubNetwork `
--network-security-group MyNetworkSecurityGroup `
--public-ip-address MyPublicIP;

# Create a virtual network card and associate with a public IP address and NSG.

az network nic create `

--resource-group MyResourceGroup `

--name MyNic `

--vnet-name MyNetwork `

--subnet MySubNetwork `

--network-security-group MyNetworkSecurityGroup `

--public-ip-address MyPublicIP;

Step 7: Select an OS image for your Azure VM. For this demo, I am using CentOS image.

## List all available images for a location
az vm image list -f CentOS --location southeastasia --query urnAlias;

## az vm image list -f RHEL --location southeastasia;
## az vm image list -f Ubuntu --location southeastasia;
## az vm image list -f Debian --location southeastasia;
## az vm image list -f openSUSE --location southeastasia;
## az vm image list -f WindowsServer --location southeastasia;

## List all available images for a location

az vm image list -f CentOS --location southeastasia --query urnAlias;

## az vm image list -f RHEL --location southeastasia;

## az vm image list -f Ubuntu --location southeastasia;

## az vm image list -f Debian --location southeastasia;

## az vm image list -f openSUSE --location southeastasia;

## az vm image list -f WindowsServer --location southeastasia;

Step 8: Create your Azure VM and generate the ssh key for connection. Copy the public IP address from the output.

# Create a new virtual machine, this creates SSH keys if not present.
az vm create `
--resource-group MyResourceGroup `
--name MyAzureVM `
--nics MyNic `
--image CentOS `
--generate-ssh-keys;

# Create a new virtual machine, this creates SSH keys if not present.

az vm create `

--resource-group MyResourceGroup `

--name MyAzureVM `

--nics MyNic `

--image CentOS `

--generate-ssh-keys;

Note: The ssh key will be stored under .ssh directory in your home directory.

Step 9: Open 22 port in your Azure VM for SSH connectivity.

# Open port 22 to allow SSh traffic to host.
az vm open-port `
--port 22 `
--resource-group MyResourceGroup `
--name MyAzureVM;

# Open port 22 to allow SSh traffic to host.

az vm open-port `

--port 22 `

--resource-group MyResourceGroup `

--name MyAzureVM;

Step 10: Connect to your Azure VM.

## Connect to your Azure VM
ssh -i <private key path> azureuser@<YOUR_PUBLIC_IP_ADDRESS>;
exit

## Connect to your Azure VM

ssh -i azureuser@;

exit

Step 11: Cleanup

## Cleanup
az group delete --name MyResourceGroup;

1 2	## Cleanup az group delete --name MyResourceGroup;

Hope you have enjoyed this blog post. Please refer below Azure documentation for more details

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/reference-index?view=azure-cli-latest

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/cli-samples

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/

How To Create An Azure Virtual Machine Using Azure CLI

What Is Azure CLI:

What is Azure Virtual Machine:

Prerequisites:

How To Create An Azure Virtual Machine Using Azure CLI:

Step 1: Select the Azure location of your choice where you will deploy your Azure VM. For this demo, I am using southeastasia location.

Step 2: Create a resource group.

Step 3: Create a virtual network.

Step 4: Create a public IP address.

Step 5: Create a network security group.

Step 6: Create a virtual network card with the public IP address and network security group.

Step 7: Select an OS image for your Azure VM. For this demo, I am using CentOS image.

Step 8: Create your Azure VM and generate the ssh key for connection. Copy the public IP address from the output.

Step 9: Open 22 port in your Azure VM for SSH connectivity.

Step 10: Connect to your Azure VM.

Step 11: Cleanup

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