README.rst

Azure

This provider generates raw images for Microsoft Azure computing platform.

Manifest settings

Provider

• waagent: Waagent specific settings. required

  • conf: Path to waagent.conf that should override the default optional
  • version: Version of waagent to install. Waagent versions are available at: https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent/releases required

Example:

---
provider:
  name: azure
  waagent:
    conf: /root/waagent.conf
    version: 2.0.4

The Windows Azure Linux Agent can automatically configure swap space using the local resource disk that is attached to the VM after provisioning on Azure. Modify the following parameters in /etc/waagent.conf appropriately:

ResourceDisk.Format=y
ResourceDisk.Filesystem=ext4
ResourceDisk.MountPoint=/mnt/resource
ResourceDisk.EnableSwap=y
ResourceDisk.SwapSizeMB=2048    ## NOTE: set this to whatever you need it to be.