How to create a Virtual Machine in Azure

Hi guys.

Today I am going to explain you about how to create a Virtual Machine(VM) using Windows Azure. Most of you might heard what is a virtual machine or a virtual pc. Lot of guys use it to try out new OS, to try out new software, or to hack some apps and so on. If you are not aware of VMs you can get a better understanding about VM by viewing this video .

So I guess now you know what VM is and what am I gonna do is to explain how you create a VM using Azure.(Later I am going to attach some articles related to Remote Desktop to VM + hosting a PHP site on your VM)

1. Log in to your Azure management portal
2.Click New

3. Select Compute-> Virtual Machine -> From Gallery

4. Select the Operating System which you would like to install on the VM. In this scenario we will install Ubuntu server 13.04 because then it will be easy for me to continue with the later posts on creating a PHP app on our new VM.

5. Next window will ask you about user details, VM RAM and number of cores, and a name for VM. Fill them as you wish. I will use a password instead of a ssh key.

6. This window ask you about cloud configuration (DNS Setting) and Storage account and Region. Except for region leave the rest as it is unless you know what you are doing.

7. Now we will have to create end points for us to access the VM. For now lets keep SSH access only. Later post, I'll explain about remote desktop

8. Then the VM will be created and will be running after few minutes. You can see it in your azure portal

Congratulations!!!. Now you own a VM at Azure cloud. But you might be wondering how to use it. Don't worry. You can log in to your VM via SSH. We will use "Putty" to connect to the VM.


9. Open putty and provide DNS name as Host name and public PORT of Azure VM as Port. Then connect to the VM by pressing Open button. During the process you will be prompted to enter your security credentials. Enter them and you will be log in to the server.

As you can see now you are logged into the newly created VM.

So that's it for today. I will write you soon about how to remote desktop to a ubuntu VM using Azure

Thank you