In the last part we will add a separate data disk to our VM. It is not required. There are cases where this is necessary, but there are many more where this is not needed, especially if you want to have stateless VMs so you can easily spin up more of them. In those cases you will use the persistence layer of Windows Azure (SQL Database, Azure Storage) or separate Linux VMs for your own persistence layer (MongoDB)....
Today we will really create Debian Linux Wheezy VM on Windows Azure, as previous part was unfortunately spend on setting up everything except VM. Create Virtual Machine with Debian System Disc We will use the VM from VMDepot. If you use it from command line, you have to properly set the source image and also the final location of the blob in storage. A word of caution! When I’m writing this blog post there is still open issue in Azure Command Line Tools that will not allow you to use affinity group without getting an error....
Today we will start to create Debian VM on Windows Azure based on Debian Wheezy image. It is not that simple as create Ubuntu VM as it is not listed by default on standard list when you create Linux VM or in VM Depot list in Management Portal. But first we will set up everything the right way, including Affinity Groups, Storage, and Virtual Network. There is a shortcut, especially for several standard Linux images, that does some of the stuff below automatically, but it is better to start using own names, structure etc....
This will be a short post about my recent experience with registration on Windows Azure. It was not without issues. First of all, I was on Windows Azure AD 2013 seminar in Warsaw two weeks ago. They talked about free 90 days trial (that I was already aware but waited for the right moment to start it), but they forgot to mention that several days later this 3 months trial will change into 30 days trial....