Azure Tip — create a Docker VM in 5 minutes or less
There are a number of ways to create a new Docker VM in Azure, but by far the easiest appears to be the simple docker ARM template at this GitHub repo. Though the mileage of the Deploy to Azure button varies depending on the implementation, in this case it works perfectly. If you are interested in a little docker play this should put you in the right direction.
Here are the steps if you want to quick tour:
- Navigate to this link to find the GitHub repo and click the Deploy to Azure button:
2. This launches the Azure Management Portal at portal.azure.com, currently still in preview but quite functional. You’ll see the template (assuming you are already logged in to the portal you’ll directly land here):
3. You may want to edit a few things in the template, for example I modified the nic, IP address name, VM name, VNET name:
4. Fill in the parameters required of the template, including a new storage account name (must be new), and a unique public DNS name. Also you’ll want to choose a resource group. Lastly, you will need to review the legal terms an accept.
5. If you forget to accept the legal terms the process to generate the new VM and its associated resources will fail and you’ll have to run it again using new names (unless, you clean house first).
6. After you click create, the VM and associated resources are created and you’ll see the progress icon on your start board:
7. Happy notifications to follow (if all goes well):
8. Once it’s done you’ll see the following set of resources (possibly by some other names) under your resource group:
Time to play! :)
Originally published at michelebusta.com on August 02, 2015.
