1. Linux on Windows Azure
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3. *Image provided by OpenLogic based on CentOS 6.3
**Integration Work will be needed

4. Our partners allow you to easily create images:
Customize and mange Images or your own with :
• Opscode: Chef
• Canonical: Juju
• ScaleXtreme
• RightScale
• Bitnami

5. Linux as a first class citizen in Azure
We will focus mainly on Enterprises and ISVs
but will also reach out to the community
Open Sourcing critical components
Documenting API
We will offer both Community and Commercial
Distributions
You will be able to buy support for the
commercial distributions (GA only)

7. Persistent OS Disk
…and highly durable

8. Persistent OS Disk
…and highly durable

10. Linux
IC
SSH
Keys
Drivers
WA Linux Agent
Certs
Windows Setup

11. Data Disk
Data
ICs
OS
Customer’s
Storage
Account
OS Disk
Stock
Images
Partner Repository
ISO
Cache
Linux Agent
VM
Unattend
Provisioning
Repository
HyperVisor
Storage API
Add Server


Hostname
Password
 …
Portal (API)

12. Windows Azure Linux Agent
Service Management API
Windows Azure
provided DNS
Host1
Host2
VM
HV1
HV2

15. Lowest barrier of entry
Leverage portal to:

16. Easily Customize a partner image
Currently Only SUSE

17. Tool Based Provisioning
Azure Storage
Customer Personal
Image Repository
VHD
VHD
VHD
Service Management API
P
O
R
T
A
L
Customer Storage
Account
VM
VM2

18. Expert Customers that want to tweak
,Customize, create images based on supported*
distributions
Customer will

20. Microsoft
developers
LIS for Hyper-V
Linux community
MS
download
center
Customer installs LIS Support issues
flow in reverse
direction
Customer
Linux distro w/LIS
servers
w/HyperV
Linux
kernel
main
Distro vendors
....

21. Distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
CentOS
Version
LIS Availability
5.7, 5.8, 6.0-6.3
Download LIS from Microsoft
5.9, 5.10, 6.4
LIS built-in and certified by Red Hat
11 SP2, SP3
LIS built-in
5.7, 5.8, 6.0-6.3
Download LIS from Microsoft
5.9, 5.10, 6.4
LIS built-in
Ubuntu Server
12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10 LIS built-in
Debian
7.0
LIS built-in
Oracle Linux
6.4
LIS built-in

22. Bring Your Own Linux
XStore
Customer Personal
Image Repository
VHD
VHD
Service Management API
Customer Storage
Account
VHD
P
O
R
T
A
L
VM

23. Partner Makes Image Available
Customer Consumes Partner Image

25. Create Image
Register as a partner
Publish Image
Support that image*

26. Creating a Partner Supported Image
Partner Personal
Storage Account
VHD
VHD
Partner Registration
Azure Platform
Customer VM
Customer Personal
Storage Account

27. Use a Supported Distribution
Create an experience to allow customers to create VHDs

28. Or

29. Platform Image Repository
VHD
VHD
Customer Personal
Storage Account
VHD
Azure Platform
Customer VM

31. •
Two Types of Persistent Disks:
•
Local Resources
•
Right tool for the Job

32. •
Deployment fails
•
BYOL
•
Cannot login to VM:

33. •
Creating a Linux VM:
•
How to test locally
•
What you cannot test locally

34. •
Backup
•
Failed VM
•
Request help

35. What can Azure support see and do

36. 36

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