Create a Linux virtual machine on the Azure New Portal

Today we are showing you about how to create Linux (Ubuntu) Virtual machine using Azure

We are creating with our Azure subscription, if you don't have an Azure subscription, you can create a free account  in just a couple of minutes.

• Login to the Azure portal site using your subscription id and password

https://portal.azure.com

• Once login you will be on Portal page of Azure.
• Click on new>Virtual machines>Select server

• Choose the VM image from the marketplace

Currently we are creating Virtual server (Ubuntu)

• On the Hub menu, click New > Virtual Machines > Ubuntu 14.04.

• On the Ubuntu 14.0 page, under Select a deployment model, verify that Resource Manager is selected. Click Create.

Create the Linux virtual machine

After you select the image, you can use Azure's default settings for most of the configuration and quickly create the virtual machine.

• On the Basics blade, enter a Name for the virtual machine. The name must be 1-15 characters long and it cannot contain special characters.
• Enter a Username, and a strong Password that will be used to create a local account on the VM. The local account is used to log on to and manage the VM.

The password must be between 12-123 characters long and have at least one lowercase character, one uppercase character, one number, and one special character.

• Select an existing Resource group or type the name for a new one. Type an Azure datacenter Location such as West US.
• On the Basics page, enter:

A name for the VM

A username for the Admin User

The Authentication Type set to SSH public key

Your SSH public Key as a string (by default, from your ~/.ssh/ directory)

A resource group name (to create a new deployment group) or select an existing group

And Click OK to continue and choose the VM size; it should look something like the following:

• When you are done, click OK to continue to the next section.

• Choose a VM size and then click Select to continue. You can view all from right side of choose size screen

• On the Settings blade, you can change the storage and networking options.

• Click Summary to review your choices. When you're done, click OK.

• While Azure creates the virtual machine, you can track the progress under Virtual Machines in the hub menu.
• Everything is fine give an ok then  monitor the same from Portal Page and from Notification button on top as below

• It will take some time to create this VM
• Once installation done it will completion message

• Connect to the virtual machine and log on
• On the Hub menu, click Virtual Machines.
• Now here everything will  be showing on portal page,

• To connect this machine to local system, Click on Ip address and copy the IP address

Note: Download Putty software to connect the server

Enter the IP address on the Host Name and click on Open, Once it will Open it will ask for User Id and password

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