Overview

A quick run through of provisioning simple VM infrastructure on Azure using Bicep.

How-to

  1. Log-in

     wmcdonald@fedora ~ → az login

  2. Clone the Azure Quickstart templates

     wmcdonald@fedora ~ → git clone https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates.git ~/workspace/

  3. Switch into the simple Linux VM sample:

     wmcdonald@fedora ~ → cd ~/workspace/azure-quickstart-templates/quickstarts/microsoft.compute/vm-simple-linux

  4. Create a resource group to place the infrastructure inside

     wmcdonald@fedora ~ → az group create --name rg-demo --location ukwest --tags env=dev dept=engineering

  5. Run the deployment to create the VM, enter the information when prompted:

     wmcdonald@fedora vm-simple-linux ±|master|→ az deployment group create --name vm-demo --resource-group rg-demo --template-file azuredeploy.json
 Please provide string value for 'adminUsername' (? for help): az-user
 Please provide securestring value for 'adminPasswordOrKey' (? for help): *********************

  6. The outputs from the run will include a hostname for access to the new VM:

     "outputs": {
     "adminUsername": {
         "type": "String",
         "value": "az-user"
         },
     "hostname": {
         "type": "String",
         "value": "simplelinuxvm-qe2s7ll4mcrzi.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com"
     },
         "sshCommand": {
         "type": "String",
         "value": "ssh az-user@simplelinuxvm-qe2s7ll4mcrzi.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com"
     }
 },

  7. Test connectivity

wmcdonald@fedora vm-simple-linux ±|master|→ ssh az-user@simplelinuxvm-qe2s7ll4mcrzi.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
az-user@simplelinuxvm-qe2s7ll4mcrzi.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com's password: 
Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-1079-azure x86_64)
az-user@simpleLinuxVM:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS"

  1. Tear down the infrastructure

     wmcdonald@fedora ~ → az group delete --name rg-demo --yes

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