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/var/empty/sshd must be owned by root and not group or world-writable

Problem Statement: You are attempting to ssh into a Linux VM and are unsuccessful. We have seen...

Author: Vittorio Franco Libertucci Date: 01/30/2018

AZ CLI: How to delete and re-deploy a VM from VHD (unmanaged disk)

You should be able to use the built-in CLI on the Azure portal, for more details on how to use it,...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 05/07/2017

How to: Deploy a basic wordpress on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Azure

How to deploy a simple Wordpress instance using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Nginx, MariaDB and Memcache in...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 04/10/2017

How to: Add SWAP to Linux VM's on Azure

Every virtual machine (VM) on Azure has what we call a temporary (ephemeral) disk which is...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 04/10/2017

How to: Resize Linux osDisk partition on Azure

Most Linux images on Azure will by default have 30GB size for the osDisk and that is something that...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 04/03/2017

Azure Linux Extensions: Custom Script for Linux

You have probably seen some extensions that are available on Azure, some of them listed/documented...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 02/12/2017

In a previous article, it was described how to manually fix kernel related issues that could cause a...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 10/09/2016

Unsupported: How to install xRDP for GUI remote access on Linux

You want to access a Linux VM on Azure using a GUI through Remote Desktop or similar tools. The...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 09/26/2016

Linux Recovery: SSH daemon is not starting up properly

You have noticed that you lost SSH connectivity to a Linux VM and after examining the boot...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 09/19/2016

Best Practices: Monitoring Linux VM utilization with sysstat

Sysstat is a very interesting option to enable system monitoring without sacrificing performance and...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 09/13/2016

Linux Recovery: Cannot SSH to Linux VM due to file system errors (fsck, inodes)

When a Linux VM requires fsck to repair possible file system issues, manual intervention will be...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 09/13/2016

Linux Recovery: Using CHROOT steps to recover VMs that are not accessible

You are facing an issue where you might need to basically delete a virtual machine (VM) , keep its...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 08/16/2016

Best Practices: Using SSH keys to access Linux VMs on Azure

When deploying Linux workloads on Azure, Microsoft highly recommends using SSH keys since they...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 08/07/2016

Best Practices: Running Linux on Azure

A lot of times we help customers getting the best out of running their workloads on Azure using any...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 08/07/2016

Azure PowerShell: How to delete and re-deploy a VM from VHD

Before moving further, please make sure you have Azure PowerShell installed: How to install and...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 07/21/2016

Azure CLI: How to delete and re-deploy a VM from VHD

NOTE: Recently the azure cli has changed to the az cli, unless you have the older azure cli tools...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 07/21/2016

Linux Recovery: Cannot SSH to Linux VM due to FSTAB errors.

There are a few cases where a VM might stop booting up properly if the syntax in fstab is not...

Author: Marco A Bicca Date: 07/21/2016

Welcome to the Linux on Azure Support Team

Hi and welcome to the official Linux on Azure Support Team Blog! Here you will find articles that...

Author: Sri Divya Date: 06/09/2016