Create an Ubuntu 18.04 VM in Azure and provision it with the Azure CLI, Moby and the Azure IoT Edge Runtime using Cloud-Init

cloud-init-azmobyedge-bionic.yaml

#cloud-config
apt_sources:
   - source: "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ bionic main"
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   - source: "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod bionic main"
package_upgrade: true
packages:
  - apt-transport-https
  - ca-certificates
  - curl
  - software-properties-common
  - moby-engine
  - moby-cli
  - azure-cli
runcmd:
  - usermod -aG docker hacker
  - az extension add --name azure-cli-iot-ext
  - apt-get install iotedge -y

createvm-azmobyedge-bionic.sh

# You need to have the Azure CLI installed on your machine.  You can get it from here:
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest
#
# This script can be run on Linux, Mac OS, or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
#
# ensure you are logged into the azure cli
# az login
#
# ensure you are using the desired subscription
# az account list
# az account set
# az account show
#
# Set these variables to your desires
resourceGroupName=ohtsanramon-RG-VMs
location=westus
vmName=edgevm
userName=hacker
password=P@ssw1rd1234
#
# Optionally set these variables 
# You can get an up to date list of available ubuntu images by running
# az vm image list -p Canonical --all -o table
#
# And make sure you have the .yaml file downloaded.
# You can get it from here:
# https://gist.github.com/BretStateham/4703e5fdedd5301dd1bb30a951cc06cb/raw/dedf4e2acdfaec6e56b90934cecb37693e6d7818/cloud-init-azmobyedge-bionic.yaml
# 
ubuntuImage=Canonical:UbuntuServer:18.04-LTS:18.04.201809110
cloudInitPath=cloud-init-azmobyedge-bionic.yaml

az group create -n $resourceGroupName -l $location
az vm create -n $vmName -g $resourceGroupName --image $ubuntuImage --authentication-type password --admin-username $userName --admin-password $password --custom-data $cloudInitPath
ipAddress=$(az vm list-ip-addresses -g ohtsanramon-RG-VMs -n edgevm --query [0].virtualMachine.network.publicIpAddresses[0].ipAddress -o tsv)

echo
echo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo
echo Your VM has been created with these options:
echo 
echo Resource Group: $resourceGroupName
echo Location:       $location
echo VM Name:        $vmName
echo IP Address:     $ipAddress
echo User Name:      $userName
echo Password:       $password
echo Ubuntu Image:   $ubuntuImage
echo 
echo
echo Please wait a few minutes before attaching to allow the installations of the Azure CLI, Moby and the IoT Edge Runtime to complete.
echo
echo You will need to edit the /etc/iotedge/config.yaml file to configure your iotedge device connection
echo See the following page for more details:
echo https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-install-iot-edge-linux#option-1-manual-provisioning
echo
echo You can ssh into your vm using:
echo
echo ssh $userName@$ipAddress
echo
echo With the password:
echo 
echo $password
echo
echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo

Great gist - thanks for sharing!

The apt-get list can now be simplified with the following:

#cloud-config
apt_sources:
- source: "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ bionic main"
  keyid: BC528686B50D79E339D3721CEB3E94ADBE1229CF
- source: "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod bionic main"
  keyid: EB3E94ADBE1229CF

package_upgrade: true

packages:
- apt-transport-https
- ca-certificates
- curl
- lsb-release 
- gnupg
- azure-cli

For anybody who also find this.
This is my cloud-config for ubuntu 22

#cloud-config
apt:
  sources:
    az.list:
      source: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli $RELEASE main
      keyid: BC528686B50D79E339D3721CEB3E94ADBE1229CF
    docker.list:
      source: deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $RELEASE stable
      keyid: 9DC858229FC7DD38854AE2D88D81803C0EBFCD88
    ubunut-ms.list:
      source: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/22.04/prod $RELEASE main
      keyid: BC528686B50D79E339D3721CEB3E94ADBE1229CF

packages:
  - azure-cli
  - docker-ce
  - docker-ce-cli
  - powershell
  - unzip # required for TerraformInstaller task