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    How to create a virtual machine using the Azure CLI

    Overview

    With UKCloud for Microsoft Azure, you can leverage the power of Microsoft Azure to create virtual machines (VMs) for your on-premises applications. As UKCloud for Microsoft Azure is built on UKCloud's assured, UK-sovereign multi-cloud platform, those applications can work alongside other cloud platforms, such as Oracle, VMware and OpenStack, and benefit from native connectivity to non-cloud workloads in Crown Hosting and government community networks, including PSN, HSCN and RLI.

    Prerequisites

    Before you begin, ensure your Azure CLI environment is set up as detailed in Configure the Azure Stack Hub user's Azure CLI environment.

    Creating a virtual machine

    When you've created the resource group, you must choose which image template to use for your VM. To obtain a list of available images run the following command:

    az vm image list --all --output table
    
    You are retrieving all the images from server which could take more than a minute. To shorten the wait, provide '--publisher', '--offer' or '--sku'. Partial name search is supported.
    Offer                Publisher               Sku                                   Urn                                                                                          Version
    -------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------
    UbuntuServer         Canonical               14.04.5-LTS                           Canonical:UbuntuServer:14.04.5-LTS:14.04.20180818                                            14.04.20180818
    UbuntuServer         Canonical               16.04-LTS                             Canonical:UbuntuServer:16.04-LTS:16.04.20180831                                              16.04.20180831
    UbuntuServer         Canonical               18.04-LTS                             Canonical:UbuntuServer:18.04-LTS:18.04.20180911                                              18.04.20180911
    CentOS               OpenLogic               6.9                                   OpenLogic:CentOS:6.9:6.9.20180118                                                            6.9.20180118
    CentOS               OpenLogic               6.10                                  OpenLogic:CentOS:6.10:6.10.20180803                                                          6.10.20180803
    CentOS               OpenLogic               7.3                                   OpenLogic:CentOS:7.3:7.3.20170925                                                            7.3.20170925
    CentOS               OpenLogic               7.5                                   OpenLogic:CentOS:7.5:7.5.20180815                                                            7.5.20180815
    RHEL                 RedHat                  7.5                                   RedHat:RHEL:7.5:7.5.20182111                                                                 7.5.20182111
    KaliServer           KaliLinux               14.04.12-LTS                          KaliLinux:KaliServer:14.04.12-LTS:1.0.0                                                      1.0.0
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2012-Datacenter                       MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2012-Datacenter:3.127.20180216                          3.127.20180216
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2012-R2-Datacenter                    MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2012-R2-Datacenter:4.127.20180912                       4.127.20180912
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2016-Datacenter                       MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2016-Datacenter:2016.127.20180912                       2016.127.20180912
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2016-Datacenter-with-Containers       MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2016-Datacenter-with-Containers:2016.127.20180912       2016.127.20180912
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2016-Datacenter-Server-Core           MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2016-Datacenter-Server-Core:2016.127.20180717           2016.127.20180717
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2019-Datacenter                       MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2019-Datacenter:2019.127.20190521                       2019.127.20190521
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2019-Datacenter-with-Containers       MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2019-Datacenter-with-Containers:2019.127.20190521       2019.127.20190521
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2019-Datacenter-Core                  MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2019-Datacenter-Core:2019.127.20190521                  2019.127.20190521
    WindowsServer        MicrosoftWindowsServer  2019-Datacenter-Core-with-Containers  MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2019-Datacenter-Core-with-Containers:2019.127.20190521  2019.127.20190521
    SQL2014SP2-WS2012R2  MicrosoftSQLServer      Web                                   MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2014SP2-WS2012R2:Web:12.20.0                                           12.20.0
    SQL2016SP1-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      Web                                   MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP1-WS2016:Web:13.1.900310                                         13.1.900310
    SQL2016SP1-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      SQLDEV                                MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP1-WS2016:SQLDEV:13.1.900310                                      13.1.900310
    SQL2016SP1-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      Standard                              MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP1-WS2016:Standard:13.1.900310                                    13.1.900310
    SQL2016SP1-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      Enterprise                            MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP1-WS2016:Enterprise:13.1.900310                                  13.1.900310
    SQL2016SP2-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      Web                                   MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP2-WS2016:Web:13.1.900310                                         13.1.900310
    SQL2016SP2-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      SQLDEV                                MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP2-WS2016:SQLDEV:13.1.900310                                      13.1.900310
    SQL2016SP2-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      Express                               MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP2-WS2016:Express:13.1.900310                                     13.1.900310
    SQL2016SP2-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      Standard                              MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP2-WS2016:Standard:13.1.900310                                    13.1.900310
    SQL2016SP2-WS2016    MicrosoftSQLServer      Enterprise                            MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2016SP2-WS2016:Enterprise:13.1.900310                                  13.1.900310
    SQL2017-WS2016       MicrosoftSQLServer      Web                                   MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-WS2016:Web:14.0.1000320                                           14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-WS2016       MicrosoftSQLServer      SQLDEV                                MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-WS2016:SQLDEV:14.0.1000204                                        14.0.1000204
    SQL2017-WS2016       MicrosoftSQLServer      Express                               MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-WS2016:Express:14.0.1000320                                       14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-WS2016       MicrosoftSQLServer      Standard                              MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-WS2016:Standard:14.0.1000320                                      14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-WS2016       MicrosoftSQLServer      Enterprise                            MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-WS2016:Enterprise:14.0.1000320                                    14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-SLES12SP2    MicrosoftSQLServer      Web                                   MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-SLES12SP2:Web:14.0.1000320                                        14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-SLES12SP2    MicrosoftSQLServer      SQLDEV                                MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-SLES12SP2:SQLDEV:14.0.1000320                                     14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-SLES12SP2    MicrosoftSQLServer      Express                               MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-SLES12SP2:Express:14.0.1000320                                    14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-SLES12SP2    MicrosoftSQLServer      Standard                              MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-SLES12SP2:Standard:14.0.1000320                                   14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-SLES12SP2    MicrosoftSQLServer      Enterprise                            MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-SLES12SP2:Enterprise:14.0.1000320                                 14.0.1000320
    SQL2017-Ubuntu1604   MicrosoftSQLServer      Web                                   MicrosoftSQLServer:SQL2017-Ubuntu1604:Web:14.0.1000320                                       14.0.1000320
    

    Declare variables

    Variable Variable description Input
    --resource-group Name of the resource group to be created
    --location The location to deploy the VM in
    --name Name of the virtual machine to be created
    --image The image template to deploy the virtual machine from
    --admin-username Username of the VM to be created
    --admin-password Password of the VM to be created

    Create a resource group

    Before creating a VM, you must create a resource group to deploy the VM to. If you've already created the resource group, you can skip this step.

    az group create --name 'MyResourceGroup' --location 'frn00006'

    Create the virtual machine

    After you've selected which image you want to use, run the following command. The 'az vm create' command will also create any resources required for the VM (for example, a network interface card, a network security group, and so on):

    az vm create --resource-group 'MyResourceGroup' --name 'MyVM' --image 'OpenLogic:CentOS:7.5:7.5.20180815' --admin-username 'username' --admin-password 'Password123!' --location 'frn00006'

    This will produce the following output:

    - Running ...
    {
      "fqdns": "",
      "id": "/subscriptions/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111/resourceGroups/MyResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/MyVM",
      "location": "frn00006",
      "macAddress": "111111111111",
      "powerState": "VM running",
      "privateIpAddress": "10.0.0.1",
      "publicIpAddress": "11.111.111.11",
      "resourceGroup": "MyResourceGroup"
    }

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