1. Linux on Windows Azure
Andreas Wasita

2. Today’s Session Supported Linux Distributions.
Setting up and accessing a new Linux VM.
Securing your access to the VM.
Managing Windows Azure (any service) from a Linux shell.
Other Linux options on Azure (VMDepot).

3. Supported Distributions
SUSE and Open SUSE:
Canonical Ubuntu:
OpenLogic CentOS:
Subject to Azure SLA and Azure support can manage break/fix tickets. Vendors above will work to rectify OS-level challenges.

4. Runtime Costs for Linux VMs
Instance Name
Cores
RAM
AUD / PH
Extra Small (A0)
Shared
768 MB
$0.0202
(~$15.14/month)
Small (A1) 1
1.75GB
$0.0606
(~$45.41/month)
Medium (A2) 2
3.5GB
$0.1211
(~$89.81/month)
Large (A3) 4
7GB
$0.2422
(~$180.63/month)
Extra Large (A4) 8
14GB
$0.4844
(~$360.25/month) A6
28GB
$0.8275
(~$615.56/month) A7
56GB
$1.655
(~$1,231.11/month)

5. Demo: Create Linux VM
We’ll create our first VM from Windows using PowerShell.
Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "free trial" -CurrentStorageAccount kloudblob
$Images = Get-AzureVMImage | Where-Object { $_.PublisherName -eq 'OpenLogic'}
$affinityGroup = 'kloudnet'
$vxName = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter virtual machine name'
$lxUser = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter Admin UserName'
$password = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter Password' –AsSecureString
New-AzureQuickVM -Linux -ServiceName $vxName -Name $vxName -ImageName $Images[0].ImageName -AffinityGroup $affinityGroup -InstanceSize Small -LinuxUser $lxUser -Password $password

6. Azure Access Control - PowerShell
$acl = New-AzureAclConfig
Set-AzureAclConfig -AddRule Permit -RemoteSubnet " /26" -Order 1 `
-ACL $acl -Description "Lock down SSH"
Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $vxName -Name $vxName |
Set-AzureEndpoint -Name ssh -Protocol tcp -PublicPort 22 `
-LocalPort 22 -ACL $acl |
Update-AzureVM

7. Securing access to a Linux VM
Certificate-based security with SSH (hint: use openssl).
Set an appropriate ACL on the Azure Cloud Service.
Use a non-standard SSH port on your Cloud Service Endpoint.
Use a bastion (or jump) host. Does this VM need to be publicly visible?

8. Management Cross-platform command line (node.js commandline).
PowerShell.
Azure Management Portal.

9. Other Linux Options on Azure
VMDepot provides a rich set of pre-packaged Linux-based solutions

10. Demo

11. Managing Windows Azure from Linux

12. Cross Platform Command Line
X-Plat command line tool is implemented in JavaScript powered by Node.js

13. X-Plat CLI Linux Installation Guidance
Install the latest Node.js
NPM ( Node Package Manager )
Install Azure CLI:
npm install azure-cli -g

14. Configuring X-Plat CLI for Azure
Azure Account Download
Azure Account Import
Note: You need to have a browser on the machine before you run Azure account download command.

15. X-Plat CLI to Create Azure Objects
Azure Account Affinity-Group
Azure Storage Account
Azure Website Create
Azure VM Disk Attach
Azure SQL Server Create
Node.JS Developer Center

16. Create and Delete Azure VM with CLI
Show VM Image
Azure VM Image List
Create VM
Azure VM Create vmname imagename adminusername adminpassword --location “image region”
Check the VM
Azure VM Show vmname
Delete the VM
Note : You don’t need to put –ssh as ssh port 22 is automatically added

17. Demo