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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Application lifecycle?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "As with other platforms, an application on Service Fabric usually goes through the following phases: design, development, testing, deployment, upgrade, maintenance, and removal. Service Fabric provides first-class support for the full application lifecycle of cloud applications, from development through deployment, daily management, and maintenance to eventual decommissioning. The service model enables several different roles to participate independently in the application lifecycle. [Service Fabric application lifecycle](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-application-lifecycle>) provides an overview of the APIs and how they are used by the different roles throughout the phases of the Service Fabric application lifecycle.\nThe entire app lifecycle can be managed using [PowerShell cmdlets](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/powershell/module/servicefabric/?preserve-view=true&view=azureservicefabricps>), [CLI commands](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-sfctl>), [C# APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/dotnet/api/system.fabric.fabricclient.applicationmanagementclient>), [Java APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/java/api/overview/azure/servicefabric>), and [REST APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/rest/api/servicefabric/>). You can also set up continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines using tools such as [Azure Pipelines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-tutorial-deploy-app-with-cicd-vsts>) or [Jenkins](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/azure/developer/jenkins/deploy-to-service-fabric-cluster>).\n[Check this link for a training video that describes how to manage your application lifecycle:](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/shows/building-microservices-applications-on-azure-service-fabric/application-lifetime-management-in-action>)\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#test-applications-and-services>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Test applications and services?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "To create truly cloud-scale services, it is critical to verify that your applications and services can withstand real-world failures. The Fault Analysis Service is designed for testing services that are built on Service Fabric. With the [Fault Analysis Service](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-testability-overview>), you can induce meaningful faults and run complete test scenarios against your applications. These faults and scenarios exercise and validate the numerous states and transitions that a service will experience throughout its lifetime, all in a controlled, safe, and consistent manner.\n[Actions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-testability-actions>) target a service for testing using individual faults. A service developer can use these as building blocks to write complicated scenarios. Examples of simulated faults are:\n * Restart a node to simulate any number of situations where a machine or VM is rebooted.\n * Move a replica of your stateful service to simulate load balancing, failover, or application upgrade.\n * Invoke quorum loss on a stateful service to create a situation where write operations can't proceed because there aren't enough \"back-up\" or \"secondary\" replicas to accept new data.\n * Invoke data loss on a stateful service to create a situation where all in-memory state is completely wiped out.\n\n[Scenarios](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-testability-scenarios>) are complex operations composed of one or more actions. The Fault Analysis Service provides two built-in complete scenarios:\n * [Chaos scenario](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-controlled-chaos>)- simulates continuous, interleaved faults (both graceful and ungraceful) throughout the cluster over extended periods of time.\n * [Failover scenario](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-testability-scenarios#failover-test>)- a version of the chaos test scenario that targets a specific service partition while leaving other services unaffected.\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#clusters>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Clusters?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A [Service Fabric cluster](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-deploy-anywhere>) is a network-connected set of virtual or physical machines into which your microservices are deployed and managed. Clusters can scale to thousands of machines. A machine or VM that is part of a cluster is called a cluster node. Each node is assigned a node name (a string). Nodes have characteristics such as placement properties. Each machine or VM has an auto-start service, `FabricHost.exe`, which starts running upon boot and then starts two executables: Fabric.exe and FabricGateway.exe. These two executables make up the node. For testing scenarios, you can host multiple nodes on a single machine or VM by running multiple instances of `Fabric.exe` and `FabricGateway.exe`.\nService Fabric clusters can be created on virtual or physical machines running Windows Server or Linux. You are able to deploy and run Service Fabric applications in any environment where you have a set of Windows Server or Linux computers that are interconnected: on-premises, on Microsoft Azure, or on any cloud provider.\n[Check this link for a training video that describes Service Fabric architecture, its core concepts, and many other service fabric features](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/shows/building-microservices-applications-on-azure-service-fabric/what-is-a-service-fabric-cluster>)\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#clusters-on-azure>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Clusters on Azure?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Running Service Fabric clusters on Azure provides integration with other Azure features and services, which makes operations and management of the cluster easier and more reliable. A cluster is an Azure Resource Manager resource, so you can model clusters like any other resources in Azure. Resource Manager also provides easy management of all resources used by the cluster as a single unit. Clusters on Azure are integrated with Azure diagnostics and Azure Monitor logs. Cluster node types are [virtual machine scale sets](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<../virtual-machine-scale-sets/>), so autoscaling functionality is built in.\nYou can create a cluster on Azure through the [Azure portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-creation-via-portal>), from a [template](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-creation-via-arm>), or from [Visual Studio](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-creation-via-arm>).\nService Fabric on Linux enables you to build, deploy, and manage highly available, highly scalable applications on Linux just as you would on Windows. The Service Fabric frameworks (Reliable Services and Reliable Actors) are available in Java on Linux, in addition to C# (.NET Core). You can also build [guest executable services](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-guest-executables-introduction>) with any language or framework. Orchestrating Docker containers is also supported. Docker containers can run guest executables or native Service Fabric services, which use the Service Fabric frameworks. For more information, read about [Service Fabric on Linux](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-deploy-anywhere>).\nThere are some features that are supported on Windows, but not on Linux. To learn more, read [Differences between Service Fabric on Linux and Windows](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-linux-windows-differences>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#standalone-clusters>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Standalone clusters?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Service Fabric provides an installation package for you to create standalone Service Fabric clusters on-premises or on any cloud provider. Standalone clusters give you the freedom to host a cluster wherever you want. If your data is subject to compliance or regulatory constraints, or you want to keep your data local, you can host your own cluster and applications. Service Fabric applications can run in multiple hosting environments with no changes, so your knowledge of building applications carries over from one hosting environment to another.\n[Create your first Service Fabric standalone cluster](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-creation-for-windows-server>)\nLinux standalone clusters are not yet supported.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#cluster-security>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Cluster security?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Clusters must be secured to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your cluster, especially when it has production workloads running on it. Although it is possible to create an unsecured cluster, doing so allows anonymous users to connect to it if management endpoints are exposed to the public internet. It is not possible to later enable security on an unsecured cluster: cluster security is enabled at cluster creation time.\nThe cluster security scenarios are:\n * Node-to-node security\n * Client-to-node security\n * Service Fabric role-based access control\n\nFor more information, read [Secure a cluster](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-security>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#scaling>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Scaling?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you add new nodes to the cluster, Service Fabric rebalances the partition replicas and instances across the increased number of nodes. Overall application performance improves and contention for access to memory decreases. If the nodes in the cluster are not being used efficiently, you can decrease the number of nodes in the cluster. Service Fabric again rebalances the partition replicas and instances across the decreased number of nodes to make better use of the hardware on each node. You can scale clusters on Azure either [manually](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-scale-in-out>) or [programmatically](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-programmatic-scaling>). Standalone clusters can be scaled [manually](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-windows-server-add-remove-nodes>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#cluster-upgrades>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Cluster upgrades?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Periodically, new versions of the Service Fabric runtime are released. Perform runtime, or fabric, upgrades on your cluster so that you are always running a [supported version](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-support>). In addition to fabric upgrades, you can also update cluster configuration such as certificates or application ports.\nA Service Fabric cluster is a resource that you own, but is partly managed by Microsoft. Microsoft is responsible for patching the underlying OS and performing fabric upgrades on your cluster. You can set your cluster to receive automatic fabric upgrades, when Microsoft releases a new version, or choose to select a supported fabric version that you want. Fabric and configuration upgrades can be set through the Azure portal or through Resource Manager. For more information, read [Upgrade a Service Fabric cluster](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-upgrade>).\nA standalone cluster is a resource that you entirely own. You are responsible for patching the underlying OS and initiating fabric upgrades. If your cluster can connect to <https://www.microsoft.com/download>, you can set your cluster to automatically download and provision the new Service Fabric runtime package. You would then initiate the upgrade. If your cluster can't access <https://www.microsoft.com/download>, you can manually download the new runtime package from an internet connected machine and then initiate the upgrade. For more information, read [Upgrade a standalone Service Fabric cluster](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-upgrade-windows-server>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#health-monitoring>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Health monitoring?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Service Fabric introduces a [health model](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-health-introduction>) designed to flag unhealthy cluster and application conditions on specific entities (such as cluster nodes and service replicas). The health model uses health reporters (system components and watchdogs). The goal is easy and fast diagnosis and repair. Service writers need to think upfront about health and how to [design health reporting](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-report-health#design-health-reporting>). Any condition that can impact health should be reported on, especially if it can help flag problems close to the root. The health information can save time and effort on debugging and investigation once the service is up and running at scale in production.\nThe Service Fabric reporters monitor identified conditions of interest. They report on those conditions based on their local view. The [health store](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-health-introduction#health-store>) aggregates health data sent by all reporters to determine whether entities are globally healthy. The model is intended to be rich, flexible, and easy to use. The quality of the health reports determines the accuracy of the health view of the cluster. False positives that wrongly show unhealthy issues can negatively impact upgrades or other services that use health data. Examples of such services are repair services and alerting mechanisms. Therefore, some thought is needed to provide reports that capture conditions of interest in the best possible way.\nReporting can be done from:\n * The monitored Service Fabric service replica or instance.\n * Internal watchdogs deployed as a Service Fabric service (for example, a Service Fabric stateless service that monitors conditions and issues reports). The watchdogs can be deployed on all nodes or can be affinitized to the monitored service.\n * Internal watchdogs that run on the Service Fabric nodes but are not implemented as Service Fabric services.\n * External watchdogs that probe the resource from outside the Service Fabric cluster (for example, monitoring service like Gomez).\n\nOut of the box, Service Fabric components report health on all entities in the cluster. [System health reports](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-understand-and-troubleshoot-with-system-health-reports>) provide visibility into cluster and application functionality and flag issues through health. For applications and services, system health reports verify that entities are implemented and are behaving correctly from the perspective of the Service Fabric runtime. The reports do not provide any health monitoring of the business logic of the service or detect processes that have stopped responding. To add health information specific to your service's logic, [implement custom health reporting](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-report-health>) in your services.\nService Fabric provides multiple ways to [view health reports](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-view-entities-aggregated-health>) aggregated in the health store:\n * [Service Fabric Explorer](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-visualizing-your-cluster>) or other visualization tools.\n * Health queries (through [PowerShell](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/powershell/module/servicefabric/?preserve-view=true&view=azureservicefabricps>), [CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-sfctl>), the [C# FabricClient APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/dotnet/api/system.fabric.fabricclient.healthclient>) and [Java FabricClient APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/java/api/system.fabric>), or [REST APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/rest/api/servicefabric>)).\n * General queries that return a list of entities that have health as one of the properties (through PowerShell, CLI, the APIs, or REST).\n\n[Check this page for a training video that describes the Service Fabric health model and how it's used:](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/shows/building-microservices-applications-on-azure-service-fabric/service-fabric-health-system>)\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#monitoring-and-diagnostics>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Monitoring and diagnostics?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "[Monitoring and diagnostics](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<monitor-service-fabric>) are critical to developing, testing, and deploying applications and services in any environment. Service Fabric solutions work best when you plan and implement monitoring and diagnostics that help ensure applications and services are working as expected in a local development environment or in production.\nThe main goals of monitoring and diagnostics are to:\n * Detect and diagnose hardware and infrastructure issues\n * Detect software and app issues, reduce service downtime\n * Understand resource consumption and help drive operations decisions\n * Optimize application, service, and infrastructure performance\n * Generate business insights and identify areas of improvement\n\nThe overall workflow of monitoring and diagnostics consists of three steps:\n 1. Event generation: this includes events (logs, traces, custom events) at the infrastructure (cluster), platform, and application / service level\n 2. Event aggregation: generated events need to be collected and aggregated before they can be displayed\n 3. Analysis: events need to be visualized and accessible in some format, to allow for analysis and display as needed\n\nMultiple products are available that cover these three areas, and you are free to choose different technologies for each. For more information, read [Monitoring and diagnostics for Azure Service Fabric](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<monitor-service-fabric>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<#next-steps>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Next steps?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "* Learn how to create a [cluster in Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-creation-via-portal>) or a [standalone cluster on Windows](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-creation-for-windows-server>).\n * Try creating a service using the [Reliable Services](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-reliable-services-quick-start>) or [Reliable Actors](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-reliable-actors-get-started>) programming models.\n * Learn how to [migrate from Cloud Services](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cloud-services-migration-differences>).\n * Learn to [monitor and diagnose services](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-diagnostics-how-to-monitor-and-diagnose-services-locally>).\n * Learn to [test your apps and services](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-testability-overview>).\n * Learn to [manage and orchestrate cluster resources](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-cluster-resource-manager-introduction>).\n * Look through the [Service Fabric samples](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/samples/browse/?products=azure>).\n * Learn about [Service Fabric support options](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<service-fabric-support>).\n * Read the [team blog](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-service-fabric/bg-p/Service-Fabric>) for articles and announcements."
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Feedback?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Was this page helpful?\nYes No\n[ Provide product feedback ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/feedback.azure.com/d365community/forum/e622b37a-2225-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0f84>)|\n[ Get help at Microsoft Q&A ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/answers/tags/39/azure-service-fabric/>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Additional resources?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "[ English (United States)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/locale?target=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fservice-fabric%2Fservice-fabric-content-roadmap>)\n[ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Opt-Out Icon Your Privacy Choices ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/aka.ms/yourcaliforniaprivacychoices>)\nTheme\n * Light\n * Dark\n * High contrast\n\n * [Previous Versions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/previous-versions/>)\n * [Blog](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftLearnBlog>)\n * [Contribute](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/contribute/>)\n * [Privacy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839>)\n * [Terms of Use](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/legal/termsofuse>)\n * [Trademarks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/www.microsoft.com/legal/intellectualproperty/Trademarks/>)\n * © Microsoft 2025"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain In this article?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "[ English (United States)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/locale?target=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fservice-fabric%2Fservice-fabric-content-roadmap>)\n[ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Opt-Out Icon Your Privacy Choices ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/aka.ms/yourcaliforniaprivacychoices>)\nTheme\n * Light\n * Dark\n * High contrast\n\n * [Previous Versions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/previous-versions/>)\n * [Blog](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftLearnBlog>)\n * [Contribute](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/contribute/>)\n * [Privacy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839>)\n * [Terms of Use](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/</en-us/legal/termsofuse>)\n * [Trademarks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/<https:/www.microsoft.com/legal/intellectualproperty/Trademarks/>)\n * © Microsoft 2025"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain [Skip to main content](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#main>)?"
},
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"value": "1. [Instance View for a capacity reservation group](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#instance-view-for-a-capacity-reservation-group>)\n 2. [States and considerations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#states-and-considerations>)\n 3. [Next step](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-step>)\n\n**Applies to:** ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Uniform scale set ✔️ Flexible scale sets\nAzure permits the association of extra virtual machines (VMs) above the number of capacity reservations. These VMs are available to allow for burst and other scale-out scenarios without the limits of reserved capacity. The only difference is that the count of VMs beyond the quantity reserved doesn't receive the capacity availability service-level agreement (SLA) benefit. As long as Azure has available capacity that meets the VM requirements, the extra allocation succeeds.\nThe Instance View of a capacity reservation group provides a snapshot of usage for each member capacity reservation. You can use the Instance View to see how overallocation works.\nThis article assumes you created a capacity reservation group (`myCapacityReservationGroup`), a member capacity reservation (`myCapacityReservation`), and a VM (_myVM1_) that's associated to the group. For more information, see [Create a capacity reservation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<capacity-reservation-create>) and [Associate a VM to a capacity reservation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<capacity-reservation-associate-vm>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#instance-view-for-a-capacity-reservation-group>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Instance View for a capacity reservation group?"
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"value": "The Instance View for a capacity reservation group looks like this example:\n```\nGET\nhttps://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/CapacityReservationGroups/myCapacityReservationGroup?$expand=instanceview&api-version=2021-04-01\n\n```\n```\n{\n \"name\": \"myCapacityReservationGroup\",\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups/myCapacityReservationGroup\",\n \"type\": \"Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups\",\n \"location\": \"eastus\",\n \"properties\": {\n \"capacityReservations\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups/MYCAPACITYRESERVATIONGROUP/capacityReservations/MYCAPACITYRESERVATION\"\n }\n ],\n \"virtualMachinesAssociated\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM1\"\n }\n ],\n \"instanceView\": {\n \"capacityReservations\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"myCapacityReservation\",\n\"utilizationInfo\": {\n \"virtualMachinesAllocated\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM1\"\n }\n ]\n },\n \"statuses\": [\n {\n \"code\": \"ProvisioningState/succeeded\",\n \"level\": \"Info\",\n \"displayStatus\": \"Provisioning succeeded\",\n \"time\": \"<time>\"\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n }\n }\n}\n\n```\n\nLet's say we create another VM named _myVM2_ and associate it to the preceding capacity reservation group.\nThe Instance View for the capacity reservation group now looks like this example:\n```\n{\n \"name\": \"myCapacityReservationGroup\",\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups/myCapacityReservationGroup\",\n \"type\": \"Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups\",\n \"location\": \"eastus\",\n \"properties\": {\n \"capacityReservations\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/capacityReservationGroups/MYCAPACITYRESERVATIONGROUP/capacityReservations/MYCAPACITYRESERVATION\"\n }\n ],\n \"virtualMachinesAssociated\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM1\"\n },\n {\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM2\"\n }\n ],\n \"instanceView\": {\n \"capacityReservations\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"myCapacityReservation\",\n\"utilizationInfo\": {\n \"virtualMachinesAllocated\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM1\"\n },\n{\n \"id\": \"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM2\"\n }\n ]\n },\n \"statuses\": [\n {\n \"code\": \"ProvisioningState/succeeded\",\n \"level\": \"Info\",\n \"displayStatus\": \"Provisioning succeeded\",\n \"time\": \"<time>\"\n }\n ]\n }\n ]\n }\n }\n}\n\n```\n\nThe length of `virtualMachinesAllocated` (2) is greater than `capacity` (1). This valid state is referred to as _overallocated_.\nImportant\nAzure won't stop allocations because a capacity reservation is fully consumed. Autoscale rules, temporary scale-out, and related requirements work beyond the quantity of reserved capacity if Azure has available capacity and other constraints like available quota are met.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#states-and-considerations>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain States and considerations?"
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"value": "There are three valid states for a specific capacity reservation:\nExpand table\nState | Status | Considerations\n---|---|---\nReserved capacity available | Length of `virtualMachinesAllocated` < `capacity` | Is all the reserved capacity needed? Optionally, reduce the capacity to reduce costs.\nReservation consumed | Length of `virtualMachinesAllocated` == `capacity` | More VMs won't receive the capacity SLA unless some existing VMs are deallocated. Optionally, try to increase the capacity so that extra planned VMs receive an SLA.\nReservation overallocated | Length of `virtualMachinesAllocated` > `capacity` | More VMs won't receive the capacity SLA. Also, the quantity of VMs (length of `virtualMachinesAllocated` – `capacity`) won't receive a capacity SLA if deallocated. Optionally, increase the capacity to add capacity SLA to more of the existing VMs.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-step>)"
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Next step?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "[Learn how to remove VMs from a capacity reservation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<capacity-reservation-remove-vm>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain In this article?"
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"value": "1. [About encryption key management](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#about-encryption-key-management>)\n 2. [Encryption at host - End-to-end encryption for your VM data](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#encryption-at-host---end-to-end-encryption-for-your-vm-data>)\n 3. [Double encryption at rest](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#double-encryption-at-rest>)\n 4. [Server-side encryption versus Azure disk encryption](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#server-side-encryption-versus-azure-disk-encryption>)\n 5. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-steps>)\n\n**Applies to:** ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets ✔️ Uniform scale sets\nMost Azure managed disks are encrypted with Azure Storage encryption, which uses server-side encryption (SSE) to protect your data and to help you meet your organizational security and compliance commitments. Azure Storage encryption automatically encrypts your data stored on Azure managed disks (OS and data disks) at rest by default when persisting it to the cloud. Disks with encryption at host enabled, however, aren't encrypted through Azure Storage. For disks with encryption at host enabled, the server hosting your VM provides the encryption for your data, and that encrypted data flows into Azure Storage.\nData in Azure managed disks is encrypted transparently using 256-bit [AES encryption](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard>), one of the strongest block ciphers available, and is FIPS 140-2 compliant. For more information about the cryptographic modules underlying Azure managed disks, see [Cryptography API: Next Generation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/windows/desktop/seccng/cng-portal>)\nAzure Storage encryption doesn't impact the performance of managed disks and there's no extra cost. For more information about Azure Storage encryption, see [Azure Storage encryption](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-service-encryption>).\nNote\nTemporary disks are not managed disks and are not encrypted by SSE, unless you enable encryption at host.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#about-encryption-key-management>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain About encryption key management?"
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"value": "You can rely on platform-managed keys for the encryption of your managed disk, or you can manage encryption using your own keys. If you choose to manage encryption with your own keys, you can specify a _customer-managed key_ to use for encrypting and decrypting all data in managed disks.\nThe following sections describe each of the options for key management in greater detail.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#platform-managed-keys>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Platform-managed keys?"
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"value": "By default, managed disks use platform-managed encryption keys. All managed disks, snapshots, images, and data written to existing managed disks are automatically encrypted-at-rest with platform-managed keys. Platform-managed keys are managed by Microsoft.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#customer-managed-keys>)"
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"value": "Can you explain Customer-managed keys?"
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"value": "You can choose to manage encryption at the level of each managed disk, with your own keys. When you specify a customer-managed key, that key is used to protect and control access to the key that encrypts your data. Customer-managed keys offer greater flexibility to manage access controls.\nYou must use one of the following Azure key stores to store your customer-managed keys:\n * [Azure Key Vault](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/key-vault/general/overview>)\n * [Azure Key Vault Managed Hardware Security Module (HSM)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/key-vault/managed-hsm/overview>)\n\nYou can either import [your RSA keys](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/key-vault/keys/hsm-protected-keys>) to your Key Vault or generate new RSA keys in Azure Key Vault. Azure managed disks handles the encryption and decryption in a fully transparent fashion using envelope encryption. It encrypts data using an [AES](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard>) 256 based data encryption key (DEK), which is, in turn, protected using your keys. The Storage service generates data encryption keys and encrypts them with customer-managed keys using RSA encryption. The envelope encryption allows you to rotate (change) your keys periodically as per your compliance policies without impacting your VMs. When you rotate your keys, the Storage service re-encrypts the data encryption keys with the new customer-managed keys.\nManaged disks and the Key Vault or managed HSM must be in the same Azure region, but they can be in different subscriptions. They must also be in the same Microsoft Entra tenant, unless you're using [Encrypt managed disks with cross-tenant customer-managed keys (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<disks-cross-tenant-customer-managed-keys>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#full-control-of-your-keys>)\n#### Full control of your keys\nYou must grant access to managed disks in your Key Vault or managed HSM to use your keys for encrypting and decrypting the DEK. This allows you full control of your data and keys. You can disable your keys or revoke access to managed disks at any time. You can also audit the encryption key usage with Azure Key Vault monitoring to ensure that only managed disks or other trusted Azure services are accessing your keys.\nImportant\nWhen a key is either disabled, deleted, or expired, any VMs with either OS or data disks using that key will automatically shut down. After the automated shut down, VMs won't boot until the key is enabled again, or you assign a new key.\nGenerally, disk I/O (read or write operations) start to fail one hour after a key is either disabled, deleted, or expired.\nThe following diagram shows how managed disks use Microsoft Entra ID and Azure Key Vault to make requests using the customer-managed key:\n[  ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<media/disk-encryption/customer-managed-keys-sse-managed-disks-workflow.svg#lightbox>)\nThe following list explains the diagram in more detail:\n 1. An Azure Key Vault administrator creates key vault resources.\n 2. The key vault admin either imports their RSA keys to Key Vault or generate new RSA keys in Key Vault.\n 3. That administrator creates an instance of Disk Encryption Set resource, specifying an Azure Key Vault ID and a key URL. Disk Encryption Set is a new resource introduced for simplifying the key management for managed disks.\n 4. When a disk encryption set is created, a [system-assigned managed identity](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/entra/identity/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview>) is created in Microsoft Entra ID and associated with the disk encryption set.\n 5. The Azure key vault administrator then grants the managed identity permission to perform operations in the key vault.\n 6. A VM user creates disks by associating them with the disk encryption set. The VM user can also enable server-side encryption with customer-managed keys for existing resources by associating them with the disk encryption set.\n 7. Managed disks use the managed identity to send requests to the Azure Key Vault.\n 8. For reading or writing data, managed disks sends requests to Azure Key Vault to encrypt (wrap) and decrypt (unwrap) the data encryption key in order to perform encryption and decryption of the data.\n\nTo revoke access to customer-managed keys, see [Azure Key Vault PowerShell](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/powershell/module/az.keyvault/>) and [Azure Key Vault CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/cli/azure/keyvault>). Revoking access effectively blocks access to all data in the storage account, as the encryption key is inaccessible by Azure Storage.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#automatic-key-rotation-of-customer-managed-keys>)\n#### Automatic key rotation of customer-managed keys\nGenerally, if you're using customer-managed keys, you should enable automatic key rotation to the latest key version. Automatic key rotation helps ensure your keys are secure. A disk references a key via its disk encryption set. When you enable automatic rotation for a disk encryption set, the system will automatically update all managed disks, snapshots, and images referencing the disk encryption set to use the new version of the key within one hour. To learn how to enable customer-managed keys with automatic key rotation, see [Set up an Azure Key Vault and DiskEncryptionSet with automatic key rotation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<windows/disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-powershell#set-up-an-azure-key-vault-and-diskencryptionset-optionally-with-automatic-key-rotation>).\nNote\nVirtual Machines aren't rebooted during automatic key rotation.\nIf you can't enable automatic key rotation, you can use other methods to alert you before keys expire. This way, you can make sure to rotate your keys before expiration and keep business continuity. You can use either an [Azure Policy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/key-vault/general/azure-policy>) or [Azure Event Grid](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/event-grid/event-schema-key-vault>) to send a notification when a key expires soon.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#restrictions>)\n#### Restrictions\nFor now, customer-managed keys have the following restrictions:\n * If this feature is enabled for a disk with incremental snapshots, it can't be disabled on that disk or its snapshots. To work around this, copy all the data to an entirely different managed disk that isn't using customer-managed keys. You can do that with either the [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disks-upload-vhd-to-managed-disk-cli#copy-a-managed-disk>) or the [Azure PowerShell module](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-upload-vhd-to-managed-disk-powershell#copy-a-managed-disk>).\n * A disk and all of its associated incremental snapshots must have the same disk encryption set.\n * Only [software and HSM RSA keys](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/key-vault/keys/about-keys>) of sizes 2,048-bit, 3,072-bit and 4,096-bit are supported, no other keys or sizes.\n * [HSM](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/key-vault/keys/hsm-protected-keys>) keys require the **premium** tier of Azure Key vaults.\n * For Ultra Disks and Premium SSD v2 disks only:\n * Disks created from snapshots that are encrypted with server-side encryption and customer-managed keys must be encrypted with the same disk encryption set.\n * User-assigned managed identities aren't supported for Ultra Disks and Premium SSD v2 disks encrypted with customer-managed keys.\n * Encrypting Ultra Disks and Premium SSD v2 disks with customer-managed keys using Azure Key Vaults stored in a different Microsoft Entra ID tenant isn't currently supported.\n * Most resources related to your customer-managed keys (disk encryption sets, VMs, disks, and snapshots) must be in the same subscription and region.\n * Azure Key Vaults may be used from a different subscription but must be in the same region as your disk encryption set. As a preview, you can use Azure Key Vaults from [different Microsoft Entra tenants](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-cross-tenant-customer-managed-keys>).\n * Disks encrypted with customer-managed keys can only move to another resource group if the VM they are attached to is deallocated.\n * Disks, snapshots, and images encrypted with customer-managed keys can't be moved between subscriptions.\n * Managed disks currently or previously encrypted using Azure Disk Encryption can't be encrypted using customer-managed keys.\n * Can only create up to 5000 disk encryption sets per region per subscription.\n * For information about using customer-managed keys with shared image galleries, see [Preview: Use customer-managed keys for encrypting images](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/virtual-machines/image-version-encryption>).\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#supported-regions>)\n#### Supported regions\nCustomer-managed keys are available in all regions that managed disks are available.\nImportant\nCustomer-managed keys rely on managed identities for Azure resources, a feature of Microsoft Entra ID. When you configure customer-managed keys, a managed identity is automatically assigned to your resources under the covers. If you subsequently move the subscription, resource group, or managed disk from one Microsoft Entra directory to another, the managed identity associated with managed disks isn't transferred to the new tenant, so customer-managed keys may no longer work. For more information, see [Transferring a subscription between Microsoft Entra directories](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/known-issues#transferring-a-subscription-between-azure-ad-directories>).\nTo enable customer-managed keys for managed disks, see our articles covering how to enable it with either the [Azure PowerShell module](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<windows/disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-powershell>), the [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<linux/disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-cli>) or the [Azure portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-portal>).\nSee [Create a managed disk from a snapshot with CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<scripts/create-managed-disk-from-snapshot#disks-with-customer-managed-keys>) for a code sample.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#encryption-at-host---end-to-end-encryption-for-your-vm-data>)"
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"value": "Can you explain Encryption at host - End-to-end encryption for your VM data?"
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"value": "When you enable encryption at host, that encryption starts on the VM host itself, the Azure server that your VM is allocated to. The data for your temporary disk and OS/data disk caches are stored on that VM host. After enabling encryption at host, all this data is encrypted at rest and flows encrypted to the Storage service, where it's persisted. Essentially, encryption at host encrypts your data from end-to-end. Encryption at host doesn't use your VM's CPU and doesn't impact your VM's performance.\nTemporary disks and ephemeral OS disks are encrypted at rest with platform-managed keys when you enable end-to-end encryption. The OS and data disk caches are encrypted at rest with either customer-managed or platform-managed keys, depending on the selected disk encryption type. For example, if a disk is encrypted with customer-managed keys, then the cache for the disk is encrypted with customer-managed keys, and if a disk is encrypted with platform-managed keys then the cache for the disk is encrypted with platform-managed keys.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#restrictions-1>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Restrictions?"
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"value": "* Supported for 4k sector size Ultra Disks and Premium SSD v2.\n * Only supported on 512e sector size Ultra Disks and Premium SSD v2 if they were created after 5/13/2023.\n * For disks created before this date, [snapshot your disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-incremental-snapshots>) and create a new disk using the snapshot.\n * Can't be enabled on virtual machines (VMs) or virtual machine scale sets that currently or ever had Azure Disk Encryption enabled.\n * Azure Disk Encryption can't be enabled on disks that have encryption at host enabled.\n * The encryption can be enabled on existing virtual machine scale sets. However, only new VMs created after enabling the encryption are automatically encrypted.\n * Existing VMs must be deallocated and reallocated in order to be encrypted.\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#supported-vm-sizes>)\n#### Supported VM sizes\nThe complete list of supported VM sizes can be pulled programmatically. To learn how to retrieve them programmatically, refer to the finding supported VM sizes section of either the [Azure PowerShell module](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<windows/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-powershell#finding-supported-vm-sizes>) or [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<linux/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-cli#finding-supported-vm-sizes>) articles.\nTo enable end-to-end encryption using encryption at host, see our articles covering how to enable it with either the [Azure PowerShell module](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<windows/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-powershell>), the [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<linux/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-cli>), or the [Azure portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<disks-enable-host-based-encryption-portal>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#double-encryption-at-rest>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Double encryption at rest?"
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"value": "High security sensitive customers who are concerned of the risk associated with any particular encryption algorithm, implementation, or key being compromised can now opt for extra layer of encryption using a different encryption algorithm/mode at the infrastructure layer using platform managed encryption keys. This new layer can be applied to persisted OS and data disks, snapshots, and images, all of which will be encrypted at rest with double encryption.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#restrictions-2>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Restrictions?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Double encryption at rest isn't currently supported with either Ultra Disks or Premium SSD v2 disks.\nTo enable double encryption at rest for managed disks, see [Enable double encryption at rest for managed disks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<disks-enable-double-encryption-at-rest-portal>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#server-side-encryption-versus-azure-disk-encryption>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Server-side encryption versus Azure disk encryption?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "[Azure Disk Encryption](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<disk-encryption-overview>) leverages either the [DM-Crypt](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dm-crypt>) feature of Linux or the [BitLocker](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/windows/security/information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-overview>) feature of Windows to encrypt managed disks with customer-managed keys within the guest VM. Server-side encryption with customer-managed keys improves on ADE by enabling you to use any OS types and images for your VMs by encrypting data in the Storage service.\nImportant\nCustomer-managed keys rely on managed identities for Azure resources, a feature of Microsoft Entra ID. When you configure customer-managed keys, a managed identity is automatically assigned to your resources under the covers. If you subsequently move the subscription, resource group, or managed disk from one Microsoft Entra directory to another, the managed identity associated with managed disks is not transferred to the new tenant, so customer-managed keys may no longer work. For more information, see [Transferring a subscription between Microsoft Entra directories](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/known-issues#transferring-a-subscription-between-azure-ad-directories>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-steps>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Next steps?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "* Enable end-to-end encryption using encryption at host with either the [Azure PowerShell module](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<windows/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-powershell>), the [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<linux/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-cli>), or the [Azure portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<disks-enable-host-based-encryption-portal>).\n * To enable double encryption at rest for managed disks, see [Enable double encryption at rest for managed disks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<disks-enable-double-encryption-at-rest-portal>).\n * Enable customer-managed keys for managed disks with either the [Azure PowerShell module](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<windows/disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-powershell>), the [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<linux/disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-cli>) or the [Azure portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-portal>).\n * [Explore the Azure Resource Manager templates for creating encrypted disks with customer-managed keys](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/github.com/ramankumarlive/manageddiskscmkpreview>)\n * [What is Azure Key Vault?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/key-vault/general/overview>)"
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"value": "Can you explain Feedback?"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain In this article?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "1. [Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#overview>)\n 2. [Prerequisites](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#prerequisites>)\n 3. [Extension Schema](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#extension-schema>)\n 4. [Template deployment](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#template-deployment>)\n 5. [Troubleshoot and support](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#troubleshoot-and-support>)\n 6. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#next-steps>)\n\nShow 2 more\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#overview>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Overview?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Azure Disk Encryption leverages the dm-crypt subsystem in Linux to provide full disk encryption on [select Azure Linux distributions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<../linux/disk-encryption-overview>). This solution is integrated with Azure Key Vault to manage disk encryption keys and secrets.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#prerequisites>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Prerequisites?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "For a full list of prerequisites, see [Azure Disk Encryption for Linux VMs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<../linux/disk-encryption-overview>), specifically the following sections:\n * [Supported VMs and operating systems](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<../linux/disk-encryption-overview#supported-vms-and-operating-systems>)\n * [Additional VM requirements](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<../linux/disk-encryption-overview#additional-vm-requirements>)\n * [Networking requirements](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<../linux/disk-encryption-overview#networking-requirements>)\n * [Encryption key storage requirements](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<../linux/disk-encryption-overview#encryption-key-storage-requirements>)\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#extension-schema>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Extension Schema?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are two versions of extension schema for Azure Disk Encryption (ADE):\n * v1.1 - A newer recommended schema that does not use Microsoft Entra properties.\n * v0.1 - An older schema that requires Microsoft Entra properties.\n\nTo select a target schema, the `typeHandlerVersion` property must be set equal to version of schema you want to use.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#schema-v11-no-microsoft-entra-id-recommended>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Schema v1.1: No Microsoft Entra ID (recommended)?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "The v1.1 schema is recommended and does not require Microsoft Entra properties.\nNote\nThe `DiskFormatQuery` parameter is deprecated. Its functionality has been replaced by the EncryptFormatAll option instead, which is the recommended way to format data disks at time of encryption.\nJSON Copy\n```\n{\n \"type\": \"extensions\",\n \"name\": \"[name]\",\n \"apiVersion\": \"2019-07-01\",\n \"location\": \"[location]\",\n \"properties\": {\n \"publisher\": \"Microsoft.Azure.Security\",\n \"type\": \"AzureDiskEncryptionForLinux\",\n \"typeHandlerVersion\": \"1.1\",\n \"autoUpgradeMinorVersion\": true,\n \"settings\": {\n \"DiskFormatQuery\": \"[diskFormatQuery]\",\n \"EncryptionOperation\": \"[encryptionOperation]\",\n \"KeyEncryptionAlgorithm\": \"[keyEncryptionAlgorithm]\",\n \"KeyVaultURL\": \"[keyVaultURL]\",\n \"KeyVaultResourceId\": \"[KeyVaultResourceId]\",\n \"KeyEncryptionKeyURL\": \"[keyEncryptionKeyURL]\",\n \"KekVaultResourceId\": \"[KekVaultResourceId\",\n \"SequenceVersion\": \"sequenceVersion]\",\n \"VolumeType\": \"[volumeType]\"\n }\n }\n}\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#schema-v01-with-microsoft-entra-id>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Schema v0.1: with Microsoft Entra ID?"
},
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"value": "The 0.1 schema requires `AADClientID` and either `AADClientSecret` or `AADClientCertificate`.\nUsing `AADClientSecret`:\nJSON Copy\n```\n{\n \"type\": \"extensions\",\n \"name\": \"[name]\",\n \"apiVersion\": \"2019-07-01\",\n \"location\": \"[location]\",\n \"properties\": {\n \"protectedSettings\": {\n \"AADClientSecret\": \"[aadClientSecret]\",\n \"Passphrase\": \"[passphrase]\"\n },\n \"publisher\": \"Microsoft.Azure.Security\",\n \"type\": \"AzureDiskEncryptionForLinux\",\n \"typeHandlerVersion\": \"0.1\",\n \"settings\": {\n \"AADClientID\": \"[aadClientID]\",\n \"DiskFormatQuery\": \"[diskFormatQuery]\",\n \"EncryptionOperation\": \"[encryptionOperation]\",\n \"KeyEncryptionAlgorithm\": \"[keyEncryptionAlgorithm]\",\n \"KeyEncryptionKeyURL\": \"[keyEncryptionKeyURL]\",\n \"KeyVaultURL\": \"[keyVaultURL]\",\n \"SequenceVersion\": \"sequenceVersion]\",\n \"VolumeType\": \"[volumeType]\"\n }\n }\n}\n\n```\n\nUsing `AADClientCertificate`:\nJSON Copy\n```\n{\n \"type\": \"extensions\",\n \"name\": \"[name]\",\n \"apiVersion\": \"2019-07-01\",\n \"location\": \"[location]\",\n \"properties\": {\n \"protectedSettings\": {\n \"AADClientCertificate\": \"[aadClientCertificate]\",\n \"Passphrase\": \"[passphrase]\"\n },\n \"publisher\": \"Microsoft.Azure.Security\",\n \"type\": \"AzureDiskEncryptionForLinux\",\n \"typeHandlerVersion\": \"0.1\",\n \"settings\": {\n \"AADClientID\": \"[aadClientID]\",\n \"DiskFormatQuery\": \"[diskFormatQuery]\",\n \"EncryptionOperation\": \"[encryptionOperation]\",\n \"KeyEncryptionAlgorithm\": \"[keyEncryptionAlgorithm]\",\n \"KeyEncryptionKeyURL\": \"[keyEncryptionKeyURL]\",\n \"KeyVaultURL\": \"[keyVaultURL]\",\n \"SequenceVersion\": \"sequenceVersion]\",\n \"VolumeType\": \"[volumeType]\"\n }\n }\n}\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#property-values>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Property values?"
},
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"value": "Note: All property values are case sensitive.\nExpand table\nName | Value / Example | Data Type\n---|---|---\napiVersion | 2019-07-01 | date\npublisher | Microsoft.Azure.Security | string\ntype | AzureDiskEncryptionForLinux | string\ntypeHandlerVersion | 1.1, 0.1 | int\n(0.1 schema) AADClientID | xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx | guid\n(0.1 schema) AADClientSecret | password | string\n(0.1 schema) AADClientCertificate | thumbprint | string\n(optional) (0.1 schema) Passphrase | password | string\nDiskFormatQuery | {\"dev_path\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"file_system\":\"\"} | JSON dictionary\nEncryptionOperation | EnableEncryption, EnableEncryptionFormatAll | string\n(optional - default RSA-OAEP ) KeyEncryptionAlgorithm | 'RSA-OAEP', 'RSA-OAEP-256', 'RSA1_5' | string\nKeyVaultURL | url | string\nKeyVaultResourceId | url | string\n(optional) KeyEncryptionKeyURL | url | string\n(optional) KekVaultResourceId | url | string\n(optional) SequenceVersion | uniqueidentifier | string\nVolumeType | OS, Data, All | string\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#template-deployment>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Template deployment?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "For an example of template deployment based on schema v1.1, see the Azure Quickstart Template [encrypt-running-linux-vm-without-aad](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<https:/github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.compute/encrypt-running-linux-vm-without-aad>).\nFor an example of template deployment based on schema v0.1, see the Azure Quickstart Template [encrypt-running-linux-vm](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<https:/github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.compute/encrypt-running-linux-vm>).\nWarning\n * If you have previously used Azure Disk Encryption with Microsoft Entra ID to encrypt a VM, you must continue use this option to encrypt your VM.\n * When encrypting Linux OS volumes, the VM should be considered unavailable. We strongly recommend to avoid SSH logins while the encryption is in progress to avoid issues blocking any open files that will need to be accessed during the encryption process. To check progress, use the [Get-AzVMDiskEncryptionStatus](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/</en-us/powershell/module/az.compute/get-azvmdiskencryptionstatus>) PowerShell cmdlet or the [vm encryption show](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/</en-us/cli/azure/vm/encryption#az-vm-encryption-show>) CLI command. This process can be expected to take a few hours for a 30GB OS volume, plus additional time for encrypting data volumes. Data volume encryption time will be proportional to the size and quantity of the data volumes; the `encrypt format all` option is faster than in-place encryption, but will result in the loss of all data on the disks.\n * Disabling encryption on Linux VMs is only supported for data volumes. It is not supported on data or OS volumes if the OS volume has been encrypted.\n\nNote\nAlso if `VolumeType` parameter is set to All, data disks will be encrypted only if they are properly mounted.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#troubleshoot-and-support>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Troubleshoot and support?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#troubleshoot>)"
}
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Troubleshoot?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For troubleshooting, refer to the [Azure Disk Encryption troubleshooting guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<../linux/disk-encryption-troubleshooting>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#support>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Support?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you need more help at any point in this article, you can contact the Azure experts on the [MSDN Azure and Stack Overflow forums](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<https:/azure.microsoft.com/support/community/>).\nAlternatively, you can file an Azure support incident. Go to [Azure support](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<https:/azure.microsoft.com/support/options/>) and select Get support. For information about using Azure Support, read the [Microsoft Azure Support FAQ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<https:/azure.microsoft.com/support/faq/>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<#next-steps>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Next steps?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "* For more information about VM extensions, see [Virtual machine extensions and features for Linux](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<features-linux>).\n * For more information about Azure Disk Encryption for Linux, see [Linux virtual machines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/<../linux/disk-encryption-overview>)."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Feedback?"
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"from": "gpt",
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"value": "Can you explain Additional resources?"
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"value": "Can you explain In this article?"
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instance - Bicep](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-quickstart-bicep>)\n * [Deploy a container instance - ARM template](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-quickstart-template>)\n * [Deploy a container instance - Terraform](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-quickstart-terraform>)\n * [Deploy a container instance - Docker CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/quickstart-docker-cli>)\n * Tutorials\n * Samples\n * Concepts\n * [Best practices and considerations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-best-practices-and-considerations>)\n * [Container groups](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-container-groups>)\n * [Relationship to orchestrators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-orchestrator-relationship>)\n * NGroups\n * Security\n * [Virtual networking](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-virtual-network-concepts>)\n * [Confidential container groups](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-confidential-overview>)\n * 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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain In this article?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "1. [What to consider](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#what-to-consider>)\n 2. [Best practices](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#best-practices>)\n 3. [Other Azure Container options](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#other-azure-container-options>)\n 4. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#next-steps>)\n\nAzure Container Instances (ACI) allow you to package, deploy, and manage cloud applications without having to manage the underlying infrastructure. Common scenarios that run on ACI include burst workloads, task automation, and build jobs. You can use ACI by defining the resources they need per container group, including vCPU and memory. ACI is a great solution for any scenario that can operate in isolated container. ACI provides fast start-up times, hyper-visor level security, custom container sizes, and more. The following information helps you determine if Azure Container Instances is best for your scenario.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#what-to-consider>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "What to consider"
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"value": "User’s credentials passed via command line interface (CLI) are stored as plain text in the backend. Storing credentials in plain text is a security risk; Microsoft advises customers to store user credentials in CLI environment variables to ensure they're encrypted/transformed when stored in the backend.\nThere are default limits that may require quota increases. For more details: [Resource availability & quota limits for ACI - Azure Container Instances | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-resource-and-quota-limits>)\nContainer Images can't be larger than 15 GB, any images above this size may cause unexpected behavior: [How large can my container image be?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-faq>)\nIf your container image is larger than 15 GB, you can [mount an Azure Fileshare](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-volume-azure-files>) to store the image.\nIf a container group restarts, the container group’s IP may change. We advise against using a hard coded IP address in your scenario. If you need a static public IP address, use Application Gateway: [Static IP address for container group - Azure Container Instances | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-application-gateway>). If you want to ensure your container group is reachable through its domain name even if the container group is recreated, you can use init containers: [Deploy Azure Container Instances with an initialization container | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/</en-us/training/modules/secure-apps-azure-container-instances-sidecar/6-deploy-with-init-container>).\nThere are ports that are reserved for service functionality. We advise you not to use these ports, because their use leads to unexpected behavior: [Does the ACI service reserve ports for service functionality?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-faq>).\nYour container groups may restart due to platform maintenance events. These maintenance events are done to ensure the continuous improvement of the underlying infrastructure: [Container had an isolated restart without explicit user input](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-faq>).\nACI doesn't allow [privileged container operations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-faq>). We advise you not to depend on using the root directory for your scenario.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#best-practices>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Best practices?"
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"value": "We advise running container groups in multiple regions so your workloads can continue to run if there's an issue in one region.\nWe advise against using a hard coded IP address in your scenario since a container group's IP address isn't guaranteed. To mitigate connectivity issues, we recommend configuring a gateway. If your container is behind a public IP address and you need a static public IP address, use [Application Gateway](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-application-gateway>). If your container is behind a virtual network and you need a static IP address, we recommend using [NAT Gateway](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-nat-gateway>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#other-azure-container-options>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Other Azure Container options?"
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#azure-container-apps>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Azure Container Apps?"
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"value": "Azure Container Apps enables you to build serverless microservices based on containers. Azure Container Apps doesn't provide direct access to the underlying Kubernetes APIs. If you require access to the Kubernetes APIs and control plane, you should use Azure Kubernetes Service. However, if you would like to build Kubernetes-style applications and don't require direct access to all the native Kubernetes APIs and cluster management, Container Apps provides a fully managed experience based on best-practices. For these reasons, many teams may prefer to start building container microservices with Azure Container Apps.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#azure-app-service>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Azure App Service?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Azure App Service provides fully managed hosting for web applications including websites and web APIs. These web applications may be deployed using code or containers. Azure App Service is optimized for web applications. Azure App Service is integrated with other Azure services including Azure Container Apps or Azure Functions. If you plan to build web apps, Azure App Service is an ideal option.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#azure-container-instances>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Azure Container Instances?"
},
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"value": "Azure Container Instances (ACI) provides a single pod of Hyper-V isolated containers on demand. It can be thought of as a lower-level \"building block\" option compared to Container Apps. Concepts like scale, load balancing, and certificates aren't provided with ACI containers. For example, to scale to five container instances, you create five distinct container instances. Azure Container Apps provide many application-specific concepts on top of containers, including certificates, revisions, scale, and environments. Users often interact with Azure Container Instances through other services. For example, Azure Kubernetes Service can layer orchestration and scale on top of ACI through virtual nodes. If you need a less \"opinionated\" building block that doesn't align with the scenarios Azure Container Apps is optimizing for, Azure Container Instances is an ideal option.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#azure-kubernetes-service>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Azure Kubernetes Service?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) provides a fully managed Kubernetes option in Azure. It supports direct access to the Kubernetes API and runs any Kubernetes workload. The full cluster resides in your subscription, with the cluster configurations and operations within your control and responsibility. Teams looking for a fully managed version of Kubernetes in Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service is an ideal option.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#azure-functions>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Azure Functions?"
},
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"value": "Azure Functions is a serverless Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) solution. It's optimized for running event-driven applications using the functions programming model. It shares many characteristics with Azure Container Apps around scale and integration with events, but optimized for ephemeral functions deployed as either code or containers. The Azure Functions programming model provides productivity benefits for teams looking to trigger the execution of your functions on events and bind to other data sources. If you plan to build FaaS-style functions, Azure Functions is the ideal option. The Azure Functions programming model is available as a base container image, making it portable to other container based compute platforms allowing teams to reuse code as environment requirements change.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#azure-spring-apps>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Azure Spring Apps?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Azure Spring Apps is a fully managed service for Spring developers. If you want to run Spring Boot, Spring Cloud or any other Spring applications on Azure, Azure Spring Apps is an ideal option. The service manages the infrastructure of Spring applications so developers can focus on their code. Azure Spring Apps provides lifecycle management using comprehensive monitoring and diagnostics, configuration management, service discovery, CI/CD integration, blue-green deployments, and more.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#azure-red-hat-openshift>)"
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"value": "Can you explain Azure Red Hat OpenShift?"
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"value": "Red Hat and Microsoft jointly engineers, operates, and supports Azure Red Hat OpenShift to provide an integrated product and support experience for running Kubernetes-powered OpenShift. With Azure Red Hat OpenShift, teams can choose their own registry, networking, storage, and CI/CD solutions, or use the built-in solutions for automated source code management, container and application builds, deployments, scaling, health management, and more from OpenShift. If your team or organization is using OpenShift, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is an ideal option.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#next-steps>)"
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"value": "Can you explain Next steps?"
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"value": "Learn how to deploy a multi-container container group with an Azure Resource Manager template:\n[Deploy a container group](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-multi-container-group>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain In this article?"
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"value": "1. [Host specifications](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#host-specifications>)\n 2. [Feature support](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#feature-support>)\n 3. [Sizes in series](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#sizes-in-series>)\n 4. [Other size information](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#other-size-information>)\n 5. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#next-steps>)\n\nThe FX-series runs on the Intel® Xeon® Gold 6246R (Cascade Lake) processors. It features an all-core-turbo frequency of 4.0 GHz, 21 GB RAM per vCPU, up to 1 TB total RAM, and local temporary storage. The FX-series will benefit workloads that require a high CPU clock speed and high memory to CPU ratio, workloads with high per-core licensing costs, and applications requiring a high single-core performance. A typical use case for FX-series is the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workload. FX-series VMs feature Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, and Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#host-specifications>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Host specifications?"
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"value": "Expand table\nPart | Quantity Count Units | Specs SKU ID, Performance Units, etc.\n---|---|---\nProcessor | 4 - 48 vCPUs | Intel Xeon Gold 6246R (Cascade Lake) [x86-64]\nMemory | 84 - 1008 GiB\nLocal Storage | 1 Disk | 168 - 2016 GiB 40000 - 400000 IOPS (RR) 343 - 3871 MBps (RR)\nRemote Storage | 8 - 32 Disks | 6700 - 80000 IOPS 104 - 1258 MBps\nNetwork | 2 - 8 NICs | 4000 - 32000 Mbps\nAccelerators | None\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#feature-support>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Feature support?"
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"value": "[Premium Storage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/premium-storage-performance>): Supported [Premium Storage caching](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/premium-storage-performance>): Supported [Live Migration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/maintenance-and-updates>): Supported [Memory Preserving Updates](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/maintenance-and-updates>): Supported [Generation 2 VMs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/generation-2>): Supported [Generation 1 VMs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/generation-2>): Not Supported [Accelerated Networking](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/create-vm-accelerated-networking-cli>): Supported [Ephemeral OS Disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/ephemeral-os-disks>): Supported [Nested Virtualization](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/</en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/nested-virtualization>): Supported\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#sizes-in-series>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Sizes in series?"
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"value": "* [Basics](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#tabpanel_1_sizebasic>)\n * [Local storage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#tabpanel_1_sizestoragelocal>)\n * [Remote storage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#tabpanel_1_sizestorageremote>)\n * [Network](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#tabpanel_1_sizenetwork>)\n * [Accelerators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#tabpanel_1_sizeaccelerators>)\n\nvCPUs (Qty.) and Memory for each size\nExpand table\nSize Name | vCPUs (Qty.) | Memory (GB)\n---|---|---\nStandard_FX4mds | 4 | 84\nStandard_FX12mds | 12 | 252\nStandard_FX24mds | 24 | 504\nStandard_FX36mds | 36 | 756\nStandard_FX48mds | 48 | 1008\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#vm-basics-resources>)\n#### VM Basics resources\n * [Check vCPU quotas](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/quotas>)\n\nLocal (temp) storage info for each size\nExpand table\nSize Name | Max Temp Storage Disks (Qty.) | Temp Disk Size (GiB) | Temp Disk Random Read (RR)1 IOPS | Temp Disk Random Read (RR)1 Throughput (MB/s)\n---|---|---|---|---\nStandard_FX4mds | 1 | 168 | 40000 | 343\nStandard_FX12mds | 1 | 504 | 100000 | 1029\nStandard_FX24mds | 1 | 1008 | 200000 | 2057\nStandard_FX36mds | 1 | 1512 | 300000 | 3086\nStandard_FX48mds | 1 | 2016 | 400000 | 3871\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#storage-resources>)\n#### Storage resources\n * [Introduction to Azure managed disks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/managed-disks-overview>)\n * [Azure managed disk types](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/disks-types>)\n * [Share an Azure managed disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/disks-shared>)\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#table-definitions>)\n#### Table definitions\n * 1Temp disk speed often differs between RR (Random Read) and RW (Random Write) operations. RR operations are typically faster than RW operations. The RW speed is usually slower than the RR speed on series where only the RR speed value is listed.\n * Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.\n * Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.\n * To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see [Virtual machine and disk performance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/disks-performance>).\n\nRemote (uncached) storage info for each size\nExpand table\nSize Name | Max Remote Storage Disks (Qty.) | Uncached Premium SSD Disk IOPS | Uncached Premium SSD Throughput (MB/s)\n---|---|---|---\nStandard_FX4mds | 8 | 6700 | 104\nStandard_FX12mds | 24 | 20000 | 314\nStandard_FX24mds | 32 | 40000 | 629\nStandard_FX36mds | 32 | 60000 | 944\nStandard_FX48mds | 32 | 80000 | 1258\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#storage-resources-1>)\n#### Storage resources\n * [Introduction to Azure managed disks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/managed-disks-overview>)\n * [Azure managed disk types](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/disks-types>)\n * [Share an Azure managed disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/disks-shared>)\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#table-definitions-1>)\n#### Table definitions\n * 1Some sizes support [bursting](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/disk-bursting>) to temporarily increase disk performance. Burst speeds can be maintained for up to 30 minutes at a time.\n * Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.\n * Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.\n * Data disks can operate in cached or uncached modes. For cached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to ReadOnly or ReadWrite. For uncached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to None.\n * To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see [Virtual machine and disk performance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/disks-performance>).\n\nNetwork interface info for each size\nExpand table\nSize Name | Max NICs (Qty.) | Max Network Bandwidth (Mb/s)\n---|---|---\nStandard_FX4mds | 2 | 4000\nStandard_FX12mds | 4 | 8000\nStandard_FX24mds | 4 | 16000\nStandard_FX36mds | 8 | 24000\nStandard_FX48mds | 8 | 32000\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#networking-resources>)\n#### Networking resources\n * [Virtual networks and virtual machines in Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/network-overview>)\n * [Virtual machine network bandwidth](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-machine-network-throughput>)\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#table-definitions-2>)\n#### Table definitions\n * Expected network bandwidth is the maximum aggregated bandwidth allocated per VM type across all NICs, for all destinations. For more information, see [Virtual machine network bandwidth](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-machine-network-throughput>)\n * Upper limits aren't guaranteed. Limits offer guidance for selecting the right VM type for the intended application. Actual network performance will depend on several factors including network congestion, application loads, and network settings. For information on optimizing network throughput, see [Optimize network throughput for Azure virtual machines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-optimize-network-bandwidth>).\n * To achieve the expected network performance on Linux or Windows, you may need to select a specific version or optimize your VM. For more information, see [Bandwidth/Throughput testing (NTTTCP)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-bandwidth-testing>).\n\nAccelerator (GPUs, FPGAs, etc.) info for each size\nNote\nNo accelerators are present in this series.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#other-size-information>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Other size information?"
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"value": "List of all available sizes: [Sizes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/sizes>)\nPricing Calculator: [Pricing Calculator](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<https:/azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/>)\nInformation on Disk Types: [Disk Types](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/disks-types>)\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<#next-steps>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Next steps?"
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"value": "Learn more about how [Azure compute units (ACU)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/acu>) can help you compare compute performance across Azure SKUs.\nCheck out [Azure Dedicated Hosts](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/dedicated-hosts>) for physical servers able to host one or more virtual machines assigned to one Azure subscription.\nLearn how to [Monitor Azure virtual machines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/monitor-vm>)."
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Feedback?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Was this page helpful?\nYes No\n[ Provide product feedback ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<https:/feedback.azure.com/d365community/forum/ec2f1827-be25-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0f1c>)|\n[ Get help at Microsoft Q&A ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/answers/tags/94/azure-virtual-machines/>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Additional resources?"
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* Sizes\n * Azure Compute Gallery\n * Images\n * Find Azure Marketplace images\n * [Generalizing a VM](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/generalize>)\n * Linux custom images\n * [Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/imaging>)\n * [Linux provisioning](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/provisioning>)\n * [Endorsed distributions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/endorsed-distros>)\n * Distribution specific requirements\n * [Generic steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-upload-generic>)\n * 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[OpenBSD](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-upload-openbsd>)\n * [Red Hat](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/redhat-create-upload-vhd>)\n * [SUSE](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/suse-create-upload-vhd>)\n * [Ubuntu](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-upload-ubuntu>)\n * Use cloud-init\n * [Create Linux images without a provisioning agent](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/no-agent>)\n * [Disable Linux Agent provisioning](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disable-provisioning>)\n * Windows custom images\n * VM Image Builder\n * Build image with Packer\n * [Capture a legacy managed image](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/capture-image-resource>)\n * Dedicated hosts\n * Azure Spot Virtual Machines\n * [Azure Boost](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-boost/overview>)\n * Azure Hybrid Benefit\n * Reserved instances\n * Capacity reservation\n * Create Virtual Machines\n * [Auto-shutdown a VM](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/auto-shutdown-vm>)\n * Hibernating Virtual Machines\n * [Delete a VM and its 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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain In this article?"
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"value": "1. [Prerequisites](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#prerequisites>)\n 2. [SLES/openSUSE Leap installation notes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#slesopensuse-leap-installation-notes>)\n 3. [Use SUSE Studio](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#use-suse-studio>)\n 4. [Prepare SLES for Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#prepare-sles-for-azure>)\n 5. [Prepare openSUSE 15.4+](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#prepare-opensuse-154>)\n 6. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#next-steps>)\n\nShow 2 more\n**Applies to:** ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets **Applies to:** ✔️ Uniform scale sets\nIn some cases, you might want to use customized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) or openSUSE Leap Linux virtual machines (VMs) in your Azure environment and be able to build these types of VMs through automation. This article demonstrates how to create and upload a custom Azure virtual hard disk (VHD) that contains a SUSE Linux operating system.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#prerequisites>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Prerequisites?"
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"value": "This article assumes that you already installed a SLES or openSUSE Leap Linux operating system on a virtual hard disk. Multiple tools exist to create .vhd files. For example, you can use a virtualization solution such as Hyper-V. For instructions, see [Install Hyper-V and create a virtual machine](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/</en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/hh846766\\(v=ws.11\\)>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#slesopensuse-leap-installation-notes>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain SLES/openSUSE Leap installation notes?"
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"value": "* For more tips on preparing Linux images for Azure, see [General Linux installation notes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<create-upload-generic#general-linux-installation-notes>).\n * Azure doesn't support Windows Hard Disk Image (.vhdx) files. Only VHD (.vhd) files are supported outside virtual machines. You can convert the disk to VHD format by using Hyper-V Manager or the `Convert-VHD` cmdlet.\n * Azure supports Gen1 (BIOS boot) and Gen2 (UEFI boot) virtual machines.\n * The virtual file allocation table (VFAT) kernel module must be enabled in the kernel.\n * Don't configure a swap partition on the OS disk. You can configure the Linux agent to create a swap file on the temporary resource disk. Steps later in this article give more information about configuring swap space.\n * All VHDs on Azure must have a virtual size aligned to 1 MB. When you're converting from a raw disk to VHD, ensure that the raw disk size is a multiple of 1 MB before conversion. For more information, see [General Linux installation notes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<create-upload-generic#general-linux-installation-notes>).\n\nNote\nCloud-init version 21.2 or later removes the user-defined function (UDF) requirement. But without the `udf` module enabled, the CD-ROM won't mount during provisioning, which prevents the custom data from being applied. A workaround is to apply user data. However, unlike custom data, user data isn't encrypted. For more information, see [User data formats](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/format.html>) in the cloud-init documentation.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#use-suse-studio>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Use SUSE Studio?"
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"value": "[SUSE Studio](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/studioexpress.opensuse.org/>) can easily create and manage your SLES and openSUSE Leap images for Azure and Hyper-V. SUSE Studio is the recommended approach for customizing your own SLES and openSUSE Leap images.\nAs an alternative to building your own VHD, SUSE also publishes BYOS (bring your own subscription) images for SLES at [VM Depot](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<https:/www.microsoft.com/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/using-and-contributing-vms-to-vm-depot.pdf>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#prepare-sles-for-azure>)"
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"value": "Can you explain Prepare SLES for Azure?"
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"value": "1. Configure the Azure and Hyper-V modules if required.\nIf your software hypervisor is not Hyper-V, other modules need to be added into the initial RAM disk (initramfs) to successfully boot in Azure.\nEdit the _/etc/dracut.conf_ file and add the following line to the file:\nconfig Copy\n```\nadd_drivers+=\" hv_vmbus hv_netvsc hv_storvsc \"\n\n```\n\nRun the `dracut` command to rebuild the initramfs file:\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo dracut --verbose --force\n\n```\n\n 2. Set up the serial console.\nTo successfully work with the serial console, you must set up several variables in the _/etc/defaults/grub_ file and re-create GRUB on the server:\nconfig Copy\n```\n# Add console=ttyS0 and earlyprintk=ttS0 to the variable.\n# Remove \"splash=silent\" and \"quiet\" options.\nGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"audit=1 no-scroll fbcon=scrollback:0 mitigations=auto security=apparmor crashkernel=228M,high crashkernel=72M,low console=ttyS0 earlyprintk=ttyS0\"\n# Add \"console serial\" to GRUB_TERMINAL.\nGRUB_TERMINAL=\"console serial\"\n# Set the GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND variable.\nGRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND=\"serial --speed=115200 --unit=0 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1\"\n\n```\n\nshell Copy\n```\n/usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg\n\n```\n\n 3. Register your SUSE Linux Enterprise system to allow it to download updates and install packages.\n 4. Update the system with the latest patches:\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo zypper update\n\n```\n\n 5. Install the Azure Linux VM Agent (`waagent`) and cloud-init:\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo SUSEConnect -p sle-module-public-cloud/15.2/x86_64 (SLES 15 SP2)\nsudo zypper refresh\nsudo zypper install python-azure-agent\nsudo zypper install cloud-init\n\n```\n\n 6. Enable `waagent` and cloud-init to start on boot:\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo systemctl enable waagent\nsudo systemctl enable cloud-init-local.service\nsudo systemctl enable cloud-init.service\nsudo systemctl enable cloud-config.service\nsudo systemctl enable cloud-final.service\nsudo systemctl daemon-reload\nsudo cloud-init clean\n\n```\n\n 7. Update the cloud-init configuration:\nBash Copy\n```\ncat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/91-azure_datasource.cfg\ndatasource_list: [ Azure ]\ndatasource:\n Azure:\n apply_network_config: False\nEOF\n\n```\n\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg\n# This tells cloud-init to redirect its stdout and stderr to\n# 'tee -a /var/log/cloud-init-output.log' so the user can see output\n# there without needing to look on the console.\noutput: {all: '| tee -a /var/log/cloud-init-output.log'}\nEOF\n# Make sure mounts and disk_setup are in the init stage:\necho \"Adding mounts and disk_setup to init stage\"\nsudo sed -i '/ - mounts/d' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg\nsudo sed -i '/ - disk_setup/d' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg\nsudo sed -i '/cloud_init_modules/a\\\\ - mounts' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg\nsudo sed -i '/cloud_init_modules/a\\\\ - disk_setup' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg\n\n```\n\n 8. If you want to mount, format, and create a swap partition, one option is to pass in a cloud-init configuration every time you create a VM.\nAnother option is to use a cloud-init directive in the image to configure swap space every time the VM is created:\nBash Copy\n```\ncat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/systemd/system.conf\n'DefaultEnvironment=\"CLOUD_CFG=/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/00-azure-swap.cfg\"'\nEOF\ncat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/00-azure-swap.cfg\n#cloud-config\n# Generated by Azure cloud image build\ndisk_setup:\n ephemeral0:\n table_type: mbr\n layout: [66, [33, 82]]\n overwrite: True\nfs_setup:\n - device: ephemeral0.1\n filesystem: ext4\n - device: ephemeral0.2\n filesystem: swap\nmounts:\n - [\"ephemeral0.1\", \"/mnt\"]\n - [\"ephemeral0.2\", \"none\", \"swap\", \"sw,nofail,x-systemd.requires=cloud-init.service,x-systemd.device-timeout=2\", \"0\", \"0\"]\nEOF\n\n```\n\n 9. Previously, the Azure Linux Agent was used to automatically configure swap space by using the local resource disk that's attached to the virtual machine after the virtual machine is provisioned on Azure. Because cloud-init now handles this step, you _must not_ use the Azure Linux Agent to format the resource disk or create the swap file. Use these commands to modify _/etc/waagent.conf_ appropriately:\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo sed -i 's/Provisioning.UseCloudInit=n/Provisioning.UseCloudInit=auto/g' /etc/waagent.conf\nsudo sed -i 's/Provisioning.Enabled=y/Provisioning.Enabled=n/g' /etc/waagent.conf\nsudo sed -i 's/ResourceDisk.Format=y/ResourceDisk.Format=n/g' /etc/waagent.conf\nsudo sed -i 's/ResourceDisk.EnableSwap=y/ResourceDisk.EnableSwap=n/g' /etc/waagent.conf\n\n```\n\nNote\nIf you're using a cloud-init version earlier than 21.2, make sure the `udf` module is enabled. Removing or disabling it will cause a provisioning or boot failure. Cloud-init version 21.2 or later removes the UDF requirement.\n 10. Ensure that the _/etc/fstab_ file references the disk by using its UUID (`by-uuid`).\n 11. Remove udev rules and network adapter configuration files to avoid generating static rules for the Ethernet interfaces. These rules can cause problems when you're cloning a virtual machine in Microsoft Azure or Hyper-V.\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules\nsudo rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/85-persistent-net-cloud-init.rules\nsudo rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth*\n\n```\n\n 12. We recommend that you edit the _/etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp_ file and change the `DHCLIENT_SET_HOSTNAME` parameter to the following:\nconfig Copy\n```\nDHCLIENT_SET_HOSTNAME=\"no\"\n\n```\n\n 13. In the _/etc/sudoers_ file, comment out or remove the following lines if they exist:\nOutput Copy\n```\nDefaults targetpw # Ask for the password of the target user i.e. root\nALL ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING! Only use this setting together with 'Defaults targetpw'!\n\n```\n\n 14. Ensure that the Secure Shell (SSH) server is installed and configured to start at boot time:\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo systemctl enable sshd\n\n```\n\n 15. Clean the cloud-init stage:\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo cloud-init clean --seed --logs\n\n```\n\n 16. Run the following commands to deprovision the virtual machine and prepare it for provisioning on Azure.\nIf you're migrating a specific virtual machine and don't want to create a generalized image, skip the deprovisioning step.\nBash Copy\n```\nsudo rm -f /var/log/waagent.log\nsudo waagent -force -deprovision+user\nsudo export HISTSIZE=0\nsudo rm -f ~/.bash_history\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<#prepare-opensuse-154>)"
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"value": "Can you explain Prepare openSUSE 15.4+?"
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"value": "You're now ready to use your SUSE Linux VHD to create new virtual machines in Azure. If this is the first time that you're uploading the .vhd file to Azure, see [Create a Linux VM from a custom disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/<upload-vhd#option-1-upload-a-vhd>)."
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"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain In this article?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Important\nStandby pools for Azure Container Instances is currently in preview. Previews are made available to you on the condition that you agree to the [supplemental terms of use](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<https:/azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/preview-supplemental-terms/>). Some aspects of this feature may change prior to general availability (GA).\nGet answers to frequently asked questions about standby pools for Azure Container Instances.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#how-long-can-my-standby-pool-name-be>)"
}
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "How long can my standby pool name be?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A standby pool can be anywhere between 3 and 24 characters. For more information, see [Resource naming restrictions for Azure resources](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/</en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/resource-name-rules>)\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#how-many-container-groups-can-my-standby-pool-have>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "How many container groups can my standby pool have?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The maximum number of container groups in a standby pool is 2,000.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#can-i-change-the-size-of-my-standby-pool-without-needing-to-recreate-it>)"
}
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can I change the size of my standby pool without needing to recreate it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes. To change the size of your standby pool, update the max ready capacity setting.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#can-a-standby-pool-resource-be-moved>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can a standby pool resource be moved?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No. Standby pools don't currently support move capabilities. If you need to move a standby pool, you can consider deleting it recreating it in another location.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#i-created-a-standby-pool-and-i-noticed-that-some-containers-are-coming-up-in-a-failed-state>)"
}
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain I created a standby pool and I noticed that some containers are coming up in a failed state.?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ensure you have enough quota to complete the standby pool creation. Insufficient quota results in the platform attempting to create the containers in the standby pool fail after encountering a quota error. Check for multiple types of quotas such as Cores, Network Interfaces, IP Addresses, etc.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#i-requested-a-container-from-my-pool-but-it-created-a-new-container-instead>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain I requested a container from my pool but it created a new container instead.?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ensure that the container groups in your standby pool are in the running state before issuing a request. For example, if using a standby If containers are in any other states such as creating or deleting, the container request defaults to creating a new container group from scratch.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#can-i-create-a-standby-pool-with-containers-spread-across-availability-zones>)"
}
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
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"from": "human",
"value": "Can I create a standby pool with containers spread across availability zones?"
},
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"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes. However, standby pools for Azure Container Instances only currently support creating and requesting containers across availability zones using [REST APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/</en-us/rest/api/standbypool/standby-virtual-machine-pools/create-or-update>) using version 2024-08-01.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<#next-steps>)"
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Next steps?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Learn more about [standby pools on Azure Container Instances](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/<container-instances-standby-pool-overview>)."
}
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"from": "system",
"value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you explain Feedback?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
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