Working with Ubuntu Server on Azure

Introduction

Hello everyone in this article I’m going to show you how to install Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS on Microsoft Azure and how to access Ubuntu Server using Putty. There are several methods to access our Ubuntu server trough third party software, in this demo we will learn how to access our Azure Ubuntu Server using Putty Software. You can download Putty software from https://www.putty.org/.

Let’s Install our Ubuntu Server in Azure

Step 1

 Log into your Azure portal using https://portal.azure.com/.

In the dashboard, choose to create a resource and Select "Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS".

Step 2

In the Create a virtual machine wizard, select the Resource Group, Virtual Machine Name, Region and Operating System Image that you want to install. 

Step 3

 In the Virtual Machine Size part, we can change the virtual machine size as per our budget, so click the Change Size link.

Step 4

In the Size Option you can select the cost and VM size as for your requirement, in this demo we can select B2s VM, after choosing the size click “Select”.

Step 5

In the Administrator Part, you can find the authentication type option by default it’s SSH public key, you can change as “Password”, and then enter your Username and Password.

Inbound Port Rules we need to select how we going to access our virtual machine, so select Allow Selected Port, in the Select Inbound Port Select SSH (22), if you want you can select RDP (3389) and then Click Next.

Step 6

In the Disks part, we can select OS disk type like SSD or HDD, normally Premium SSD is the default, so click Next for Network Configuration.

Step 7

 In the Networking section we can select our Virtual Network, Subnet and Inbound Ports, after selecting we can skip Management, Advance and Tag steps, so Click Review + Create.

Step 8

Now our validation passed, so we can deploy our Ubuntu Virtual Machine, so Click Create.

Step 9

Yes, our deployment is completed, now we can access our server, so click Go to resource.

Step 10

 In our SL-Ubuntu Virtual Machine, we can find our Computer name, and our Public IP (13.90.57.119) and Private IP (10.0.0.4), so Click Connect.

Step 11

 In the Connect to virtual machine window we can find our Remote login information, so we can open our Putty Software and Enter the Public IP Address and Click Open. If you want to access our Ubuntu Server using SSH at this movement we can’t login, because we don’t create SSH public Key.

Step 12

 Yes, Now we can enter our Login Information so enter your User Name and Password. 

Step 13

 Now we can verify our Ubuntu Server’s IP information using ifconfig command. Yes, we successfully deployed, and access our Ubuntu Server.

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Configuring Static IP Address in Azure Virtual Machine

In this blog I'm going to show you how to configure Static IP Address in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine, Normally all virtual machines are assigned IP address dynamically but for the server configuration needs to assign Statically.

1. In the Azure Portal Select your Virtual Machine, in this demo I'm selecting my server named Domain.

2. On the Server Page Click Networking.

3. On the Networking Page Select Network Interface: domain475. 

4. On the Domain475 Select IP configuration and then click your Ipconfig1 It's 172.16.1.5 (Dynamic)

5.In the Ipconfig1 page Select Dynamic to Static under the Private IP address settings, and then click Save.

6. Now you can check your server IP is 172.16.1.5 (Static).

Cloud Backup Service using Azure!

In this blog i'm going to show you how to configure Cloud Backup service using Microsoft Azure.

1. On the Azure Portal Click + Create Resource and then Storage and then Click Backup and Site Recovery (OMS).

 2. On the Recovery Service Vault Enter your backup Name and Resource group and then click Create. 

3. On the Dashboard Select your Recovery Service Vault on my dashboard I'm selecting my Recovery Service Vault Local-Server. 

4. In this window you can find the Usage, Back up information, at the movement I don't create any Backup Service, so i'm going to Click +Backup

5. On the Backup Goal window you need to select your running workloads if your workloads running in Azure you can select Azure or you can select On-Premise, and then need to select what do you want to backup. After selecting Click Prepare Infrastructure.

6. On the Prepare infrastructure window you can download Recovery Service Agent, If you already download the Recovery Service Vault just skip the download and Check the Already downloaded, at the movement I don't download the Recovery Service Vault  so just i click Download Agent for Windows Server or Windows Client.

7. After downloading tick the Checkbox that Already downloaded or using the latest Recovery Service Agent and Click Download. 

8. Open your file explorer and then Install the MARSAgentInstaller.

9. In the Proxy Configuration just click Next or if you have Proxy settings then you can enter the Proxy Information.

10. Microsoft Update Opt-In you can select Update or just skip the Update, and click Next, and then click Install. 

11. After Installing Click Proceed to Registration.

12. On the Vault Identification Wizard Browse your Vault Credentials, and Select the Credentials and Open.

13. After Validating you need to enter the Encryption Password and select the storage location for the password setting, and then click Finish.

14. After registering the service make sure the Launch Microsoft Azure Recover Service Agent Checkbox selected, If it's not you can select and close, or you can search Microsoft Azure Backup in the Start menu.

15. On the Microsoft Azure Backup Window you need to create the Schedule Backup

16. On the Select Items to back up window you can Add Items that you want in this demo i'm selecting Doc folder in my Desktop.

17. On the Schedule window you can select Day or Week, for this demo i select Week and My backup time is 11:30 AM and Sunday.

18. In the Choose Initial Back Type you can select Automatically over the network, if you want to save your local backup and cloud backup you can choose Offline Backup,  and then click Next and Finish. 

19. Now the backup is progress.

20. The backup successfully done.

DDoS Protection Service in Azure Environment

Hello everyone today I'm going to explain you how to protect our Azure Environment in DDoS Attack.

This Demo for New Virtual Network

Step 1: Log in to your portal.azure.com and enter your User Name and Password.

Step 2: Click Virtual Network and then Click  +Add, and enter the following Information, and in the DDoS Protection Click Basic or Standard, and Click Create.

For existing Virtual Network Environment.

Step 1: Log in to your Azure portal, and select your existing switch.

Step 2: Click DDoS Protection in the left side.

Step 3: Select Protection option and Save.