Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure

After completing this learning path, students will be able to:

• Create a virtual machine (VM)
• Configure and attach virtual hard drives (VHDs) to an existing VM
• Determine whether you need premium disks
• Resize disks for a VM
• Understand which monitoring data you need to collect from your VM.
• Enable and view recommended alerts and diagnostics.
• Use Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host metrics data.
• Use Azure Monitor Agent to collect VM client performance metrics and event logs.
• Create a virtual machine with the Azure CLI.
• Resize virtual machines with the Azure CLI.
• Perform basic management tasks using the Azure CLI.
• Connect to a running VM with SSH and the Azure CLI.
• Identify storage for file shares versus blob data.
• Configure Azure file shares and file share snapshots.
• Identify features and use cases of Azure File Sync.
• Identify Azure File Sync components and configuration steps.
• Copy and move blobs between Azure Storage accounts using the AzCopy tool.

• Experience using the Azure portal and CLI to create resources.
• Familiarity with identity management and role-based access control.
• Experience creating and configuring Azure virtual machines.
• Working knowledge of administering operating systems based on the Linux kernel.

Configure virtual machines

• Introduction
• Review cloud services responsibilities
• Plan virtual machines
• Determine virtual machine sizing
• Determine virtual machine storage
• Create virtual machines in the Azure porta
• Connect to virtual machines
• Interactive lab simulation

Add and size disks in Azure virtual machines

• Introduction
• Understand storage options for virtual machines (VMs)
• Exercise - Add a data disk to a VM
• Determine whether to use premium storage
• Resize virtual machine disks
• Exercise - Resize a VM disk

Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor

• Introduction
• Monitoring for Azure VMs
• Monitor VM host data
• Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics
• Collect client performance counters by using VM insights
• Collect VM client event logs

Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup

• Introduction
• Azure Backup features and scenarios
• Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
• Exercise - Back up an Azure virtual machine
• Restore virtual machine data
• Exercise - Restore Azure virtual machine data

Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI

• What is the Azure CLI?
• Exercise - Create a virtual machine
• Exercise - Test your new virtual machine
• Exercise - Explore other VM images
• Exercise - Sizing VMs properly
• Exercise - Query system and runtime information about the VM
• Exercise - Start and stop your VM with the Azure CLI
• Exercise - Install software on your VM

Implement access management for Azure resources

• Introduction
• Assign Azure roles
• Configure custom Azure roles
• Create and configure managed identities
• Access Azure resources with managed identities
• Analyze Azure role permissions
• Configure Azure Key Vault RBAC policies
• Retrieve objects from Azure Key Vault
• Explore Microsoft Entra Permissions Management

Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync

• Introduction
• Compare storage for file shares and blob data
• Manage Azure file shares
• Create file share snapshots
• Implement soft delete for Azure Files
• Use Azure Storage Explorer
• Deploy Azure File Sync

Copy and move blobs from one container or storage account to another using the AzCopy command

• Introduction
• Move Azure Storage blobs using AzCopy
• Exercise - Move Azure Storage blobs using AzCopy

Guided Project: Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure

• Introduction
• Exercise - Create and configure Linux virtual machines
• Exercise - Monitor virtual machines
• Exercise - Configure storage for virtual machines
• Exercise - Back up virtual machines