Azure Virtual Machines let you deploy a wide range of computing solutions in an agile way. Deploy a virtual machine nearly instantly and pay by the minute. Scale from one to thousands of virtual machine instances. Built in virtual networking and load balancing available.
Prerequisites
You will learn
- Create Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machine
- Configure IIS Server
- Host Web page on Azure Virtual Machine
Create Virtual Machine
Step 1: Navigate to Azure Classic Portal & sign in using Azure Subscription credentials.
Step 2: Select “Virtual Machine” option & click on “CREATE A VIRTUAL MACHINE” (if no VM available).
New, Compute, Virtual Machine, Quick Create, then enter vm details
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Enter VM details like DNS Name, Image, Size, Username & Password, Region,
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Wait for a few minutes to configure all vm options.
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Step 3: Select VM & click on “Connect” option,
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One .rdp file will download,
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Click on Connect button,
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Enter VM Username & Password,
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Windows certificate will open & click on Yes button.
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Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter ready,
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Configure IIS Server
Step 4: Start Server Manager,
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Select “Add roles and features” option,
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Choose first option “Role-based or feature-based installation”
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In Server Roles please add “Application Server” & Web Server(IIS)
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Choose IIS 6 options
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Wait for Installation
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Close the window
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Step 5: Open notepad & add below codes:
- <html>
- <title> Microsoft Azure </title>
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- <body>
- <h1>Azure VM - Windows Server 2012 </h1> </body>
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- </html>
Save it inside wwwroot folder,
C:\inetpub\wwwroot
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.html
Change Save as type to “All Files”.
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Step 6: Now again open Management Portal & select VM’s endpoints tab
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Click on ADD button
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Choose “HTTP” from dropdown menu
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Now run the DNS name in another browser or in another tab.
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Congratulations! You have successfully configured IIS on Microsoft Azure.