How fast you can spin up a VM in Azure Cloud? Have you experienced an azure cloud shell and terraform builder tool? Let’s quickly spin up a Linux VM using terraform code from Azure Cloud Shell. There are 100 ways to build the VM but this article just shows the robustness of the terraform and […]
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How to use Terraform from Azure Cloud Shell?
How to use terraform from Azure cloud shell? Do we need to install an additional package to use terraform? Nope. Azure provides commonly used CLI tools including Linux shell interpreters, PowerShell modules, Azure tools, text editors, source control, build tools (ex: terraform), and more in cloud shell. This makes azure builders to quickly deploy Azure […]
How to enable Azure Cloud Shell – bash / Powershell?
How to launch bash or PowerShell from the Azure portal? Azure offers cloud based shell access for advanced users almost from every corner. Microsoft maintains a cloud shell with commonly used CLI tools including Linux shell interpreters, PowerShell modules, Azure tools, text editors, source control, build tools, container tools, database tools, and more. Azure Cloud […]
Azure native backup vs Azure disk snapshot
Azure offers multiple methods to protect the data of Linux and Windows VM’s. But it’s up to the business to determine what kind of backup needed. This article will debate over azure native backup vs Azure disk snapshot. Azure native backup uses a recovery service vault to store the data. What is the recovery service […]
Azure – How to Convert disk from premium to standard SSD – Vice-versa
Azure offers four disk types of managed disks and we can choose any type based on the business needs. Azure provides an option to switch between the three GA disk types premium SSD, standard SSD, and standard HDD based on your performance needs. But Azure doesn’t provide an option to convert from or to an […]
Microsoft Azure – How to Access Windows Servers Console ?
How to access Windows servers console on Azure Cloud ? We had challenge to get the instance’s console on Azure in the past. Now, Azure offers text-based console for windows server instances using COM1 serial port. This article will walk you through how to access windows instance’s console on Microsoft Azure. Prerequisites: Windows Server 2012/2016 […]
Microsoft Azure – Install and Configure Azure CLI on Redhat/CentOS
Microsoft Azure is one of the leading cloud service providers in the market. Azure is an industry leader in IaaS and PaaS service cloud. Azure CLI is a command-line interface for managing most of the Azure resources. The Azure portal itself provides an option to automate many things within Azure. The ARM template is one […]