Creating a Windows VM from a Resource Manager template
Here, you will learn about the Resource Manager and how to create a Windows virtual machine and Azure PowerShell from the Azure Cloud Shell. Here you’ll see the template that deploys a single virtual machine running Windows Server in a new virtual network with a single subnet. So, let’s begin
Create a virtual machine
In order to create an Azure virtual machine using an Azure Resource Manager, you’ll usually require these two steps:
- Firstly, create a resource group. An Azure resource group is a logical container into which Azure resources are deployed and managed. A resource group should be created before a VM.
- And, now create a VM.
The following example creates a VM from an Azure Quickstart template. Here is a copy of the template:
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"adminUsername": {
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "Username for the Virtual Machine."
}
},
"adminPassword": {
"type": "securestring",
"metadata": {
"description": "Password for the Virtual Machine."
}
},
"dnsLabelPrefix": {
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "Unique DNS Name for the Public IP used to access the Virtual Machine."
}
},
"windowsOSVersion": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "2016-Datacenter",
"allowedValues": [
"2008-R2-SP1",
"2012-Datacenter",
"2012-R2-Datacenter",
"2016-Nano-Server",
"2016-Datacenter-with-Containers",
"2016-Datacenter",
"2019-Datacenter"
],
"metadata": {
"description": "The Windows version for the VM. This will pick a fully patched image of this given Windows version."
}
},
"vmSize": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "Standard_D2_v3",
"metadata": {
"description": "Size of the virtual machine."
}
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"metadata": {
"description": "Location for all resources."
}
}
},
"variables": {
"storageAccountName": "[concat(uniquestring(resourceGroup().id), 'sawinvm')]",
"nicName": "myVMNic",
"addressPrefix": "10.0.0.0/16",
"subnetName": "Subnet",
"subnetPrefix": "10.0.0.0/24",
"publicIPAddressName": "myPublicIP",
"vmName": "SimpleWinVM",
"virtualNetworkName": "MyVNET",
"subnetRef": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets', variables('virtualNetworkName'), variables('subnetName'))]",
"networkSecurityGroupName": "default-NSG"
},
"resources": [
{
"type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
"apiVersion": "2018-11-01",
"name": "[variables('storageAccountName')]",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"sku": {
"name": "Standard_LRS"
},
"kind": "Storage",
"properties": {}
},
{
"type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses",
"apiVersion": "2018-11-01",
"name": "[variables('publicIPAddressName')]",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"properties": {
"publicIPAllocationMethod": "Dynamic",
"dnsSettings": {
"domainNameLabel": "[parameters('dnsLabelPrefix')]"
}
}
},
{
"comments": "Default Network Security Group for template",
"type": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
"apiVersion": "2019-08-01",
"name": "[variables('networkSecurityGroupName')]",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"properties": {
"securityRules": [
{
"name": "default-allow-3389",
"properties": {
"priority": 1000,
"access": "Allow",
"direction": "Inbound",
"destinationPortRange": "3389",
"protocol": "Tcp",
"sourcePortRange": "", "sourceAddressPrefix": "",
"destinationAddressPrefix": "*"
}
}
]}
},
{
"type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
"apiVersion": "2018-11-01",
"name": "[variables('virtualNetworkName')]",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups', variables('networkSecurityGroupName'))]"
],
"properties": {
"addressSpace": {
"addressPrefixes": [
"[variables('addressPrefix')]"
]},
"subnets": [
{
"name": "[variables('subnetName')]",
"properties": {
"addressPrefix": "[variables('subnetPrefix')]",
"networkSecurityGroup": {
"id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups', variables('networkSecurityGroupName'))]"
}
}
}
]}
},
{
"type": "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces",
"apiVersion": "2018-11-01",
"name": "[variables('nicName')]",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/', variables('publicIPAddressName'))]",
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/', variables('virtualNetworkName'))]"
],
"properties": {
"ipConfigurations": [
{
"name": "ipconfig1",
"properties": {
"privateIPAllocationMethod": "Dynamic",
"publicIPAddress": {
"id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses',variables('publicIPAddressName'))]"
},
"subnet": {
"id": "[variables('subnetRef')]"
}
}
}
]}
},
{
"type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
"apiVersion": "2018-10-01",
"name": "[variables('vmName')]",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', variables('storageAccountName'))]",
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/', variables('nicName'))]"
],
"properties": {
"hardwareProfile": {
"vmSize": "[parameters('vmSize')]"
},
"osProfile": {
"computerName": "[variables('vmName')]",
"adminUsername": "[parameters('adminUsername')]",
"adminPassword": "[parameters('adminPassword')]"
},
"storageProfile": {
"imageReference": {
"publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsServer",
"offer": "WindowsServer",
"sku": "[parameters('windowsOSVersion')]",
"version": "latest"
},
"osDisk": {
"createOption": "FromImage"
},
"dataDisks": [
{
"diskSizeGB": 1023,
"lun": 0,
"createOption": "Empty"
}
]},
"networkProfile": {
"networkInterfaces": [
{
"id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces',variables('nicName'))]"
}
]},
"diagnosticsProfile": {
"bootDiagnostics": {
"enabled": true,
"storageUri": "[reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', variables('storageAccountName'))).primaryEndpoints.blob]"
}
}
}
}
],
"outputs": {
"hostname": {
"type": "string",
"value": "[reference(variables('publicIPAddressName')).dnsSettings.fqdn]"
}
}
}
To run the PowerShell script, Select Try it to open the Azure Cloud shell. To paste the script, right-click the shell, and then select Paste:
$resourceGroupName = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the Resource Group name" $location = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the location (i.e. centralus)" $adminUsername = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the administrator username" $adminPassword = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the administrator password" -AsSecureString $dnsLabelPrefix = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter an unique DNS name for the public IP" New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location "$location" New-AzResourceGroupDeployment-ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName-TemplateUri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/101-vm-simple-windows/azuredeploy.json"-adminUsername $adminUsername-adminPassword $adminPassword ` -dnsLabelPrefix $dnsLabelPrefix (Get-AzVm -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName).name
Reference: Microsoft Documentation