Launched my first Virtual Machine

fadayini fiyinfoluwa — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:03:06 +0000

Azure VM Deployment & Secure Remote Access
What I did: Provisioned a virtual machine on Microsoft Azure from scratch — networking, deployment, and secure SSH access — and connected to it from a local terminal.
Skills Learnt include

Networking Fundamentals

Learned and applied CIDR notation to define IP address ranges
Understood IP address allocation logic within a network
Configured subnets to segment network address space

Azure Resource Architecture

Created a Resource Group (logical container for cloud resources)
Deployed a Virtual Network (VNet) with associated subnets
Provisioned a Virtual Machine within that network

Secure Remote Access (Linux/Unix)

Retrieved and managed SSH key-pair credentials (.pem file)
Applied correct file permission hardening (chmod 400) to protect private keys (a security best practice)
Constructed and executed an SSH connection command using key-based authentication
Understood and handled host-key verification (known_hosts trust-on-first-use)

Hosted My First Website

fadayini fiyinfoluwa — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:38:19 +0000

So just a few days ago I began a journey to learn
cloud computing using MICROSOFT AZURE, and I just hosted my first static website; it was quite exciting. Some things I learned include

How to create resource groups
How to create storage/blob accounts
How to create a static website data management container
Upload website HTML files
switch access to private and anonymous (blob).

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Launched my first Virtual Machine

Hosted My First Website