02_vm_linux_create_cli.md

Create Linux VM using CLI

Login and subscription management

• Login to your account via CLI

  • az login --use-device-code

• Check available subscriptions

  • az account subscription list

• Check default subscription you have active

  • az account list -o table

• Change subscription if necessary

  • az account set --subscription "name or id"

Create VM itself

• Create resource group

  • $rgName="rg-ubuntu-vm-cli"
  • $location="westus"
  • az group create -n $rgName -l $location

• Generate RSA key pair in current directory

  • mkdir ./.ssh
  • ssh-keygen -f "./.ssh/id_rsa"

• Create VM providing public key
  • $vmName="vm-ubuntu-cli"
  • $vmImage="UbuntuLTS"
  • $adminUsername="razumovsky_r"
  • $sshKeyPath="~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
  • az vm create -g $rgName -n $vmName --image $vmImage --admin-username $adminUsername --authentication-type "ssh" --ssh-key-value $sshKeyPath

• Open SSH port of the VM

  • az vm open-port -g $rgName -n $vmName --port "22"

• Check IP address of the VM

  • az vm list-ip-addresses -g $rgName -n $vmName -o table

• Define IP address variable

  • $ipAddress=$(az vm list-ip-addresses -g $rgName -n $vmName --query '[].{ip:virtualMachine.network.publicIpAddresses[0].ipAddress}' -o tsv)
  • echo $ipAddress

• Connect to the VM via SSH

  • ssh $adminUsername@$ipAddress

Delete resource group

• az group delete -n $rgName --yes