Using CLI to Capture and Deploy VMs

Capturing and deploying Virtual Machines is a routine job when we work with IaaS Dev and Test environments on Azure. If you’ve worked with the Azure PowerShell CmdLets in the past, this will feel quite familiar.

Let’s dive in!

Before we start, it’s important to have the Azure CLI installed on our machine.

There are few ways to install the Azure CLI.

1. Using an installer
2. Installing Node.js and npm and then using the npm install command
3. Run Azure CLI as a Docker container

Once the Azure CLI has been installed, we are able to use the azure command from a command-line interface (Bash, Terminal, Command prompt) to access the Azure CLI commands.

Creating a CentOS VM Using ARM

Docker and Open Source projects are getting lots of attention, so I decided that it was time for me to build a Linux Virtual Machine on Microsoft Azure. This post is all about creating an Azure Resource Manager Template for a CentOS Virtual Machine with two stripped Data Disks. This template should be used as a starting point and may require some tweaking to meet your needs. Feel free to share your thoughts by using the comment section.