{"id":2231,"date":"2014-10-20T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riguy.azurewebsites.net\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2014-12-30T21:03:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T05:03:15","slug":"create-a-linux-virtual-machine-on-azure-in-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?p=2231","title":{"rendered":"Create a Linux Virtual Machine on Azure in Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wait &#8230; what does a Linux virtual machine have to do with Microsoft? Well, in the Microsoft Azure world, virtualization is all encompassing: the idea is to support&nbsp;the business&#8217;s or organization&#8217;s overall needs through cloud and virtual technologies. Microsoft recognizes that Windows is not the only game in town when it comes to operating systems. Many, many organizations utilize Unix or Linux as well. And in Azure, a Linux virtual machine can easily be set up within minutes.<\/p>\n<p>For those who remember setting up or installing&nbsp;a &#8216;Nix operating system over a decade ago, this&nbsp;process is almost incomprehensible with its ease of installation. You certainly do not have to grapple with the once common graphics or network card driver issues ;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Quick tutorial video from Azure on installing Ubuntu in the Azure Cloud:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/documentation\/videos\/create-a-linux-virtual-machine\/\">https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/documentation\/videos\/create-a-linux-virtual-machine\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wait &#8230; what does a Linux virtual machine have to do with Microsoft? Well, in the Microsoft Azure world, virtualization is all encompassing: the idea is to support&nbsp;the business&#8217;s or organization&#8217;s overall needs through cloud and virtual technologies. Microsoft recognizes that Windows is not the only game in town when it comes to operating systems. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?p=2231\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Create a Linux Virtual Machine on Azure in Minutes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,271],"tags":[281,171],"class_list":["post-2231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-azure","category-linux","tag-linux-virtual-machine","tag-virtual-machines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4771,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231\/revisions\/4771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}