Azure VPS setup notes » History » Version 6
Jon Goldberg, 08/07/2020 06:54 PM
| 1 | 1 | Jon Goldberg | # Azure VPS setup notes |
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| 3 | 6 | Jon Goldberg | Azure is more complex than, say, Linode. To set up a free account, you must: |
| 4 | * Get a Sponsorship. |
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| 5 | * Create a Subscription linked to the Sponsorship. |
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| 6 | * Create a Resource Group linked to the Subscription. |
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| 7 | * Create a Virtual Machine (and associated resources) linked to the Resource Group. |
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| 9 | 6 | Jon Goldberg | [**NOTE**: Most of Microsoft's pages break with an ad blocker enabled.] |
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| 11 | ### Get a Sponsorship |
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| 12 | * [Go to the Nonprofit Microsoft Getting Started page](https://nonprofit.microsoft.com/en-us/getting-started). Fill out the paperwork to be approved as a 501c3. Approval can take 1 day or 3-4 weeks - I've seen both multiple times. |
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| 13 | * Once approved, go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/nonprofits/azure to claim credits |
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| 15 | ### Create a Subscription |
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| 17 | 1 | Jon Goldberg | * Check that you have credits in your sponsored account: https://www.microsoftazuresponsorships.com/Balance |
| 18 | 6 | Jon Goldberg | * Visit the [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com). |
| 19 | * Click the **Subscriptions** icon. |
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| 20 | * Click the **Add** button. |
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| 21 | * Add a subscription of type "Microsoft Azure Sponsorship" from the Azure portal. You will likely need to select **Show other subscription types** to see it. |
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| 22 | 1 | Jon Goldberg | * **Note**: Even sponsored subscriptions require a credit card, make sure you have one available. |
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| 24 | 6 | Jon Goldberg | #### Create a resource group |
| 25 | * Select "Resource Group" from the main Azure portal. |
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| 26 | * Select **Add** and give it a name. |
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| 27 | * Your subscription should be pre-selected since you only have the one. |
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| 28 | * Click **Review and Create**. |
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| 30 | 6 | Jon Goldberg | #### Create a virtual machine |
| 31 | * Click on your new resource group in the Azure Portal. |
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| 32 | * Click **Add**. |
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| 33 | * Search for the name of the image you want (e.g. Debian). |
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| 34 | * See the screenshots below for configuration of the "Basics" and "Disk" tabs. The other tabs I keep with the defaults. |
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| 35 | * I've attached a downloaded template for this VM, which as of now I haven't used yet, not sure how it works. |
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| 37 | 6 | Jon Goldberg | #### Post-provisioning configuration |
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| 39 | 6 | Jon Goldberg | ##### Modify Firewall Rules |
| 40 | * Click on your new virtual machine in the Azure portal. |
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| 41 | * Click **Networking** in the side navigation. |
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| 42 | * You should see your firewall settings. They should look like the screenshot below, except they'll be missing the two items circled. |
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| 43 | * Add the "allow_ping" and "Port_5665" rules to the *Inbound Port Rules* as shown in the screenshot. |
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| 45 | ##### Add a swapfile |
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| 46 | [Complete instructions are here](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4010058/how-to-add-a-swap-file-in-linux-azure-virtual-machines) but in short, add this to `/etc/waagent.conf` for an 8GB swapfile: |
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| 48 | ``` |
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| 49 | ResourceDisk.Format=y |
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| 50 | ResourceDisk.EnableSwap=y |
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| 51 | ResourceDisk.SwapSizeMB=8192 |
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| 52 | ``` |
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| 54 | Then run `service walinuxagent restart`. |