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Azure virtual machine (VM) extensions are small applications that provide post-deployment configuration and automation tasks on Azure VMs. For example, if a virtual machine requires software installation, anti-virus protection, or to run a script inside of it, a VM extension can be used. The command below can be used to find the extension you are after.
I get stuck when considering which image to use for my virtual machines. Has a new image come out??? What options are available to me now? There are so many to choose from. To use virtual machine images, there are four parts that you need to find to reference them in your code. Publisher: The […]
Below is a table of acceptable values you may use in your scripts to denote the proper time zone. Name of Time Zone Time Dateline Standard Time (UTC-12:00) International Date Line West UTC-11 (UTC-11:00) Coordinated Universal Time-11 Hawaiian Standard Time (UTC-10:00) Hawaii Alaskan Standard Time (UTC-09:00) Alaska Pacific Standard Time (Mexico) (UTC-08:00) Baja California Pacific […]
To use Azure and Terraform together you need a way to authenticate against the Azure Tenant. Like you do as a user, applications need a way to do the same. But instead of creating a user account, we create a Service Principal account. To do this we need to register an application in Azure Active Directory. […]
Terraform has detailed logs that can be enabled by setting the TF_LOG environment variable to any value. This will cause detailed logs to appear on stderr. You can set TF_LOG to one of the log levels TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN or ERROR to change the verbosity of the logs. TRACE is the most verbose and it is the default if TF_LOG is […]
How to set up Terraform to allow WinRM swift and easy.