🚀 Azure Virtual Machine Deployment with Bash Automation

Project Overview

This project demonstrates how to create and deploy a Virtual Machine (VM) on Microsoft Azure using Azure CLI.
I also automated the entire process using a Bash script to make the deployment faster and more efficient.

The script:

• Logs into Azure
• Creates a Resource Group
• Deploys a Virtual Machine
• Opens port 80 to allow web traffic
• Retrieves the public IP address of the VM
• Provides an option to automatically clean up resources to avoid extra costs

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Table of Contents

• Project Overview
• Technologies Used
• Prerequisites
• Folder Structure
• How to Use the Bash Script
• Manual Deployment Steps
• Learnings
• Resources
• image

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Technologies Used

• Azure CLI
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Virtual Machine
• Bash scripting

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Prerequisites

• Azure CLI installed on your machine
• An active Azure subscription
• Basic terminal/command line knowledge
• SSH key setup (Azure CLI can auto-generate this)

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Folder Structure

azure-vm-deployment/
├── image/                 # Screenshot of successful deployment
├── README.md              #Project documentation
└── vm-deployment.sh       #Bash automation script

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Manual-deployment-steps

If you want to manually deploy the VM instead of using the Bash script, follow these steps:

1. Log into Azure using:

az login

### 2. Create a Virtual Machine using Azure CLI.
```bash
az vm create \
  --resource-group <your-resource-group> \
  --name <your-vm-name> \
  --image Ubuntu2204 \
  --admin-username azureuser \
  --generate-ssh-keys

### 3. Open port 80 to allow web traffic:
```bash
az vm open-port --port 80 --resource-group <your-resource-group> --name <your-vm-name>

### 4. Retrieve the public IP address of the VM:
```bash
az vm list-ip-addresses --name <your-vm-name> --resource-group <your-resource-group>

### 5. Connect to the VM via SSH:
```bash
ssh azureuser@<your-public-ip>

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How to Use the Bash Script

1. Make the Script Executable

In your terminal, navigate to the project folder and run:

chmod +x vm-deployment.sh

### 2. Execute the script with
```bash
./vm-deployment.sh

### 3. After the script finishes, it will display the SSH command.
Use it to connect to your VM:
```bash
 azureuser@<your-public-ip>

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Learnings

• How to deploy and manage Azure cloud resources using CLI.
• How to automate virtual machine deployment with Bash.
• How to securely connect to virtual machines using SSH.
• The importance of cleaning up resources to prevent unnecessary cloud costs.

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Resources

• Azure CLI Documentation
• Azure VM Quickstart Guide
• Blog Post

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Image

• Screenshot of successful deployment