2.2. Manually uploading VHD images to Microsoft Azure cloud

Procedure

1. Build the image:

   $ image-builder build <image-type>

2. Push the image to Microsoft Azure and create an instance from it:

   $ az storage blob upload --account-name account_name --container-name container_name --file image_disk.vhd --name image-disk.vhd --type page

3. After the upload to the Microsoft Azure Blob storage completes, create a Microsoft Azure image from it. Because the images that you create with RHEL image builder generate hybrid images that support both the V1 = BIOS and V2 = UEFI instance types, you can specify the --hyper-v-generation argument. The default instance type is V1.

   $ az image create --resource-group resource_group_name --name image-disk.vhd --os-type linux --location location \
   --source https://$account_name.blob.core.windows.net/container_name/image-disk.vhd
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Verification

1. Create an instance either with the Microsoft Azure portal, or a command similar to the following:

   $ az vm create --resource-group resource_group_name --location location --name vm_name --image image-disk.vhd(--admin-username azure-user --generate-ssh-keys*
   - Running

2. Use your private key by using SSH to access the resulting instance. Log in as azure-user. This username was set on the previous step.