Why VMs provide compute flexibility in Azure - See It in Action

Why VMs Provide Compute Flexibility

📖 Scenario: You are working as a cloud engineer for a small company. Your manager wants to understand how virtual machines (VMs) in Azure can help the company quickly adjust computing power based on changing needs.

🎯 Goal: Build a simple Azure VM configuration that shows how to create a VM with adjustable compute resources, demonstrating the flexibility of VMs.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a dictionary called vm_config with keys name, location, and size.

Add a variable called desired_size to represent the VM size to be used.

Use the desired_size variable to update the size in vm_config.

Add a final key status with value running to vm_config to complete the VM setup.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Cloud engineers often need to adjust VM sizes to match workload demands quickly. This project shows how VM configurations can be flexible and easily updated.

💼 Career

Understanding VM configuration and flexibility is essential for roles like cloud administrator, cloud engineer, and DevOps specialist.

1

Create the initial VM configuration dictionary

Create a dictionary called vm_config with these exact entries: 'name': 'TestVM', 'location': 'eastus', and 'size': 'Standard_B1s'.

Azure

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces to create a dictionary with the keys and values exactly as shown.

2

Add a variable for desired VM size

Add a variable called desired_size and set it to 'Standard_B2s' to represent the new VM size.

Azure

vm_config = {'name': 'TestVM', 'location': 'eastus', 'size': 'Standard_B1s'}
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Assign the string 'Standard_B2s' to the variable desired_size.

3

Update the VM size using the desired size variable

Update the size key in the vm_config dictionary to use the value from the desired_size variable.

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vm_config = {'name': 'TestVM', 'location': 'eastus', 'size': 'Standard_B1s'}
desired_size = 'Standard_B2s'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use dictionary key assignment to update the size in vm_config.

4

Complete the VM setup by adding a status

Add a new key status with the value 'running' to the vm_config dictionary to indicate the VM is active.

Azure

vm_config = {'name': 'TestVM', 'location': 'eastus', 'size': 'Standard_B1s'}
desired_size = 'Standard_B2s'
vm_config['size'] = desired_size
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Add the status key with the value 'running' to show the VM is active.