Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this book
About the author
1. Azure core services
Chapter 1. Before you begin
1.1. Is this book for you?
1.2. How to use this book
1.2.1. The main chapters
1.2.2. Try it now
1.2.3. Hands-on labs
1.2.4. Source code and supplementary materials
1.3. Creating your lab environment
1.3.1. Creating a free Azure account
1.3.2. Bonus lab exercise: Create a free GitHub account
1.4. A little helping hand
1.5. Understanding the Azure platform
1.5.1. Virtualization in Azure
1.5.2. Management tools
Chapter 2. Creating a virtual machine
2.1. Creating a VM from your web browser
2.1.1. Azure storage
2.1.2. Basic settings, continued
2.1.3. VM sizes
2.1.4. Settings
2.2. Connecting to the VM, and installing the web server
2.2.1. Connecting to the VM with SSH
2.2.2. Installing the web server
2.3. Allowing web traffic to reach the VM
2.3.1. Creating a rule to allow web traffic
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