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Virtual network peering

Freddie HOLMES — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:40:52 +0000

*Create and configure Azure virtual networks*

First, let’s talk what Azure virtual network actually is.
An Azure Virtual Network (VNet) is a fundamental networking service in Microsoft Azure that allows you to create your own private network in the cloud.

Think of it like creating your own private data center network in Azure, with the flexibility and scalability of the cloud. You define the address space, create subnets, and control how traffic flows in and out.

Here are key aspects of virtual network.
It provides:
*Isolation and segmentation* - VNets provide a logically isolated section of the Azure cloud where you can launch Azure resources in a network you define. You have complete control over IP address ranges, subnets, route tables, and network gateways.

*Communication capabilities* - VNets enable Azure resources like virtual machines, web apps, and databases to communicate with each other, with on-premises networks, and with the internet.

*Connectivity* - You can connect VNets to on-premises networks using VPN connections or ExpressRoute for dedicated private connections. You can also connect multiple VNets together through VNet peering.

*Security* - VNets support network security groups (NSGs) to filter traffic, and you can segment your network into subnets for better organization and security.

In my exercise I will create and configure VNET peering.

Let's take for instance, In this exercise our organization is migrating a web-based application to Azure. My first task is to put in place virtual networks and subnets. I also need to securely peer the virtual networks.

Two virtual networks are required, app-vnet and hub-vnet This simulates a hub and spoke network architecture.

The *app-vnet* will host the application. This virtual network requires two subnets. The *frontend* subnet will host the web servers. The *backend* subnet will host the database servers.

The *hub-vnet* only requires a subnet for the *firewall*
The two virtual networks must be able to communicate with each other securely and privately through virtual network peering.
Both virtual networks should be in the same region.

For this exercise we need to create the following:

*Create a virtual network*
*Create a subnet*
*Configure vnet peering*

This exercise requires Azure subscription. My subscription is *DevOps Lab*

Let’s get started
First I need to Create and complete the configuration of the *app-vnet* This virtual network requires two subnets, *frontend* and *backend*

from the below description.

Property Value

Resource Group RG1
Virtual network name app-vnet
Region East US
IPv4 address space 10.1.0.0/16
Subnet name frontend
Subnet address range 10.1.0.0/24
Subnet name backend
Subnet address range 10.1.1.0/24

Login to Azure portal https://portal.azure.com/auth/login/
Search for and select Virtual Networks.

Click *+ Create* to create a new Virtual Network.

4 provide details, Resource Group is RG1 virtual network is app-vnet, region is East US

5 Click on default and select the *pencil icon*

6 I need to configure frontend IP 10.1.0.0/16 select default and click the *pencil icon*
Change the subnet name from default to *frontend* and click *Save*

I will click on Add to add additional subnet.
7 Add additional subnet for backend.

8 Change the subnet 10.1.0.0/24 name from default to backend and Save.

9 Review the changes made and click Review+Create

10 verify *validation* and click *Create*

11 Second I need to Create the *hub-vnet* virtual network configuration. This virtual network has the firewall subnet.
In this scenario I need to configure Azure firewall to secure my hub-vnet.

Property Value

Resource group RG1
Name hub-vnet
Region East US
IPv4 address space 10.0.0.0/16
Subnet name AzureFirewallSubnet
Subnet address range 10.0.0.0/26

12 From the Azure portal search Virtual Network

13 provide my details I am using the same RG1 resource group. Virtual network name is hub-vnet region is East US and click on the IP address Tab

14 Select default and click the *pencil icon*

15 Change the subnet purpose to Azure Firewall since we will be using firewall for this *hub-vnet* and click *Save*

16 Next view the changes made and click *Review+Create*

17 Verify *validation* and click *Create*

I have created both *app-vnet* and *hub-vnet* Now I need to create VNET peering

*Virtual network peering* enables you to seamlessly connect two or more Virtual Networks in Azure.

*Property* *Value*
Remote peering link name *app-vnet-to-hub*
Virtual network *hub-vnet*
Local virtual network peering link name hub-to-app-vnet

18 Search for Virtual network in Azure portal
and select the app-vnet virtual network.

19 In the *Settings blade* select *Peerings*

20 Click + Add and provide peering link name. Mine is *app-vnet-to-hub*

21 Peering link name is *hub-to-app-vnet*

22 verify and observe that my vnet peering is connect and fully synchronized.

Hope this resource was helpful.

AWS CloudTrail

Freddie HOLMES — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:24:44 +0000

What is *AWS CloudTrail* and What are the benefits of using Cloudtrail.
AWS CloudTrail is the AWS service that records every action taken in your AWS account.

It answers the question who did *what* *when* from *where* and *how*

CloudTrail tracks API calls and management events made through
AWS Console AWS CLI SDKs and Other AWS services
It is the backbone of security auditing governance compliance and forensic investigation in AWS.

What CloudTrail records
*CloudTrail* captures events, not performance metrics.
Each event contains
Who made the request user role or service
What action was taken API call
Which resource was affected
When it happened timestamp
Where it came from IP address region
Whether it succeeded or failed
Example

Someone deletes an *EC2* instance, CloudTrail records
User name, Time of deletion, Region, Instance ID, Source IP
Nothing happens in AWS without CloudTrail not seeing it.
Types of CloudTrail events

I. *Management events*
These are control plane actions.
Examples
Create or delete EC2 instances, Modify security groups, Create IAM users or roles
Change S3 bucket permissions
enabled by default
Critical for auditing and security

II. *Data events*
These track resource level operations.
Examples
S3 object uploads downloads deletes, Lambda function invocations
Not enabled by default
Must be explicitly configured
Useful for deep security investigations

III. *Insight events*
CloudTrail Insights detect unusual activity patterns.
Examples, Sudden spike in API calls, Unusual resource creation, Unexpected deletion activity
Uses machine learning
Helps detect compromised credentials.

In this guide I will demonstrate how to setup cloudtrail to collect my system event logs.

2 Click on *Create Trail*

3 *Cloud Trail* is Created. Verify and navigate to see what event is being logged.

4 *Cloud Trail* will log event for whatever happens on my system. You can also set up SNS notification or even use existing SNS notification to send email notification.

5 Download *CloudTrail* event and analyze the issues to prevent future occurrence.

*Hope this resource was helpful*

AWS CloudWatch

Freddie HOLMES — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:05:55 +0000

*AWS monitoring* is how you keep AWS systems visible predictable secure and fast by combining metrics logs tracing auditing and automation.

Here are the Core AWS monitoring services
Firstly, lets explained what Cloudwatch actually is.

*AWS CloudWatch* is Amazon Web Services native monitoring and observability service. It helps you see what is happening inside your AWS environment in real time by collecting metrics, logs, events, and traces from AWS resources and applications.
Think of CloudWatch as the eyes and ears of AWS. It tells you how your systems are performing, alerts you when something goes wrong, and helps you troubleshoot issues before users even notice.

*AWS CloudWatch*
CloudWatch is the foundation of AWS monitoring.
What CloudWatch monitors, It helps monitor
I. *Infrastructure metrics*
II. *Application logs*
III. *Events and state changes*
IV. *Alarms and automated actions*
Cloudwatch Collects metrics like *CPU* *MEMORY* *DISK* *NETWORK*
Central log storage and search
Real time dashboards
Automated alarms and scaling actions
In Use cases it helps detect high CPU usage and automatically scale EC2 instances before users experience slowdowns.
*AWS CloudTrail*
CloudTrail monitors who did what in AWS.
What CloudTrail records
I. *API calls*
II. *Console logins*
III. *Resource changes*
IV. *Identity and Access Management (IAM) activity*
Key capabilities
Audit trails for compliance
Security investigations
Change tracking
In use case it helps you find out who deleted an EC2 instance or modified a security group.

Core components of AWS CloudWatch

*Metrics* Metrics are numerical data points collected at regular intervals. Examples CPU utilization of an EC2 instance Memory usage from a custom application Number of requests hitting a load balancer Latency of an API

Key facts
*Metrics* are stored by default for many AWS services
Metrics are timestamped
You can create custom metrics from your own apps
Use case
You notice CPU usage is above 80 percent for 10 minutes and performance slows down. CloudWatch shows this instantly.

*Logs*
CloudWatch Logs stores and analyzes log files from systems and applications.
Examples: Application logs, System logs, Web server access logs
Lambda execution logs
Power features: Centralized log storage, Search and filter logs, Log Insights using SQL like queries, Log retention policies
In use case if your app crashes. Instead of logging into servers, you search logs centrally and find the exact error message in seconds.
*Alarms*
Alarms watch metrics and take action when thresholds are crossed.
Examples: Send an email when CPU exceeds 75 percent
Restart an EC2 instance automatically, Trigger Auto Scaling, Notify Slack via SNS
In use case at 2 AM CPU spikes. CloudWatch alarm triggers Auto Scaling and adds new instances automatically.
*Dashboards*
Dashboards are visual panels showing metrics and alarms in one place.
You can Create custom dashboards,
View real time graphs
Monitor multiple services on one screen
In use case an operations dashboard showing EC2 health, database performance, API latency, and error rates all together.

*In today exercise* I will demonstrate how to configure AWS monitoring, AWS cloudwatch set alarm.
First thing we have to create our EC2 instance

2 *Click Launch Instance*

3 provide instance name newyearec2.

4 Select my operating system, here I chose *Amazon Linux* as OS.

5 leave all other settings on default.
6 Create key pair

7 *Launch install*

8 My new EC2 install is deployed successfully

9.Next thing I need to connect to my new EC2 instance
Click *Connect to instance*

10 My *Amazon Linux terminal* opens

Now that I have done with EC2 deployment, I am going to configure AWS monitoring.

11 In other to achieve this we need to create an *SNS topic* in AWS In the search bar type *SNS*

12 After creating *SNS topic, next we need to create a *subscription**
The Topic ARN is display
Protocol type: The type of endpoint to subscribe to. Eg. Email
Endpoint: An email address that can receive notifications from Amazon SNS.Eg. *Ramb0@gmail.com*

13 In AWS console, type *CloudWatch* and hit enter

14 When CloudWatch opens, click on Metrics and select all metrics, it displays numeric data of what we want to monitor including *EC2* *EBS* *SNS* *Billing* *S3Bucket* *Logs* *Usage* etc.

15 Select *EC2*

16 We will be looking at *Per instance metrics* when we expand per instance metrics it displays every component we can monitor.
In my exercise I will be monitoring CPU utilization.

Note that the name of my EC2 Instance is *newyearec2*

17 Another way to achieve this, In AWS search CloudWatch
Inside CloudWatch select Alarm, All alarm

18 Select Metric

19 Select *newyearec2* CPU utilization and select metric

20 Set the *CPU threshold* Greater Than 75%

21 Here I give my alarm a name. *newyearec2alarm*

And finally my alarm is configured.

22 Next, we need to install a software from the terminal to test *cpu utilization*

On *EC2 Instance* click on connect

23 Click on connect using a public IP

24 I will *install a yum* package to stress out my CPU to send an email alert.

25 After stressing my CPU, I need to check my email to confirm the email subscription.

Here is my output. I Received an SNS email alert indicating higher CPU utilization on my EC2 instance.

This is how we monitor resource in AWS to track specific information on key component.

Hope this exercise was helpful!

How to Deploy AWS ELASTIC BEANSTALK

Freddie HOLMES — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:01:00 +0000

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a managed cloud service that lets you deploy and run web applications without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.

AWS Beanstalk is the easiest way to deploy and scale web applications on AWS without managing infrastructure yourself.
You can upload your application code and Beanstalk automatically handles server provisioning, load balancing, auto scaling, monitoring, and updates.

In simple terms: You focus on writing your app AWS takes care of the servers, scaling, and health checks
What exactly you can deploy: Web apps built with Java, Python, Node.js, PHP, .NET, Ruby, Go, and Docker Backend APIs and full stack applications
Key benefits: Fast deployment with minimal setup Automatic scaling based on traffic
Built in monitoring and health status. You still have control over EC2, load balancers, and databases if needed.
Welcome to my hands-on practical lab. In this Lab simulation I will demonstrate a step by step process on how to create an AWS Elastic Beanstalk web application.

Firstly Login to AWS portal https://www.aws.amazon.com/console

Let’s begin, In the AWS Management Console,
Step 1. In the search bar, type Elastic beanstalk and select it

Click Create application.

Environment tier opens with two option

Web server environment: Run a website, web application, or web API that serves HTTP requests.
Worker environment: Run a worker application that processes long-running workloads on demand, performs tasks on a schedule. Step 2. Provide Application name, here we will use the below name Stockwebapp Notice, once you provide your application name automatically it generates an Environment name. Eg Stockwebapp-env

Step 3. Choose your Platform from the drop-down, Java, Python, Node.js, PHP, .NET, Ruby, Go, and Docker here I select Node.js for my platform

Step 4. I created my service role, EC2 instance, EC2 Key pair.
EC2 key pair is a secure authentication mechanism used to log in to an Amazon EC2 instance.

It consists of two cryptographic keys that work together.
Public key: stored by AWS on the EC2 instance
Private key: You use the private key to securely connect to the instance which is store secretly.

Step 5. Here we can create a custom VPC or use the default VPC.
custom VPC is a user created isolated virtual network in AWS where you have full control over networking components such as IP addressing, subnets, routing, and security.
Check Enable option for Public IP address
Check the Instance subnets,

We Will configure service access.
Lets breakdown what Service access really is:
In AWS Elastic Beanstalk, service access defines how Elastic Beanstalk and your application are allowed to use other AWS services securely. This is handled almost entirely through Identity Access Management IAM roles,

There are two IAM roles use for service access:

Elastic Beanstalk Service Role: This role lets Elastic Beanstalk itself manage AWS resources on your behalf.
Used for actions like
Creating and updating environments
Managing Auto Scaling and load balancers
Publishing health events
Writing logs and metrics
This role is created in AWS Identity and Access Management and is attached to the Beanstalk environment.
Typical name
aws-elasticbeanstalk-service-role
EC2 Instance Profile Role: This role is attached to the EC2 instances running your application.
Used for
Accessing S3 buckets
Writing logs to CloudWatch
Reading secrets from Parameter Store or Secrets Manager
Accessing databases or queues
This is the most important role for application level access.
Typical name
aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role

Step 6. We do not need Database and Tags for now, click next
Step 7. Leave instances on default
Step 8. Amazon CloudWatch monitoring, set monitoring interval to 5 minutes
Under system, we have Basic and Enhanced, select Enhanced and proceed.

Step 9. Auto scaling group, select on-demand instance

Step 10. Instance types select both t3.micro and t3.small on default

Step 11. Leave AMI ID on default and proceed to Next.

Step 12. For Health Monitoring, under system, select Enhanced

Cloudwatch custom Metrics-Instance. Drop-down and select ApplicationLatencyP50 and ApplicationLatencyP75.

Repeat same for Cloudwatch custom Metrics-Environment
Step 12. Uncheck Enabled Managed platform updates
Step 13. Leave every other settings on default and proceed to Next.
Step 14. Review configuration settings and click create

Step 15. My Elastic beanstalk is successfully deployed. I will go ahead and test the link in my browser verify Elastic Beanstalk is running.

Step 16. From my browser it shows the Elastic Beanstalk running fine.

Hope this exercise was helpful. Please like, comment and share your views.

How to build Azure App service step by step.

Freddie HOLMES — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 23:03:12 +0000

Azure App Service is a fully managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for building deploying and scaling web apps APIs and mobile backends without managing infrastructure, offering benefits like automatic scaling, built-in security, streamlined CI/CD, multi-language support (.NET, Java, Python, Node.js, PHP, containers), high availability, global reach, and seamless integration with other Azure services (like Azure SQL, DevOps)

Azure Web App Service, officially called Azure App Service, is a fully managed cloud platform from Microsoft used to build, deploy, and run web applications without managing servers.

What it means in simple terms

Azure App Service lets you upload your web app and Microsoft handles the servers, security, scaling, updates, and uptime.
You focus on writing code. Azure runs it.

What you can host on Azure App Service

Websites and web applications
Backend APIs for mobile or frontend apps
REST APIs
Business and enterprise applications

Supported languages and frameworks

.NET and .NET Core Java Node.js Python PHP Ruby

Azure webapp can be deploy using GitHub Azure DevOps ZIP upload Docker containers or FTP

Here are some Key features

No server management
Auto scaling based on traffic
Built in security with HTTPS and authentication
High availability with 99.95 percent SLA
Custom domains and SSL certificates
Easy integration with Azure SQL, Storage, Key Vault, and Active Directory

In Most Common real world use cases

Hosting company websites eg, e-commence platform like Amazon Alibaba
Running SaaS applications
Hosting APIs for mobile apps
Internal business portals

I will demonstrate a step by step process in deploying Azure web.
App service and test it.

Step 1. Login to Azure portal #https://portal.azure.com/#home

In the search bar, type App service

Step 2#. Click + Create and choose Web App

Step 3. Under subscription>>>>>>Resource Group>>>>I click on create new to create my Resource Group name webapp01-RG.

provide my instance name as webapp01.
Under Publish>>>I chose Code, because I will use to run many codes.
Select Runtime stack and chose .net 10 LS
My Region is Canada central.
Click Revide+Create.

Step 4. Notice my deployment is in progress

Step 5. Deployment is complete, next thing I need to click on go to resource and click on the webapp01 shown below.

Step 6. I need to copy the link of my newly deployed webapp to test in a browser by pasting the link.

Boom our website is ready. Now I need to edit few file to make it functional for daily operation.

Step 7. Next step is to edit the root file and create our coding to make my website fully operational. Click on webapp01 it will open.

In the search bar, above overview, I type advance tools and click it.

Click on >>>Go

Step 8. Now I will make some important changes to our newly webapp. On the Tab, select Debug tool and select >>>Powershell

Step 9. Expand>>> site>>>

expand>>>wwwroot

Click on the pencil icon to Edit the hostingstart.html file

Step 10. I Edited the file to create application for my children to spend time learning mathematics and crossword game.

save the file.

Step 11. My application is build and running. My children can spend time practicing calculation and subtraction.

Hope this resource was helpful

Amazon EC2 Instance Installation.

Freddie HOLMES — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:35:39 +0000

Amazon EC2 stands for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

It is a service from Amazon Web Services AWS that lets you rent virtual computers on the internet instead of buying physical servers.
Think of Amazon EC2 like this:
Instead of buying a physical server and keeping it in your office,
you rent a powerful computer/server in Amazon’s data center,
use it for as long as you need,
then turn it off when you are done.
You only pay for what you use.

What EC2 actually gives you

Amazon EC2 provides virtual machines called instances.
Compute
The virtual machine itself. This is the instance type that gives you CPU and memory.
Storage
The disks attached to the instance. Usually Amazon EBS for operating system and data.
Networking
The connectivity. This includes VPC, subnets, security groups, and IP addresses.
Each instance can have
CPU power
Memory RAM
Storage
Network

Benefits of using Amazon EC2

Fast to start

You can launch a server in minutes. No buying hardware and no waiting.

Pay only for what you use

You pay by the second or hour. Turn it off and you stop paying.

Scales easily

Need more power or more servers. Resize or add them instantly.

Very reliable

Runs in AWS data centers with built in redundancy and uptime.

Full control

You choose the OS, CPU, memory, storage, and network settings.

Secure by default

Security groups, firewalls, IAM, and encryption are built in.

Works with everything

Connects easily to databases, load balancers, storage, and monitoring tools.

Good for any workload

Web apps, databases, backups, testing, AI, and enterprise systems.

EC2 lets you run servers fast, safely, and only pay when you need them.

I will demonstrate how to install and configure Amazon EC2 instance with a step-by-step description.

Step 1. Create an AWS account

Step 2. Login to AWS portal, https://aws.amazon.com/console

Step 3. In the search bar, type ec2 and hit enter

Step 4. Click on Launch Instance

Step 5. Provide basic details Name and tags

Step 6. Under Application and OS Images, Under Quick Start select Ubuntu OS

Step 7. Create your key pair, I called mine MYLABKEY, this key will be use to generate an encrypted password for login.

Step 8. Keep the rest on default setting and click Launch.

Step 9. My Instance is installed. It took less than 5 minutes to initiate.

Step 10. Click on the ID this will take you to overview to see the newly deploy instance.

Step 11. We have to connect to our Ubuntu server

Hope this resource was helpful.

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Virtual Machine scale set

Freddie HOLMES — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:35:46 +0000

In #Azure specifically

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets are tightly integrated with Azure Load Balancer, Azure Autoscaling, Azure Monitor, and custom images. They support both Windows and Linux virtual machines.
A virtual machine scale set is a way to run many identical virtual machines automatically without managing each one. It grows when demand rises and shrinks when demand falls.
Steps
You create a template of how one virtual machine should look.
The scale set uses that template to create many copies.
A load balancer sends traffic to all machines.
When traffic increases, more machines are added.
When traffic drops, extra machines are removed.

A Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) is a group of identical, load-balanced Virtual Machines (VMs) that automatically scale based on demand.
I will use this guide to walks through the step-by-step process to create a VMSS using the Azure Portal.
Step 1: Sign in to the Azure Portal
Open your browser and go to Azure Portal.
Enter your Microsoft Azure credentials and Sign In.

Step 2: Create a Virtual Machine

Open Azure Portal, search virtual machine and hit enter

Click on +Create and choose virtual machine.
Create new Resource Group: Here I name mine scalesetVM-RG
Provide basic details, virtual machine name, Region, Availability option, Operating system:
Follow the screenshot to get exact details.

After virtual machine have been installed, let increase the login time-out from 4 minutes to 30 minutes so that we cannot be kick out why working.

Drag the to the end until it reach 30. Click on save.
We’re done with virtual machine creation.

Step 2: Create Azure Compute Gallery
In Azure portal, search bar, type Azure compute gallery hit enter
Follow the basic steps shown in the screenshot.

Click +Create

Under Project details, provide the Resource Group name, drop-down and select scalesetVM-RG
Provide instance name, select region, you can follow the screenshot step-by-step guide.
Click next
On the sharing Tab, select the first option Role Base Access, Control (RBAC)

Click #Review+Create#

Step 1.

Step 2. Provide basic details

Step 3. Click Review+Create

Step 1.

Now that we have created Azure Compute Gallery, navigate to virtual machine, click on the virtual machine name. Follow the screenshot below.

Step 2. Click on capture drop-down and click image

Provide basic details as shown in the screenshot.

Step 3.

Click Review+Create

Observe the VM will automatically stop/shutdown to begin creating the image
I captured the image of my virtual machine to deploy my virtual machine scale set (VMSS)

Let’s go ahead and create Virtual Machine scaleset
In Azure portal in the search bar, type virtual machine and hit enter
Click on the virtual machine name and expand it.

Step 1. Click +Create icon

Select Virtual machine scaleset
Under project details, drop-down and select Resource Group and choose scalesetVM-RG.
Give your scaleset a name: Azurevmscaleset
Under Orchestration mode: leave on flexible by default. I Follow the screenshot to complete the task. Click on Review+Create

Step 2. Provide basic details for our vmss, eg. Username, password, as shown below.

Step 3. Review+Create

Step 4. Click on Home and choose virtual machine to view our new scale set.

Let test our configuration to see if the newly deployed virtual machine scale set is deploying and ready to use.

From Azure Portal, in search bar, type virtual machine
Check and view our new virtual machine scaleset is ready.

Open the virtual machine scaleset.
Click on connect

Congratulation! We are done setting up VMSS (Virtual Machine Scaleset)

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Installing Ubuntu server for FTP service.

Freddie HOLMES — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:28:27 +0000

Cloud computing provides on demand access to computing resources such as servers, storage, databases, and applications over the internet. It enables scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency compared to traditional on premises infrastructure.

In Microsoft Azure, a Resource Group is a logical container that holds related resources for a solution. Virtual machines, databases, storage accounts, and networking components can all be grouped together, making it easier to manage, monitor, and apply policies. Resource groups support lifecycle management (deploy, update, delete), role based access control, and cost tracking.
For a VMware and Microsoft system administrator, resource groups in Azure are similar to organizing workloads in vSphere clusters or management folders. They provide structure and governance in the cloud, ensuring that applications and services are deployed consistently and securely while simplifying administration.

In our exercise, we will demonstrate how to configure FTP server and create resource group, storage account, virtual network, Network Security Group and associate with our virtual machine in a precise step.

Step 1. From the Azure portal home page, in the search box, enter

resource groups.

Step 2. Enter guided-project-rg in the Resource group name field.

Step 3. The Region field will automatically populate. Leave the default value.

Step 4. Select Review + create.

Step 5. Finally click Create to create a new Resource Group

Return to the home page of the Azure portal by selecting Home.

Next, Create a virtual network with one subnet
Let’s provision a virtual network.

Step 1. From the Azure portal home page, in the search box, enter virtual networks.

Step 2. Select virtual networks under services.

Step 3. Click + Create and select Virtual Network, provide the name you want to use and click Review+Create

Click on Go to Resource to see your Virtual network you just created.

Now, Let’s provision a Virtual Machine using Ubuntu operating system.

Create a virtual machine for our #Ubuntu system

Step 1. From the Azure portal home page, in the search box, enter virtual machines.

Step 2. Select virtual machines under services and click + Create as shown below

Step 3. Select Create and then select Virtual machine

Step 4. Select guided-project-rg for the Resource group.

Step 5. Enter guided-project-vm for the Virtual machine name.

Step 6. For the Image, select one of the Ubuntu Server options. (For example, Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS - x64 Gen2)

Step 7. Continue further on the Basics page to the Administrator account section.

Step 8. Select Password for authentication type.

Step 9. Enter azureuser for the admin Username.

Step 10. Enter a password for the admin account, I used #password123*

Confirm the password for the admin account.
Leave the rest of the settings as default settings. You can review the settings if you like, but shouldn’t change any.

Step 11. Select Review + create.

Our next exercise, I will be to creating a new storage account
In Azure portal,

Step 1. From the Azure portal home page, in the search box, enter Storage account.

Our Azure Admin has asked me to perform few task in our network. We currently have a new Linux server that’s being underutilized and we want to use it for FTP server. Our Azure Admin want to track network flows and resource utilization for the FTP server. We need to provision a new subnet for the required task.
Create a new subnet on an existing virtual network (vNet)

Step 1. Login to Microsoft Azure at https://portal.azure.com

Step 2. From the Azure portal home page, in the search box, enter virtual networks.

Step 3. Select virtual networks under services.

Step 4. Select the guided-project-vnet virtual network.

Step 5. From the guided-project-vnet blade, under settings, select Subnets.

Step 6. Select + Subnet.

Step 7. For Subnet purpose leave it as Default.

Step 8. For Name enter: ftpSubnet.

Step 9. Leave the rest of the settings alone and select Add.

Step 10. Select Home to return to the Azure portal home page.

This subnet is only going to be used for FTP traffic

Let’s create a network #security group and associate with our virtual network.

Step 1. From the Azure portal home page, in the search box, enter virtual networks.

Step 2. Select virtual networks under services.

Step 3. Select Network security groups.

Step 4. Select + Create.

Step 5. Verify the subscription is correct.

Step 6. Select the guided-project-rg resource group.

Step 7. Enter ftpNSG for the network security group name.

Step 8. Select Review + create.

Conclusion, we have finally provision our FTP server to handle incoming ftp traffic on our reserve Ubuntu VM server.

Next, I will scale this virtual machine to add additional Data disk to my VM.
Let’s go straight to Azure portal, search virtual machine and select
Step 1. Vertically scale Azure VM

Select Create and attach a new disk.
Leave LUN as default.
Enter ftp-data-disk for the Disk name.
Leave the Storage type as default.
Enter 20 for the Size.
Select Apply to create the new storage disk and attach the disk to the machine.

Our Finance team is concerned about cost for running 24 hrs service. Instead we need to implement auto shutdown at 17:50

Step 1. From the Azure portal home page, in the search box, enter virtual machines.
Select virtual machines under services.
Step 2. Select the guided-project-vm virtual machine.
Step 3. Under the Operations submenu, select Auto-shutdown.

set the Scheduled shutdown to 7:15:00 PM.
Select Save

Return to the Azure home page.

Create a storage container
From the search bar, Type Storage account
Under Data Storage
Select Container
Click + Add Container icon,
Enter the container name: Here I use Storage-Container,

Next, I will upload a file to my newly created container.
Select the container and click upload. Browse for the file and choose upload.

We’re going to change the access tier level.
Select the file I just uploaded and click on change access level.
Under Access tier,
Select cold and save,

Next let’s go ahead and Create a file share
Under Data Storage
Select file share
Click + File share
Enter the name, I am using file-share

On the backup Tab,
Uncheck Enable backup
Click Review+create

Let’s Create a shared access signature token
Select the storage browser, on your right hand, expand blob containers and select storage container.
On the far right, click the three dot … and choose generate SAS
Under Signing method
Ensure Account key is select and set to Key 1
Ensure allow protocol is set to: Http
Under Blob SAS Token
Copy the Blob SAS URL.

Next Let’s generate access key.
Uder Security+Networking
Select Access Keys,
Click on Rotate key,
You will receive a message from the above screenshot, click Yes.

After, Let’s Enable Tags for easy Resource identification.
We use tags to identity which resource is being use by which department in our organization.
Select Tags from your left-hand pane
Under Name:
Create both tags
Department, Purpose

Under value
Customer service, FTP Server
Click Apply

Add a resource lock to a VM to prevent accidental delete
Under settings, select Locks
Click +Add, give a lock name, I used VM-Delete-Lock on the Lock type drop-down and select Delete and click Ok. Users will not be able to delete resource unless the lock is removed by Administrator.

After proper configuration of our Azure Project, we want to saved cost by Removing Unwanted Resources.
We will remove locks and delete.
On your left hand pane, select locks.
Select VM-Delete-Lock and delete
Follow rest of the steps shown below and delete unwanted resources.

Delete the project resource group

Delete the NetworkWatcherRG

Conclusion, we have finally provision our FTP server to handle incoming ftp traffic on our reserve Ubuntu VM server.

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How to Add a Data Disk to a VM

Freddie HOLMES — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:16:52 +0000

Creating Virtual Machine and adding disks

In today’s demonstration I will provide a basic
Step-by-Step Guide to Adding a Data Disk to a VM

Let’s go ahead

Step 1: Access Your Virtual Machine in Azure

1️. Log in to the Azure Portal 👉 portal.azure.com

Navigate to Virtual Machines and select the VM where you want to add the disk.

Step 2: Attach a New Data Disk

In the VM settings, click on "Disks".
Click "Add Data Disk", then select "Create and Attach a New Disk".
Choose a Disk Name, Storage Type, and Size (GB).
Set the Disk Performance Tier (if applicable). Click "Save" to attach the disk to your VM.

Look for your newly vm you created,nov25vm click on it and proceed to next page.

#Next step: Under Settings, click disks as shown below.

Click on #+ Create and attach a new disk.
Select the Lun, here I chose 1.
Give your drive a name, mine is *testdisk.
*Apply**

Next, I will connect to my vm.
Go back in the search bar and type virtual machine.
Select your vm and choose connect. Click on *Download RDP file*

Provide username and password:

Step 3: Configure the Data Disk in the OS
After attaching the disk, you need to initialize and format it within the VM’s operating system.

🖥️ Windows VM Configuration

Connect to the VM using Remote Desktop (RDP).
Open Disk Management (*diskmgmt.msc*).
The new disk appears as Unallocated.
Right-click and select "Initialize Disk".

Use the #windows logo +R key together

+R type, diskmgmt.msc as shown below.

Select the #disk 2 and click OK

*Step 5. Choose GPT (recommended) or MBR as the partition style.
*Step 6. Right-click the unallocated space and select "New
Simple Volume".
*Step 7. Assign a drive letter, select NTFS as the file system, and format the disk.
*Step 8. Click "Finish" and confirm the disk is now ready for use.

Right click on 9.98 GB drive and select New Simple Volume as shown below.

Keep the default size shown below and click next.

Assign drive letter of your choice, I chose #F drive

Keep all settings on default and click next.

*Click Finish*.

Go to Windows Explorer to verify your newly drive is added successfully.

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How to create storage account and managed identity in Azure.

Freddie HOLMES — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:46:43 +0000

Our company wants us to create some restriction on the network.

From the diagram above we need to perform the following tasks to managed permissions using secrets keys and certificates.

Let’s follow the four steps to demonstrate the solutions.
In these four exercise’s, let’s go ahead and performs some demonstration.

Create the storage account and managed identity.
Secure access to the storage account with a key vault and key.
Configure the storage account to use the customer managed key in the key vault.
Configure a time-based retention policy and an encryption scope.

Create the storage account and managed identity

Step 1. Provide a storage account for the web app.
In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts.
Select + Create.
For Resource group select Create new. Give your resource group a name and select OK to save your changes.
Provide a Storage account name. Ensure the name is unique and meets the naming requirements.
Move to the Encryption tab.
Check the box for Enable infrastructure encryption.
Notice the warning, this option cannot be changed after this storage account is created.
Select Review + Create.
Wait for the resource to deploy.

Step 2. Provide a managed identity for the web app to use.
In Azure Portal search for and select Managed identities.
Select Create.
In the drop-down Select your resource group you created.eg
managedkedRG give your managed identity a name, let’ call
this managedkeygen.
Select Review and create, and then Create.

Step 3. Assign the correct permissions to the managed identity. The identity only needs to read and list containers and blobs
In Azure portal search for and select your storage account.
Select the Access Control (IAM) blade.
Select +Add role assignment.
On the Job functions roles page, search for and select the Storage Blob Data Reader role.
On the Members Tab, Assign access to, select Managed identity.
Select + Select members, in the Managed identity drop-down select User-assigned managed identity.
Select the managed identity you created in the previous step.
Click Select and then Review + assign the role.
Select Review + assign a second time to add the role assignment.
Your storage account can now be accessed by a managed identity with the Storage Data Blob Reader permissions. This configuration is key to safeguard sensitive company data.

Now let’s Secure access to the storage account with a key vault and key we created.
Step 1. To create the key vault and key needed for this part of the lab, your user account must have Key Vault Administrator permissions.
In the Azure Portal, search for and select Resource groups.
Select your resource group, and then the Access Control (IAM) blade.
Select Add role assignment (center of the page).
On the Job functions roles page, search for and select the Key Vault Administrator role.
On the Members page, select User, group, or service principal.
Select Select members.
Search for and select your user account. Your user account is shown in the top right of the portal.
Click Select and then Review + assign.
Select Review + assign a second time to add the role assignment.
You are now ready to continue with the lab.

Step 2. Create a key vault to store the access keys.
In the portal, search for and select Key vaults.
Select Create.
Select your resource group. In the drop-down select managedkeyRG
Provide the name for the key vault, Let’s call it securekeyvaults. The name must be unique.
Ensure on the Access configuration tab that Azure role-based access control (recommended) is selected.
Select Review + create.
Wait for the validation checks to complete and then select Create.
After the deployment, select Go to resource.
On the Overview blade ensure both Soft-delete and Purge protection are enabled.

Step 3. Create a customer-managed key in the key vault.
In Azure Portal search key vaults
In your key vault, in the Objects section, select the Keys blade.
Select Generate/Import and Name the key, here we will call it testkeygen.
Take the defaults for the rest of the parameters, and Create the key.

Configure the storage account to use the customer managed key in the key vault
Step 1. Before you can complete the next steps, you must assign the Key Vault Crypto Service Encryption User role to the managed identity.
In the portal, search for and select Resource groups.
Select your resource group, and then the Access Control (IAM) blade.
Select Add role assignment (center of the page).
On the Job functions roles page, search for and select the Key Vault Crypto Service Encryption User role.
On the Members page, select Managed identity.
Select Select members, in the Managed identity drop-down select User-assigned managed identity.
Select your managed identity.
Click Select and then Review + assign.
Select Review + assign a second time to add the role assignment.

Step 2. Configure the storage account to use the customer managed key in your key vault
Return to your storage account. (return to your storage account *typo on Microsoft learn Return to your the storage account)
In the Security + networking section, select the Encryption blade.
Select Customer-managed keys.
Select a key vault and key. Select your key vault and key.
Select to confirm your choices.
Ensure the Identity type is User-assigned.
Select an identity.
Select your managed identity then select Add.
Save your changes.
We never encountered an error, that means our configuration is good.

Configure a time-based retention policy and an encryption scope.
Step 1. The developers require a storage container where files can’t be modified, even by the administrator.
Navigate to your storage account. In the Data storage section, select the Containers blade.
Create a container called Bold. Take the defaults. Be sure to Create the container.
Upload a file to the container. Here we upload a file called Ai.jpeg
In the Settings section, select the Access policy blade.
In the Immutable blob storage section, select + Add policy.
For the Policy type, select time-based retention.
Set the Retention period to 5 days.
Be sure to Save your changes.
Try to delete the file in the container.
Verify you are notified failed to delete blobs due to policy.

Step 2. The developers require an encryption scope that enables infrastructure encryption.
Navigate back to your storage account.
In the Security + networking blade, select Encryption.
In the Encryption scopes tab, select Add.
Give your encryption scope a name. let’s call it fredscope
The Encryption type is Microsoft-managed key.
Set Infrastructure encryption to Enable.
Create the encryption scope.
Return to your storage account and create a new container.
Notice on the New container page, there is the Name and Public access level.
Notice in the Advanced section you can select the Encryption scope you created and apply it to all blobs in the container.

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Create and configure a storage account for Azure Files.

Freddie HOLMES — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:44:10 +0000

##Create and configure a storage account for Azure Files.

Overview: Azure Storage is a Microsoft-managed service providing cloud storage that is highly available, secure, durable, scalable, and redundant. Azure Storage includes Azure Blobs (objects), Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Files, Azure Queues, and Azure Tables.

In this applied skills exercise, I will demonstrate how to create a step by step guide in creating an #Azure storage account with a **** *globally unique name.
Step 1. Create a #storage account for the finance department’s shared files.
In the Azure *portal, search for and select *Storage accounts.
Select *+ Create.
For Resource group select Create new. Give your resource group a name, Let’s name it RG01 and select OK to save your changes.

Provide a Storage account name. Let’s use edmontonsa ensure the name meets the naming requirements.
Set the Performance to ****Premium.
Set the Premium account type to File shares.
Set the Redundancy to Zone-redundant storage. Our free subscription does not support zone-redundant storage so we used locally redundant storage (LRS)
Select Review and then Create the storage account.
Wait for the resource to deploy.
Select Go to resource.

We will Create and configure a file share with directory.
****Step 1. Create a file share for the corporate office
In the storage account, in the Data storage section, select the File shares blade.
Select + File share and provide a Name. Let’s name it myshare
Review the other options, take the defaults settings.
Select Create.

*Step 2. Add a directory to the file share for the finance department. For future testing, upload a file.
Select your file share and select *+ Add directory.
Name the new directory finance.
Select *Browse and then select the *finance directory.
Notice you can Add directory to further organize your file share.
Upload a file of your choosing.

Configure and test snapshots.
Step 1. Similar to blob storage, you need to protect against accidental deletion of files. You decide to use snapshots.
Select your file share.
In the Operations section, select the Snapshots blade.
Select *+ Add snapshot. The comment is optional. *Select OK.
Select your snapshot and verify your file directory and uploaded file are included.

Step 2. Practice using snapshots to restore a file.
Return to your *file share.
*Browse to your file directory.
Locate your *uploaded file and in the Properties, pane select *Delete. Select Yes to confirm the deletion.
Select the *Snapshots blade and then select your snapshot.
Navigate to the file you want to *restore,
Select the file and the select Restore.
Provide a Restored file name.
Verify your file directory has the restored file.

*Configure restricting storage access to selected virtual networks.
Step 1. This tasks in this section require a virtual network with subnet. In a production environment these resources would already be created.
Search for and select *Virtual networks.
Select Create. Select your resource group. and give the virtual network a name, *vnetlab01
Take the defaults for other parameters, select Review + create, and then Create.
Wait for the resource to deploy.
Select *Go to resource.

In the Settings section, select the *Subnets blade.
Select the default *subnet.
In the Service endpoints section choose Microsoft.Storage in the Services drop-down.
Do not make any other changes.
Be sure to Save your changes.

Step 2. The *storage account should only be accessed from the virtual network you just created
Return to your file’s storage account.
In the *Security + networking section, select the ****Networking blade.

In the *Virtual networks section, select *Add existing virtual network.
Select your ****virtual network and subnet, select Add.

Be sure to ****Save your changes. Always save your work after creating.

Select the *Storage browser and navigate to your *file share.
Verify the display ****“message not authorized to perform this operation”. You are not connecting from the virtual network.

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-AZURE BLOB STORAGE-

Freddie HOLMES — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:34:20 +0000

In every institution, we need to save guide company’ files and documents. That means, we need to have a dedicated shared storage in a high availability and safe zone where users can have access at any given time.

Let’s discuss what Azure storage is: Azure Blob Storage?
Azure Blob Storage is Microsoft’s cloud-based object storage solution designed to store massive amounts of unstructured data such as text, images, videos, and backups.

In short, Azure Blob Storage is the backbone for storing and managing unstructured data in the cloud, making it essential for modern applications that require scalability, durability, and global accessibility.

🌐 What Azure Blob Storage Is and what it does
Object storage solution: Stores data as "blobs" (Binary Large Objects) rather than in traditional file hierarchies.
Unstructured data support: Ideal for data without a fixed schema, like multimedia files, logs, or backups.
Cloud-native accessibility: Data can be accessed from anywhere in the world using REST APIs, SDKs, or Azure Portal.

📂 Here are Key Use Cases
Serving images or documents directly to browsers.
Streaming video and audio for applications.
Backup and disaster recovery to ensure business continuity.
Data archiving for compliance or long-term storage.
Analytics integration with Azure services or on-premises systems

🔒 Here are Key Benefits
Scalability: Handles petabytes of data seamlessly.
Cost-effectiveness: Multiple storage tiers (Hot, Cool, Archive) to optimize cost vs. performance.
Security: Supports encryption, role-based access control, and shared access signatures.
Integration: Works smoothly with Azure Data Lake, analytics, and machine learning services.

In today’s exercise: We will demonstrate how to Create Azure *Resource *Group (RG) and Azure Storage Account in Azure portal and sets policies on each resource.
Let’s begin.
Open Azure portal https://portal.azure.com/?l=en.en-gb#home
Step 1. Create and deploy a resource group to hold all your project resources.
In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups.

Give your resource group a name. For example, *newworldRG.
Select a *region. Use this region throughout the project. Ours is East Canada region.
Select Review and create to validate the resource group.
Select Create to **deploy **the resource group.

Step 2. Create and deploy a storage account to support testing and training.
In the Azure portal, search for and select Storage accounts.
Select + Create.
On the Basics tab, In the drop down select your Resource group.
Provide a Storage account name. For example, newworldsa. The storage account name must be globally unique in Azure. For example, you can not use another storage account with this same name.
Set the Performance to Standard.
Select Review, and then Create.

Now Let’s Perform and Configure simple settings in Azure storage account.
Since we are using Free subscription our solution in this exercise doesn’t require high availability or durability. A lowest cost storage solution is desired for testing purposes. Always ensure to delete object, for example Resource Group, Storage Account, Virtual Machine before the day ends. Doing so would allows your Free subscription not to get charged.
Step 1. Configure simple settings in the storage account.
In your *storage account, in the Data management section, select the *Redundancy blade.
Select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the ****Redundancy drop-down.
Be sure to Save your changes.
Refresh the page and notice the content only exists in the primary location. Automatically the secondary location disappears from the location and on the geographical map.

Step 2. Allow the storage account to accept requests from secure connections.

In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.
Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled.

Step 3. Our *Developers would like the *storage *account to use at least TLS version 1.2
In the *Settings section, select the ****Configuration blade.
Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2.

Step 4. Until the storage is needed again, disable requests to the storage account

In the *Settings section, select the *Configuration blade.
Ensure Allow storage account key access is Disabled.
Be sure to Save your changes.

Step 5. Ensure the storage account allows public access from all networks.
In the *Security + networking section, select the *Networking blade.
Ensure ****Public network access is set to Enabled from all networks.
Be sure to Save your changes.

Our company website supplies product images, videos, marketing literature, and customer success stories. Customers are located worldwide and demand is rapidly expanding. The content is mission-critical and requires low latency load times. It’s important to keep track of the document versions and to quickly restore documents if they’re deleted.
From the Architecture diagram

In our next topic, we will demonstrate how to perform create Public website, Storage account and Container backups and snapshot in Azure.

Create a storage account with high availability.
Step 1. **Create a storage account to support the public website.
In the **portal, search for and select *Storage accounts.
Select *+ Create.
For resource group select new name it **publicwebsiteRG. Give your resource group a name and select OK.
Set the Storage account name to **publicwebsiite. If the name is already taken, use another name. Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier. Take the defaults for other settings.
Select Review and then Create.
Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to resource.

Step 2. This storage requires high availability if there’s a regional outage. Additionally, enable read access to the secondary region,
In the storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.
Ensure Read-access Geo-redundant storage is selected.
Review the primary and secondary location information.

Step 3. Information on the public website should be accessible without requiring

customers to login.
In the ****storage account, in the Settings section, select the **Configuration blade.
Ensure the Allow blob anonymous access setting is **Enabled.
Be sure to Save your changes.

In this exercise let’s Create a blob storage container with anonymous read access
The *public website has various images and documents. Create a blob storage container for the content.
Step 1. In your **storage account, in the Data storage section, select the *Containers blade.
Select *+ Container.
Ensure the Name of the container is **public.
Select *Create.

Step 2. Customers should be able to view the images without being authenticated. Configure anonymous read access for the public container blobs.

Select your **public container.
On the Overview blade, select Change access level.
Ensure the Public access level is Blob (anonymous read access for blobs only). You will encounter (anonymous access to this container is being block because anonymous access on storage account is disabled). Go back to storage account and select **publicwebsiite, On Data Storage, select container, click on public

Change access level from private to Blob (anonymous read access only)
Select OK.

Let’s perform a test Practice uploading files and testing access

Step 1. For testing, upload a file to the public container. The type of file doesn’t matter. A small image or text file is a good choice.
In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts.
Select and open **publicwebsiite **Storage account.
Ensure **public is listed.
Select **Upload.
Browse to files and select a file. Browse to a file of your choice.
Select **Upload.
Close the **upload window, Refresh the page and ensure your file was uploaded.

Configure soft delete
Step 1. It’s important that the website documents can be restored if accidental deleted. Configure blob soft delete for 21 days.
Go to the Overview blade of the storage account.
On the Properties page, locate the Blob service section.
Select the Blob soft delete setting.
Ensure the Enable soft delete for blobs is checked.
Change the Keep deleted blobs for (in days setting is 21.
Notice you can also Enable soft delete for containers.
Don’t forget to Save your changes.

Step 2. If something gets deleted, you need to practice using soft delete to restore the files.
Navigate to your container where you uploaded a file, ours is public.
Select the file you uploaded and then select Delete.
Select OK to confirm deleting the file. On the container Overview page, toggle the slider Show deleted blobs. The toggle is the right of the search box scroll to the end and click the … icon.
Select your deleted file, and use the ellipses on the far right, to **Undelete the file. Refresh the container and confirm the file has been restored.

In our next exercise, let’s Configure blob versioning
Step 1. It’s important to keep track of the different website product document versions
Go to the Overview blade of the storage account.
In the Properties section, locate the Blob service section.
Select the Versioning setting.
Ensure the Enable versioning for blobs checkbox is checked.
Notice your options to keep all versions or delete versions after.
Don’t forget to Save your changes.

Finally
Step 2. As you have time, perform some experiment with restoring previous blob versions.
Upload another version of your container file. This overwrites your existing file.
Your previous file version is listed on Show deleted blobs page.

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How to Deploy AWS ELASTIC BEANSTALK

How to build Azure App service step by step.

What it means in simple terms

What you can host on Azure App Service

Supported languages and frameworks

Here are some Key features

In Most Common real world use cases

Step 1. Login to Azure portal #https://portal.azure.com/#home

Step 2#. Click + Create and choose Web App

Step 3. Under subscription>>>>>>Resource Group>>>>I click on create new to create my Resource Group name webapp01-RG.

Step 4. Notice my deployment is in progress

Step 5. Deployment is complete, next thing I need to click on go to resource and click on the webapp01 shown below.

Step 6. I need to copy the link of my newly deployed webapp to test in a browser by pasting the link.

Step 7. Next step is to edit the root file and create our coding to make my website fully operational. Click on webapp01 it will open.

Step 8. Now I will make some important changes to our newly webapp. On the Tab, select Debug tool and select >>>Powershell

Step 9. Expand>>> site>>>

Step 10. I Edited the file to create application for my children to spend time learning mathematics and crossword game.

Step 11. My application is build and running. My children can spend time practicing calculation and subtraction.

Amazon EC2 Instance Installation.

Amazon EC2 stands for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

What EC2 actually gives you

Benefits of using Amazon EC2

Fast to start

Pay only for what you use

Scales easily

Very reliable

Full control

Secure by default

Works with everything

Good for any workload

Step 1. Create an AWS account

Step 2. Login to AWS portal, https://aws.amazon.com/console

Step 3. In the search bar, type ec2 and hit enter

Step 4. Click on Launch Instance

Step 5. Provide basic details Name and tags

Step 6. Under Application and OS Images, Under Quick Start select Ubuntu OS

Step 7. Create your key pair, I called mine MYLABKEY, this key will be use to generate an encrypted password for login.

Step 8. Keep the rest on default setting and click Launch.

Step 9. My Instance is installed. It took less than 5 minutes to initiate.

Step 10. Click on the ID this will take you to overview to see the newly deploy instance.

Step 11. We have to connect to our Ubuntu server

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In #Azure specifically

Step 2: Create a Virtual Machine

Click +Create

Step 1.

Step 2. Provide basic details

Step 3. Click Review+Create

Step 1.

Step 2. Click on capture drop-down and click image

Step 3.

Step 1. Click +Create icon

Step 2. Provide basic details for our vmss, eg. Username, password, as shown below.

Step 3. Review+Create

Step 4. Click on Home and choose virtual machine to view our new scale set.

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