SCMP 318 – Linux VM Setup

Homework

Goal

To get a working Linux VM on Microsoft Azure for class labs

Steps

1. Create a free account with $200 credit here: Azure Free Account
2. Follow the steps in this tutorial: Create a Linux virtual machine in Azure to create your own free Linux VM.
3. Login into you VM on your laptop:
   1. If you are using windows you will need to have Power Shell and SSH install to log into your machine: Windows SSH setup
   2. If you are on Mac OS you will need to use SSH in the Mac OS terminal: Mac OS SSH
4. Create an account for me on your system (so I can grade yours work and help you with you machine). You will need to make my user a “sudoer” so that I can fully interact with your machine:
5. Create a sudo linux account: link
6. You should create the user “skon” with the password being your student id, e.g. Snnnnnn.
7. Turn in:
   1. My username and passer (e.g. you student ID)
   2. The IP address of your machine
   3. A screen shot of your Azure (example below)