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Linux VM Lifecycle and Managed Disks

Deploy a small Azure Linux VM, attach and resize a managed data disk, inspect boot diagnostics, resize the VM, and clean up the resource group.

60 minutes
cloud/azure
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Lab Overview

Practice the Linux VM lifecycle tasks that Azure administrators perform frequently.

You will create a tagged resource group, deploy a small Ubuntu VM in an approved Azure region, enable boot diagnostics with a storage account, attach a managed data disk, resize the VM and disk within TeKanAid lab limits, and remove the resource group when finished.

What You'll Learn

Create an Azure resource group for a VM lifecycle scenario

Deploy a small Linux virtual machine in an approved Azure region

Enable and inspect VM boot diagnostics backed by a storage account

Create, attach, inspect, and resize a managed data disk under 128 GB

Resize a VM using allowed Azure VM sizes and clean up lab resources

Prerequisites

Basic command line familiarity

Basic understanding of Azure resource groups

Basic virtual machine concepts

Technologies Covered

azureaz-104virtual-machinesmanaged-disksboot-diagnostics

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This lab is part of the Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) course

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