virtual machine that supports nested virtualisation

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virtual machine that supports nested virtualisation

Subhankar Banerjee 31

I was trying to create a virtual machine that supports nested virtualisation. The minimum hardware requirements for your cloud provider instance are as follows: Nested Virtualization. 4 vCPU. 12GB of RAM. 128GB of storage. Microsoft Azure The following image/machine types have been validated to complete the certification program. Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS D4s_v3 - 4vCPU / 16G..I am using the free trial version, recently joined Azure Stack ..need urgent help on this

something like 4 VMs (3 Kubernetes nodes and 1 standalone host) each with predefined static IP addresses....

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Hello, @Subhankar Banerjee !

There's a lot to unpack here so I'll do my best to address each of your questions and requirements. Since Azure Stack adds another dimension of complexity, you may want to follow up with another post with the Azure Stack tag once you have a better idea of what you want to use in your solution.

What virtual machines support nested virtualization?
Nested virtualization has two components: Supported operating systems and supported hardware/virtual machines.

Operating systems/Configuration:
For supported operating systems and configuration requirements, you'll want to reference the Run Hyper-V in a Virtual Machine with Nested Virtualization documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/nested-virtualization

While going through this, you'll note that only Windows Server and Windows are mentioned. While not officially supported, there are blogs that will walk you through the process of creating a nested virtual machine in Azure with a Linux VM like this blog from brianlinkletter.com:

https://www.brianlinkletter.com/2018/06/create-a-nested-virtual-machine-in-a-microsoft-azure-linux-vm/

Hardware:
When looking at hardware requirements, you can find a full list of VMs with hardware that support nested virtualization in the Azure compute unit (ACU) documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/acu

D_v3
Ds_v3
Dv4
Dsv4
Ddv4
Ddsv4
E_v3
Es_v3
Ev4
Esv4
Edv4
Edsv4
F2s_v2 - F72s_v2
FX4 - FX48
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Specific VM spec requirements
When looking for a VM with specific requirements, you'll want to browse the virtual machine sizes:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes

There are many different options that would match the 4 vCPU / 12GB of RAM / 128GB of storage depending on what your needs are. This might be a good opportunity to contact Azure sales to figure out what the most cost efficient configuration is (both from a free credit standpoint and in planning to migrate to a paid subscription later on). A D4ads v5 could work, but there may be a better option for you.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure has a managed Kubernetes service, Azure Kubernetes Service or AKS which simplifies deploying a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure. This is worth your time to familiarize yourself with if you are interested in Kubernetes on Azure, especially if you want to use Linux and a free trial subscription:

Azure Stack
Azure Stack is worth having its own discussion, and I would encourage you to reach out to the Azure Stack specialists once you have a better idea of what you want to use in your solution:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/topics/azure-stack.html

I hope this has been helpful!

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Subhankar Banerjee 31

I have opted for calico training for that I need to build the below cluster configuration --

4 VMs (3 Kubernetes nodes and 1 standalone host) each with predefined static IP addresses:

Control (198.19.0.1) - Kubernetes control-plane node
Node1 (198.19.0.2) - Kubernetes worker node
Node2 (198.19.0.3) - Kubernetes worker node
Host1 (198.19.15.254) - General purpose host
(Note that each VM will also have a second dynamically allocated IP address, but we will always use the static IP addresses listed above.)

The minimum hardware requirements are as follows:

Nested Virtualization.
4 vCPU.
12GB of RAM.
128GB of storage.

Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS
D4s_v3 - 4vCPU / 16G.

I am very new to cloud infrastructure, I have joined in Azure stack free 12-month option.

I need some help to create that above configuration once .......

kobulloc-MSFT 26,811 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-04-20T23:13:23.177+00:00
Hello again, @Subhankar Banerjee !

(Be sure to open new threads with additional questions and link back to previous questions if need be. This helps other people search for answers when they have similar questions!)

Creating a VM with a static IP address is relatively straight forward and can be done using az network nic ip-config update in Azure CLI or you can manually set the IP configuration to Static in the portal:

CLI
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/virtual-networks-static-private-ip-arm-cli

az network nic ip-config update \ --name ipconfigmyVM \ --resource-group myResourceGroup \ --nic-name myVMVMNic \ --private-ip-address 10.0.0.4

Portal
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/virtual-networks-static-private-ip-arm-pportal
kobulloc-MSFT 26,811 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-04-20T23:26:07.213+00:00
@Subhankar Banerjee ,

(Continued, the character limit makes it difficult to answer in comments when replying to an answer.)

For the Calico portion of your question, you'll probably want to ask that with an AKS tag in a new question to see if there are some Kubernetes experts that can help guide you as this is a somewhat advanced subject.

The Microsoft Learn touch on Calico briefly in the pod traffic network policies documentation but largely refers to the Project Calico support options. There are a couple other blogs that may be useful as well:

AKS: Secure pod traffic with network policies

Microsoft Blog: Tutorial - Calico Network Policies with Azure Kubernetes Service

Microsoft Blog: Integrating Azure CNI and Calico - A technical deep dive

Calico open source
Subhankar Banerjee 31 Reputation points

2022-04-21T14:43:24.123+00:00

thanks for the information

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