Prerequisite

• Create an Azure account.
• Setup Azure CLI.
• Log in with Azure CLI.
• Create a resource group.
• To learn how to create all requirements step by step, please check Azure CLI content.

Create Azure VM

$ az vm create \
  --resource-group <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME> \
  --name <VM_NAME> \
  --public-ip-address-dns-name <DNS_NAME> \
  --image <VM_IMAGE_NAME> \
  --size <VM_SIZE> \
  --admin-username <USER_ACCOUNT_NAME> \
  --admin-password
  --location <LOCATION>
  --generate-ssh-keys

• Change USER_ACCOUNT_NAME to your resource group.
• Change VM_NAME to your VM name.
• Change DNS_NAME to your unique DNS name.
• Change VM_IMAGE_NAME to a VM image name. To list all available VM images in the Azure Marketplace, use az vm image list --location <LOCATION> --output table
• Change USER_ACCOUNT_NAME to a name of your VM account.
• Change location to where you want to create VM. To list all locations, use az account list-locations --output table
• To list all VM sizes, use az vm list-sizes --location <LOCATION> --output table
• The --generate-ssh-keys parameter is used to automatically generate an SSH key, and put it in the default key location (~/.ssh). To use a specific set of keys instead, use the --ssh-key-values option.

Example code to create Azure VM with Ubuntu LTS OS

$ az vm create \
  --resource-group codesanook-example-resource-group \
  --name codesanook-example-vm \
  --public-ip-address-dns-name codesanook-example-vm \
  --image UbuntuLTS \
  --admin-username codesanook-example-vm-admin \
  --location japaneast \
  --size Standard_B1ls \
  --public-ip-sku Standard \
  --generate-ssh-keys

Example code to create Azure VM with Windows 10 OS

$ az vm create \
  --resource-group codesanook-example-resource-group \
  --name cs-example-vm \
  --public-ip-address-dns-name cs-example-vm \
  --image MicrosoftWindowsDesktop:windows10preview:win10-22h2-pro:19045.2130.221006 \
  --admin-username codesanook-example-vm-admin \
  --admin-password 'very-strong-password' \
  --location japaneast \
  --size Standard_B2s \
  --public-ip-sku Standard

Useful resources