Import the Microsoft repository key.

$ sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

Create a local Azure CLI repository entry.

$ sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[azure-cli]\nname=Azure CLI\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/azure-cli.repo'

Update the yum package index.

$ yum check-update

Install the Azure CLI.

$ sudo yum install azure-cli

Log in to Azure.

$ az login

Example:

To sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://aka.ms/devicelogin and enter the code GJP8Y33XY to authenticate.

[
  {
    "cloudName": "AzureCloud",
    "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "isDefault": true,
    "name": "Demo Azure account",
    "state": "Enabled",
    "tenantId": "xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "user": {
      "name": "clouduser",
      "type": "user"
    }
  }
]

Create a resource group in an Azure region.

$ az group create --name <resource-group> --location <azure-region>

Example:

[clouduser@localhost]$ az group create --name azrhelclirsgrp --location southcentralus
{
  "id": "/subscriptions//resourceGroups/azrhelclirsgrp",
  "location": "southcentralus",
  "managedBy": null,
  "name": "azrhelclirsgrp",
  "properties": {
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  },
  "tags": null
}

Create a storage account; see SKU type descriptions.

$ az storage account create -l <azure-region> -n <storage-account-name> -g <resource-group --sku <sku_type>

Example:

[clouduser@localhost]$ az storage account create -l southcentralus -n azrhelclistact -g azrhelclirsgrp --sku Standard_LRS
{
  "accessTier": null,
  "creationTime": "2017-04-05T19:10:29.855470+00:00",
  "customDomain": null,
  "encryption": null,
  "id": "/subscriptions//resourceGroups/azrhelclirsgrp/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/azrhelclistact",
  "kind": "Storage",
  "lastGeoFailoverTime": null,
  "location": "southcentralus",
  "name": "azrhelclistact",
  "primaryEndpoints": {
    "blob": "https://azrhelclistact.blob.core.windows.net/",
    "file": "https://azrhelclistact.file.core.windows.net/",
    "queue": "https://azrhelclistact.queue.core.windows.net/",
    "table": "https://azrhelclistact.table.core.windows.net/"
},
"primaryLocation": "southcentralus",
"provisioningState": "Succeeded",
"resourceGroup": "azrhelclirsgrp",
"secondaryEndpoints": null,
"secondaryLocation": null,
"sku": {
  "name": "Standard_LRS",
  "tier": "Standard"
},
"statusOfPrimary": "available",
"statusOfSecondary": null,
"tags": {},
  "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"
}

Get the storage account connection string.

$ az storage account show-connection-string -n <storage-account-name> -g <resource-group>

Example:

[clouduser@localhost]$ az storage account show-connection-string -n azrhelclistact -g azrhelclirsgrp
{
  "connectionString": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net;AccountName=azrhelclistact;AccountKey=NreGk...=="
}

Export the connection string. Copy the connection string and paste it into the following command. This connects your system to the storage account.

$ export AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING="<storage-connection-string>"

Example:

[clouduser@localhost]$ export AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net;AccountName=azrhelclistact;AccountKey=NreGk...=="

Create the storage container.

$ az storage container create -n <container-name>

Example:

[clouduser@localhost]$ az storage container create -n azrhelclistcont
{
  "created": true
}

Create a virtual network.

$ az network vnet create -g <resource group> --name <vnet-name> --subnet-name <subnet-name>

Example:

[clouduser@localhost]$ az network vnet create --resource-group azrhelclirsgrp --name azrhelclivnet1 --subnet-name azrhelclisubnet1
{
  "newVNet": {
    "addressSpace": {
      "addressPrefixes": [
      "10.0.0.0/16"
      ]
  },
  "dhcpOptions": {
    "dnsServers": []
  },
  "etag": "W/\"\"",
  "id": "/subscriptions//resourceGroups/azrhelclirsgrp/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/azrhelclivnet1",
  "location": "southcentralus",
  "name": "azrhelclivnet1",
  "provisioningState": "Succeeded",
  "resourceGroup": "azrhelclirsgrp",
  "resourceGuid": "0f25efee-e2a6-4abe-a4e9-817061ee1e79",
  "subnets": [
    {
      "addressPrefix": "10.0.0.0/24",
      "etag": "W/\"\"",
      "id": "/subscriptions//resourceGroups/azrhelclirsgrp/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/azrhelclivnet1/subnets/azrhelclisubnet1",
      "ipConfigurations": null,
      "name": "azrhelclisubnet1",
      "networkSecurityGroup": null,
      "provisioningState": "Succeeded",
      "resourceGroup": "azrhelclirsgrp",
      "resourceNavigationLinks": null,
      "routeTable": null
    }
  ],
  "tags": {},
  "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
  "virtualNetworkPeerings": null
  }
}

Upload the image to the storage container. It may take several minutes. Note: Enter az storage container list to get the list of storage containers.

$ az storage blob upload --account-name <storage-account-name> --container-name <container-name> --type page --file <path-to-vhd> --name <image-name>.vhd

Example:

$ az storage blob upload --account-name azrhelclistact --container-name azrhelclistcont --type page --file cfme-azure-5.7.4.2-1.x86_64.vhd --name cfme-azure-5.7.4.2-1.x86_64.vhd

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Get the URL for the uploaded .vhd file using the following command. You will need to use this URL in the next step.

$ az storage blob url -c <container-name> -n <image-name>.vhd

Example:

$ az storage blob url -c azrhelclistcont -n cfme-azure-5.7.4.2-1.x86_64.vhd

"https://azrhelclistact.blob.core.windows.net/azrhelclistcont/cfme-azure-5.7.4.2-1.x86_64.vhd"

Create a reusable image from a blob and then use a managed disk.

Example:

$ az image create -n <image-name> -g <cfme-appliance-group> --os-type <linux> --source <https://cfmestorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/cfmestoragecontainer/cfme-azure-5.7.4.2-1.x86_64.vhd>

Create the virtual machine. Note that the following command uses --generate-ssh-keys. In this example, the private/public key pair /home/clouduser/.ssh/id_rsa and /home/clouduser/.ssh/id_rsa.pub are created.

$ az vm create --resource-group <resource-group> --location <azure-region> --use-unmanaged-disk --name <vm-name> --storage-account <storage-account-name> --os-type linux --admin-username <administrator-name> --generate-ssh-keys --image <URL>

Example:

az vm create --resource-group azrhelclirsgrp --location southcentralus --use-unmanaged-disk --name cfme-appliance-1 --storage-account azrhelclistact --os-type linux --admin-username clouduser --generate-ssh-keys --image https://azrhelclistact.blob.core.windows.net/azrhelclistcont/cfme-azure-5.7.4.2-1.x86_64.vhd

{
  "fqdns": "",
  "id": "/subscriptions//resourceGroups/azrhelclirsgrp/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/cfme-appliance-1",
  "location": "southcentralus",
  "macAddress": "00-0X-XX-XX-XX-XX",
  "powerState": "VM running",
  "privateIpAddress": "10.0.0.4",
  "publicIpAddress": "12.84.121.147",
  "resourceGroup": "azrhelclirsgrp"
}

Make a note of the public IP address. You will need this to log in to the virtual machine in the next step.

Start an SSH session and log in to the appliance.

$ ssh -i <path-to-ssh-key> <admin-username@public-IP-address>

Example:

$ ssh  -i /home/clouduser/.ssh/id_rsa clouduser@12.84.121.147
The authenticity of host '12.84.121.147' can't be established.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '12.84.121.147' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.

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