Azure ASM Compute Driver Documentation ====================================== Azure driver allows you to integrate with Microsoft `Azure Virtual Machines`_ service using the `Azure Service Management`_ (ASM) API. This is the "Classic" API, please note that it is incompatible with the newer `Azure Resource Management`_ (ARM) API, which is provideb by the `azure_arm`_ driver. .. figure:: /_static/images/provider_logos/azure.jpg :align: center :width: 300 :target: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/ Azure Virtual Machine service allows you to launch Windows and Linux virtual servers in many datacenters across the world. Connecting to Azure ------------------- To connect to Azure you need your subscription ID and certificate file. Generating and uploading a certificate file and obtaining subscription ID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To be able to connect to the Azure, you need to generate a X.509 certificate which is used to authenticate yourself and upload it to the Azure Management Portal. On Linux, you can generate the certificate file using the commands shown below: .. sourcecode:: bash openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout azure_cert.pem -out azure_cert.pem openssl x509 -inform pem -in azure_cert.pem -outform der -out azure_cert.cer For information on how to generate certificate on Windows, see `Create and Upload a Management Certificate for Azure `_ page. Once you have generated the certificate, go to the Azure Management Portal and click Settings -> Management Certificate -> Upload as shown on the screenshot below. .. figure:: /_static/images/misc/azure_upload_certificate_file.png :align: center :width: 900 In the upload Windows, select the generated ``.cer`` file (``azure_cert.cer``). Instantiating a driver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once you have generated the certificate file and obtained your subscription ID you can instantiate the driver as shown below. .. literalinclude:: /examples/compute/azure/instantiate.py :language: python API Docs -------- .. autoclass:: libcloud.compute.drivers.azure.AzureNodeDriver :members: :inherited-members: .. _`Azure Virtual Machines`: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/ .. _`Azure Service Management`: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn948465.aspx .. _`Azure Resource Management`: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/Dn948464.aspx .. _`azure_arm`: azure_arm.html