Deploy, Connect, Automate Setting Up Ubuntu VM and Terraform on Azure

Task 1: Create an Ubuntu VM in Azure:

1. Sign in to the Azure Portal.
2. Select the “Create a resource” option

3. Select the “Virtual Machine” option

4. Fill in details like resource group, VM name, region, authentication method (SSH key or password), and public IP and click on “Review and create”.

5. Once click on “Create”, It asks for “Generate new key pair”.
6. Click on “Download private key and create resource”.

1. 7. Now Go to resource and overview the configuration.

Task 2: Connect Ubuntu VM with PuTTY:

1. Search for PuTTYgen software on your laptop. If not installed already, download and install the latest puTTYgen package from https://www.puttygen.com/. Open puTTYgen

2. In PuTTYgen Configuration window, click Generate, and start moving the mouse within the Window

3. Click the Load, to load private key (i.e terraform-server_key.pem)

4. Click the “Save private key” and select “Yes” and save >ppk file with new name (i.e terraform-server_key.ppk)

5. Close the window and Search for PuTTY software on your laptop. If not installed already, download and install the latest putty package from https://www.putty.org/. Open puTTY

6. In PuTTY Configuration window, Paste your Public IP or Public DNS in the Hostname (or IP Address) field.
7. Then expand the SSH section and select Auth, click on the Browse button to select your downloaded private key file, and click on open

8. Click Accept on the PuTTY Security Alert window

9. Login as the ubuntu user

Task 3: Install Terraform on Azure VM:

1. Follow the below steps to install Terraform.

2. Once Terraform is installed, verify the version.

3. Now install Azure CLI and Authenticate Azure account

To sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and enter the code E2CFEUZNG to authenticate.

**click on link to open it in browser and paste code written here to authenticate

4. Verify Azure CLI Installation

You have successfully created an Ubuntu VM on Azure, connected to it using PuTTY, and installed Terraform along with the Azure CLI. You can now use this setup to manage your infrastructure with Terraform and Azure. Happy automating!

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