Azure Lab pt3 - Compute

In this part of the lab we walked through setup of an Azure Ubuntu VM . We didnt do much on the VM itself in this lab beyond setting up a SSH key - and an Azure Key Vault. This was a new feature in the setup of a VM when we developed this lab. It allowed us to keep and setup the keys directly within the Azure infrastructure. Making it much easier to deploy and manage keys in Azure.

At the end of this section we took the key deployed and setup access through the use of Putty and Putty Gen. So, if you plan to follow along, make sure you have this tool available on your computer. Let’s get into it!

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1. From within your Resource Group Click Add

2. Select Compute from the left and Virtual Machine 

3. Check your Subscription

4. Check your Resource Group

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1. In the Name field name the Linux Machine (first initial)(first 4 last name)-ubuntu1 

2. Choose your first region 

3. Under Image Select Drop Down Menu and note Image choices. Select Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS  

4. Under Size Choose Standard A2 or A2vz from Drop down, or by clicking Select a Size Link 

5. Authentication Type choose SSH public key 

6. SSH public key source select Use existing public key

7. Username VBAdmin 

8. For the SSH public Key  Choose Generate new key pair

9. Keep Default Key Pair name

10. Click Next:Disks- Keep Defaults

11. Next Networking

1. Select your VNet1

2. Select your sub1 should be 10.1.0.0/24

3. Create New Public IP - (first initial)(first 4 last name)-ubuntu1-ip

4. Under NIC network Security group select Advanced

5. New network security group name  (first initial)(first 4 last name)-ubuntu1-nsg

6. Keep the rest default

7. Click Next: Management – Select Off next to Boot diagnostics

1. Select Review + Create

2. If Validation Passes- Select Create

3. Select Download private key and create resource

4. Key will download to default Download folder. You will only need it in the next step.

Setup Putty Connection to the Ubuntu VM

While VM Creates Open your copy of Putty Gen and Click Load. Set File Type to “All Files” Find Your Azure Key saved in the earlier step (Probably in your Downloads)

1. Click Ok then save your Private Key to your desktop under a unique name.

2. Return to your Resource Group Find Your Ubuntu VM. (Wait if not yet created)

3. Click into your VM

Return to the ARM and go to your VM Resource. Should be in the Blade as shown below.

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Find and Copy your Public IP  from the top left inside the Azure VM Overview

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1. Open Putty

2. Paste IP into the Host Name VBAdmin@(your public IP)

3. Add Private Key Under Connection>Auth browse and upload your saved Private key

4. Return to Sessions type Flex into Save Session

5. Click Save

6. Then click Open

7. Return to Resource Group via Azure Portal Menu once the deploy completes

8. Close Putty

You have now deployed a Ubuntu VM compelte with a SSH Key. And have setup the Putty connection for the purpose of accessing the VM next in this lab. In the next few posts, we wil lcover Network Security Groups, VM access and even Private Endpoints. You will utilize the Ubuntu VM to demonstrate how these components work. Please stay tuned.