Create An Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set(VMSS) From A Custom Image.

What is a Virtual Machine Scale Set? An Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set allows you to create and manage a group of load-balanced VMs. The number of VM instances can automatically increase or decrease in response to demand or a defined schedule. Skills Needed: . Create a Virtual Machine. . Add and Format Disk in the Virtual Machine. . Create an Azure Compute Gallery. . Capture the Virtual Machine Image. . Create a Virtual Machine Scale Set. No 1. Create a Virtual Machine. . Go to Azure portal and search for Virtual Machine. . +Create Virtual Machine. . On the Basics tab create a new Resource Group. . Name Virtual Machine and Choose a Region. . Choose Availability Zone. . Choose Security type. . Choose Image. . Create an Admin Account for the Virtual Machine. . Carefully select the Inbound Ports and Check the box to Confirm the eligibility of the image chosen. . On the Monitoring Blade disable Boot Diagnostics then Review and Create. Disabling Diagnostics prevents the main computer in the cloud from monitoring your activities. . After passing validation then Create. . After Deployment, then go to Resources. No 2. Add and Format Disk in the Virtual Machine. . On the Overview of the Virtual machine go to the Settings blade and select Disks. . Create and Attach a New Disk. . Name Disk, and choose the Disk Size then Apply. . Connect the Virtual Machine, remote into the Virtual Machine via RDP and Format the Disk.…

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