Docker Cookbook

8.4 Starting a Docker Host on Microsoft Azure | 241

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data: East US
data: Southeast Asia
data: East Asia
data: Japan West
info: vm location list command OK
To create an instance with 
ssh
access using password authentication, use the 
azure
vm create
command:
$ azure vm create cookbook --ssh=22 \
--password #@$#%#@$ \
--userName cookbook \
--location "West Europe" \
b39f27a8b8c64d52b05eac6a62ebad85__Ubuntu-14_04_1-LTS \
-amd64-server-20150123-en-us-30GB
...
$ azure vm list
...
data: Name Status Location DNS Name IP Address
data: -------- --------- ----------- --------------------- -------------
data: cookbook ReadyRole West Europe cookbook.cloudapp.net 100.91.96.137
info: vm list command OK
You can then 
ssh
to the instance and set up Docker as you did in 
Recipe 1.1
.
Discussion
The Azure CLI is still under active 
development
. The source can be found on 
GitHub
,
and a Docker Machine driver is 
available
.
The Azure CLI also allows you to create a Docker host automatically by using the
azure vm docker create
command:
$ azure vm docker create goasguen -l "West Europe" \
b39f27a8b8c64d52b05eac6a62ebad85__Ubuntu \
-14_04_1-LTS-amd64-server-20150123-en-us \
-30GB cookbook @#$%@#$%$
info: Executing command vm docker create
warn: --vm-size has not been specified. Defaulting to "Small".
info: Found docker certificates.
...
info: vm docker create command OK
$ azure vm list
info: Executing command vm list
+ Getting virtual machines
data: Name Status Location DNS Name IP Address
data: -------- --------- ----------- --------------------- -------------
data: goasguen ReadyRole West Europe goasguen.cloudapp.net 100.112.4.136
The host started will automatically have the Docker daemon running, and you can
connect to it by using the Docker client and a TLS connection: