VIRTUAL MACHINES

A virtual machine is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system in computing. The functionality of a physical computer is provided by virtual machines, which are built on computer architectures.`

CREATING A WINDOWS VIRTUAL MACHINE AND CONNECTING IT WITH RDP

• Login into your Azure portal.

• On search bar, search for virtual machine and click on it.

• Click on create virtual machine (select azure virtual machine).

• Set up your virtual machine to a windows virtual machine and click on review/create.

CONNECTING INTO REMOTE DESKTOP

• Click on Go to resource.

• Click on connect, then select RDP.

• Download the file.

• Open the file on your downloads and type in your login details (the username and password created during the VM setup)

• Click on connect.

• Click on yes to access the remote desktop.

HOW TO INSTALL A WEBSERVER ON THE REMOTE DESKTOP

• Click on the windows menu on your remote desktop.

• Search for Windows Powershell and run as an administrator.

• type in


Install-WindowsFeature Web-Server


HOW TO ADD A DISK ON THAT WEBSERVER

• Go back to your azure portal and open your created virtual machine.

• Click on disk on the menu bar and edit to your specification.

• Click on save.

• Open your Remote Desktop

• On your the task bar click on search and type in


diskmgmt.msc


• Click on OKAY to initialize your disk2

• Right-click on disk2 and click on New Simple Volume (follow the process by clicking on next)

CREATING A LINUX VIRTUAL MACHINE AND CONNECTING IT WITH SSH

• Login into your Azure portal.

• On search bar, search for virtual machine and click on it.

• Click on create virtual machine (select azure virtual machine).

• Set up your linux virtual machine and click on review/create.

• Click on go to resource (to open your VM).

• Click on connect (SSH)

• Run powershell as administrator.

• type


ssh username@ip address


• Click Enter

• Type in your password (used in creating your VM) and click Enter

HOW TO CREATE AZURE COMPUTE GALLERY AND CAPTURE IMAGE OF THAT VIRTUAL MACHINE

• Go to azure portal, on the search bar type azure compute gallery and click on it.

• Click on create (to create gallery)

• Set up your gallery and click on review/create

• Click on create (to create your gallery)

• Go to your azure portal and open an already created virtual machine

• Click on capture

• Select your the gallery

• Create a VM image definition

• Set the version details and click on review/create.

• Click on create

• Go to your azure portal and open the gallery you created.