Deploys Photon OS 3.0 GA in Azure

photon-azure.sh

#!/bin/sh

#
# This script deploys a custom Photon 3.0 GA VHD to Azure and starts a VM
# See https://dev.to/bureado/getting-started-with-photon-os-on-azure-32h8 for more.
#
# Usage: ./script.sh photon.vhd
#

set -x
set -e

# Adjust as needed (STORAGE needs to be globally unique)
GROUP=photon-rg
STORAGE=phrg999
LOCATION=southcentralus
VM_NAME=photon-vm

# Optional settings
STORAGE_CONTAINER=vhds
IMAGE_PATH=$1
IMAGE_NAME=`basename $IMAGE_PATH`

# Create the workspaces
az group create -n $GROUP -l $LOCATION
az storage account create -n $STORAGE -g $GROUP
CONNST=`az storage account show-connection-string -o tsv -n $STORAGE -g $GROUP`
az storage container create --connection-string $CONNST --name $STORAGE_CONTAINER

# Upload VHD
az storage blob upload --connection-string $CONNST --name $IMAGE_NAME --file $IMAGE_PATH --container $STORAGE_CONTAINER

# Create VM
az vm create -n $VM_NAME -g $GROUP --os-type linux --image https://$STORAGE.blob.core.windows.net/$STORAGE_CONTAINER/$IMAGE_NAME --use-unmanaged-disk --storage-account $STORAGE