Creating the Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine Azure Resource

Let’s start by creating the Virtual Machine. Go to https://portal.azure.com and sign in. You will see this screen which enables you to create Azure resources: Figure 1. A fragment of the Azure Portal

In the search box, type VM, and pick the first item on the list (Virtual machines): Figure 2. Selecting the virtual machine Azure resource

In the Virtual machines, click + Create (in the top left corner), and then select Azure virtual machine: Figure 3. Creating the virtual machine

This takes you to the Create a Virtual Machine wizard as shown below: Figure 4. Virtual machine wizard

Virtual machine configuration

Configure your VM with the following settings:

1. Subscription: select your subscription
2. Resource group: click Create new link, then type rg-arm64, and click OK
3. Virtual machine name: vm-arm64
4. Region: select depending on your physical location
5. Availability options: select No infrastructure redundancy required
6. Security type: Standard
7. VM architecture: arm64
8. Image: Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS – ARM64 Gen 2
9. Size:
   • Click See all sizes
   • In the Select a VM size, type D2pds in the search box
   • Select D2pds_v5

At this point, your configuration should look like this example: Figure 5. Virtual machine wizard (configured)

Let’s now configure other aspects of the Virtual Machine:

1. Administrator account. Select Password, and then populate with:
   • Username: arm
   • Password: type your password (make a note of this password as you’ll need it to connect to VM)
   • Confirm password: re-type your password
2. Inbound port rules. Keep them default: SSH(22)

Figure 6. Administrator account and inbound rules of the virtual machine

Click the Review + create button. The Azure Portal will validate your configuration and, if all is correct, you will see a green box saying: Validation passed:

Figure 7. A summary of the create virtual machine wizard

Click the Create button. The portal will now start the process of creating your VM. You will notice that, apart from the VM itself, the portal creates additional resources for you:

• Public IP address (you’ll need to use it to connect to the VM and then to see your application running)
• Network Security Group
• Virtual network
• Network interface
• Virtual disk

Wait a few moments for the deployment to be completed: Figure 8. A confirmation screen

Finally, click the Go to resource button. You’ll be redirected to the overview of your newly created virtual machine in Microsoft Azure: Figure 9. An overview of the virtual machine

Note your Public IP address (top right part of the overview). In this tutorial, this is 52.149.156.228.