The other day I was creating some Linux virtual machines (I know, I know…) and, with Azure being my preferred hosting platform, I’ve decided to create this machines by using a simple PowerShell script. Not because I’m so good at PowerShell, but because I like it… and sometimes I really don’t like clicking through the wizard to create multiple machines.
I wanted to create multiple machines with ease, each with “static” IP address from the provided subnet, accessible via the Internet (SSH, HTTP) and running the latest Ubuntu Linux, of course.
So, I was browsing through the official documentation (a.k.a. docs.com, more specifically https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/quick-create-powershell), and I’ve come up with this (my version of the official docs):
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# prerequisites Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser # connect to Azure Connect-AzAccount Select-AzSubscription "<YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_ID>" # create VMs $vmname = "myVM1" $ip = "10.11.11.11" $rg = "myResourceGroup" $loc = "WestEurope" $vnet = Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name $rg -ResourceGroupName $rg $subnet = Get-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name $subnet.Name -VirtualNetwork $vnet $pip = New-AzPublicIpAddress -Name "$vmname-pip" -ResourceGroupName $rg -Location $loc -AllocationMethod Dynamic -IdleTimeoutInMinutes 4 $nsg_ssh = New-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig -Name "ssh" -Protocol "Tcp" -Direction "Inbound" -Priority 300 -SourceAddressPrefix * -SourcePortRange * -DestinationAddressPrefix * -DestinationPortRange 22 -Access "Allow" $nsg_web = New-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig -Name "web" -Protocol "Tcp" -Direction "Inbound" -Priority 301 -SourceAddressPrefix * -SourcePortRange * -DestinationAddressPrefix * -DestinationPortRange 80 -Access "Allow" $nsg = New-AzNetworkSecurityGroup -Name "$vmname-nsg" -ResourceGroupName $rg -Location $loc -SecurityRules $nsg_ssh,$nsg_web if(Test-AzPrivateIPAddressAvailability -IPAddress $ip -ResourceGroupName $rg -VirtualNetworkName $vnet.Name){ $ipconfig = New-AzNetworkInterfaceIpConfig -Name "$vmname-ip" -Subnet $subnet -PrivateIpAddress $ip -PublicIpAddress $pip $nic = New-AzNetworkInterface -Name "$vmname-nic" -ResourceGroupName $rg -Location $loc -IpConfiguration $ipconfig -NetworkSecurityGroupId $nsg.Id } $securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString ' ' -AsPlainText -Force $cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("tomica", $securePassword) $vmConfig = New-AzVMConfig -VMName $vmname -VMSize "Standard_A1_v2" | Set-AzVMOperatingSystem -Linux -ComputerName $vmname -Credential $cred -DisablePasswordAuthentication | Set-AzVMSourceImage -PublisherName "Canonical" -Offer "UbuntuServer" -Skus "18.10" -Version "latest" | Add-AzVMNetworkInterface -Id $nic.Id $sshPublicKey = cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Add-AzVMSshPublicKey -VM $vmconfig -KeyData $sshPublicKey -Path "/home/tomica/.ssh/authorized_keys" New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $rg -Location $loc -VM $vmConfig |
If this helps you with similar task – you’re welcome.
Cheers!