Azure VM Agent
- Manages VM
interaction with the Azure Fabric Controller
- Enables and executes
Azure Virtual Machine Extensions
- Installed by default
on windows VMs deployed from Azure Gallery
- Azure VM agent can
be manually installed using a Windows Installer Package
Virtual Machine Extensions
- Small applications
that provide post-deployment configuration and automation tasks on Azure
virtual machines.
- Custom script
extension allows any powershell script to be run on a VM
- Requires port 8443
outbound
Prerequisites
- Azure VM Agent
- Each VM extension
may have its own set of prerequisites
Virtual Machine Extensions
Use Cases
- Apply Powershell Desired State Configurations to a
Virtual Machine by using the DSC extension
for windows
- Configure virtual
machine monitoring by using the Microsoft
monitoring Agent VM extension
- Configure an azure virtual machine by using Chef extension.
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