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How to create a virtual machine in Azure

With the Azure CLI, you can use the az vm create command to create a virtual machine

RESOURCE_GROUP="myResourceGroup"
LOCATION=eastus
VM_NAME=myVM
VM_IMAGE=Ubuntu2204
VM_SIZE=Standard_B1s
VM_ADMIN_USERNAME=username
VM_ADMIN_PASSWORD=Password@000
az vm create \
  --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP \
  --name $VM_NAME \
  --image $VM_IMAGE \
  --size $VM_SIZE \
  --admin-username $VM_ADMIN_USERNAME \
  --admin-password $VM_ADMIN_PASSWORD

And this will be the result if everything goes right

{
  "fqdns": "",
  "id": "/subscriptions/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
  "location": "eastus",
  "macAddress": "00-00-00-00-00-00",
  "powerState": "VM running",
  "privateIpAddress": "10.0.0.4",
  "publicIpAddress": "40.50.60.70",
  "resourceGroup": "myResourceGroup",
  "zones": ""
}

For more details, click on the link below to access the official documentation

az vm