Creating a Linux based cloud platform in azure from Linux with azure Linux tools

** azure-cli version 8.11**

Downloding credentials from Azure

azure account download

Importing credentials

azure account import publishsettings.publishsettings

(Obsolete) Adding an affinity group

If you don't create an affinity group before to try other commands you'll have errors like "parameter.label cannot be empty" what is very confusing.

azure account affinity-group create {{ azure_affinity_group_name }} --label {{ azure_affinity_group_name }}  --location "{{ azure_affinity_group_location }}"

Adding a cloud service

azure service create --serviceName {{ azure_cloud_service_name }} --description "{{ azure_cloud_service_description }}" --affinitygroup {{ azure_affinity_group_name }}

Adding a storage account

azure storage account create --description "{{ azure_storage_account_description }}" --affinity-group {{ azure_affinity_group_name }} --disable-geoReplication {{ azure_storage_account_name }} --disable-geoReplication storageAccountName

Adding a virtual network

Tested and not working in version 0.8.11

azure network vnet create {{ azure_virtual_network_name }} --affinity-group {{ azure_affinity_group_name }}

Export Virtual machine configuration

azure vm export {{ azure_virtual_machine_name }} {{ json_file_path }}

Adding a virtual machine into the cloud service

Using parameters

azure vm create {{ azure_cloud_service_name }} {{ azure_virtual_machine_image }} {{ azure_virtual_machine_user }} --availability-set {{ azure_virtual_machine_availabolity_set }} --vm-name {{ azure_virtual_machine_base_name }}{{ item }} --ssh {{ azure_virtual_machine_ssh_port }} --no-ssh-password --ssh-cert {{ azure_virtual_machine_user_public_key_path }} --vm-size {{ azure_virtual_machine_size }}

Using a json file to create a new virtual machine

Tested and not working in version 0.8.11 (Azure/azure-sdk-for-node#1335)

Adding virtual machine endpoints

azure vm endpoint create {{ azure_virtual_machine_name }} {{ public_port }} {{ private_port }}

Adding endpoints ACL rules

** Not found - Alternatively use 'vm create-from' command **

Other useful commands

Copy files between storage accounts

azure storage container sas create -a {{ azure_storage_account_name }} -k {{ azure_storage_account_management_key }} {{ azure_storage_container_name}} {{ azure_storage_premisions }} {{ azure_storage_expiry }}
azure storage blob copy start -a {{ azure_strage_destination_account_name }} -k {{ azure_strage_destination_account_management_key }} "{{ azure_source_uri}}?{{ azure_previous_step_generated_shared_access_signatured }}" {{ azure_destination_container}}

Create a storage file share

azure storage share create -a {{azure_storage_account_name}} -k {{ azure_storage_account_key }} {{ azure_storage_file_share_name }} ** NEED ACCESS TO FILE SHARE SERVICE **

Adding missing swap to our linux VMs

For some reason Linux VMs cdon't have swap partition configured, don't waste time trying to enable swap using /etc/waagent.conf when the VM is already provisioned, it doesn't work, check this link for more information: http://feedback.azure.com/forums/216843-virtual-machines/suggestions/6790345-options-to-set-waagent-conf-variables-linux The steps bellow shows how to create swap space in the temporal partition resource/. be advise this is not the best practice as resource/ will be removed every time the VMs restarts and you should create the swap file again

fallocate -l 8g /mnt/resource/swap
chmod 600 /mnt/resource/swap
mkswap /mnt/resource/swap
swapon /mnt/resource/swap
echo “/mnt/resource/swap none  swap  sw  0 0” >> /etc/fstab