Spot VMs for cost savings in Azure - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a Spot VM by setting the eviction policy.

Azure

az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name mySpotVM --image UbuntuLTS --priority [1]

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ASpot

Bregular

Clow

Dhigh

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'regular' or 'low' instead of 'Spot' for priority.

Omitting the priority flag.

Setting --priority Spot creates a Spot VM which can be evicted to save costs.

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medium

Complete the code to set the eviction policy to delete for the Spot VM.

Azure

az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name mySpotVM --image UbuntuLTS --priority Spot --eviction-policy [1]

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Adelete

Bpause

Cstop

Dretain

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'stop' which only deallocates the VM but does not delete it.

Using 'retain' which keeps the VM but may incur costs.

The eviction policy delete means the VM is deleted when evicted, which is common for Spot VMs.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to specify the maximum price for the Spot VM.

Azure

az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name mySpotVM --image UbuntuLTS --priority Spot --max-price [1]

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A0

Bnone

C1

D-1

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 0 which means no price is accepted and VM won't start.

Using 'none' which is invalid.

Setting --max-price -1 means the Spot VM will use the current on-demand price as max price.

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hard

Fill both blanks to configure a Spot VM with eviction policy and max price.

Azure

az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name mySpotVM --image UbuntuLTS --priority [1] --eviction-policy [2]

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ASpot

Bdelete

Cstop

Dregular

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'regular' priority which creates a normal VM.

Using 'stop' eviction policy which only deallocates the VM.

Use Spot priority and delete eviction policy to create a Spot VM that is deleted on eviction.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a Spot VM with max price, eviction policy, and priority.

Azure

az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name mySpotVM --image UbuntuLTS --priority [1] --eviction-policy [2] --max-price [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ASpot

Bdelete

C-1

Dregular

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'regular' priority which is not a Spot VM.

Using 'stop' eviction policy which only deallocates VM.

Using '0' or other invalid max price values.

Setting priority to Spot, eviction policy to delete, and max price to -1 creates a Spot VM with default max price and deletion on eviction.