New-AzVM
Creates a virtual machine.
Syntax
New-AzVM
[[-ResourceGroupName] <String>]
[[-Location] <String>]
-Name <String>
-Credential <PSCredential>
[-VirtualNetworkName <String>]
[-AddressPrefix <String>]
[-SubnetName <String>]
[-SubnetAddressPrefix <String>]
[-PublicIpAddressName <String>]
[-DomainNameLabel <String>]
[-AllocationMethod <String>]
[-SecurityGroupName <String>]
[-OpenPorts <Int32[]>]
[-ImageName <String>]
[-Size <String>]
[-AvailabilitySetName <String>]
[-AsJob]
[-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]New-AzVM
[-ResourceGroupName] <String>
[-Location] <String>
[-VM] <PSVirtualMachine>
[[-Zone] <String[]>]
[-DisableBginfoExtension]
[-Tag <Hashtable>]
[-LicenseType <String>]
[-AsJob]
[-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]New-AzVM
[[-ResourceGroupName] <String>]
[[-Location] <String>]
-Name <String>
[-VirtualNetworkName <String>]
[-AddressPrefix <String>]
[-SubnetName <String>]
[-SubnetAddressPrefix <String>]
[-PublicIpAddressName <String>]
[-DomainNameLabel <String>]
[-AllocationMethod <String>]
[-SecurityGroupName <String>]
[-OpenPorts <Int32[]>]
-DiskFile <String>
[-Linux]
[-Size <String>]
[-AvailabilitySetName <String>]
[-AsJob]
[-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]Description
The New-AzVM cmdlet creates a virtual machine in Azure. This cmdlet takes a virtual machine object as input. Use the New-AzVMConfig cmdlet to create a virtual machine object. Other cmdlets can be used to configure the virtual machine, such as Set-AzVMOperatingSystem, Set-AzVMSourceImage, Add-AzVMNetworkInterface, and Set-AzVMOSDisk.
The SimpleParameterSet provides a convenient method to create a VM by making common VM creation arguments optional.
Examples
Example 1: Create a virtual machine
PS C:\> New-AzVM -Name MyVmThis example script shows how to create a virtual machine. This script uses several other cmdlets.
Example 2: Create a virtual machine from a custom user image
PS C:\> ## VM Account
# Credentials for Local Admin account you created in the sysprepped (generalized) vhd image
$VMLocalAdminUser = "LocalAdminUser"
$VMLocalAdminSecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString "Password" -AsPlainText -Force
## Azure Account
$LocationName = "eastus2"
$ResourceGroupName = "MyResourceGroup"
# This a Premium_LRS storage account.
# It is required in order to run a client VM with efficiency and high performance.
$StorageAccount = "Mydisk"
## VM
$OSDiskName = "MyClient"
$ComputerName = "MyClientVM"
$OSDiskUri = "https://Mydisk.blob.core.windows.net/disks/MyOSDisk.vhd"
$SourceImageUri = "https://Mydisk.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/MyOSImage.vhd"
$VMName = "MyVM"
# Modern hardware environment with fast disk, high IOPs performance.
# Required to run a client VM with efficiency and performance
$VMSize = "Standard_DS3"
$OSDiskCaching = "ReadWrite"
$OSCreateOption = "FromImage"
## Networking
$DNSNameLabel = "mydnsname" # mydnsname.westus.cloudapp.azure.com
$NetworkName = "MyNet"
$NICName = "MyNIC"
$PublicIPAddressName = "MyPIP"
$SubnetName = "MySubnet"
$SubnetAddressPrefix = "10.0.0.0/24"
$VnetAddressPrefix = "10.0.0.0/16"
$SingleSubnet = New-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name $SubnetName -AddressPrefix $SubnetAddressPrefix
$Vnet = New-AzVirtualNetwork -Name $NetworkName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Location $LocationName -AddressPrefix $VnetAddressPrefix -Subnet $SingleSubnet
$PIP = New-AzPublicIpAddress -Name $PublicIPAddressName -DomainNameLabel $DNSNameLabel -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Location $LocationName -AllocationMethod Dynamic
$NIC = New-AzNetworkInterface -Name $NICName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Location $LocationName -SubnetId $Vnet.Subnets[0].Id -PublicIpAddressId $PIP.Id
$Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($VMLocalAdminUser, $VMLocalAdminSecurePassword);
$VirtualMachine = New-AzVMConfig -VMName $VMName -VMSize $VMSize
$VirtualMachine = Set-AzVMOperatingSystem -VM $VirtualMachine -Windows -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $Credential -ProvisionVMAgent -EnableAutoUpdate
$VirtualMachine = Add-AzVMNetworkInterface -VM $VirtualMachine -Id $NIC.Id
$VirtualMachine = Set-AzVMOSDisk -VM $VirtualMachine -Name $OSDiskName -VhdUri $OSDiskUri -SourceImageUri $SourceImageUri -Caching $OSDiskCaching -CreateOption $OSCreateOption -Windows
New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Location $LocationName -VM $VirtualMachine -VerboseThis example takes an existing sys-prepped, generalized custom operating system image and attaches a data disk to it, provisions a new network, deploys the VHD, and runs it.
This script can be used for automatic provisioning because it uses the local virtual machine admin credentials inline instead of calling Get-Credential which requires user interaction.
This script assumes that you are already logged into your Azure account. You can confirm your login status by using the Get-AzureSubscription cmdlet.
Parameters
-AddressPrefix
The address prefix for the virtual network which will be created for the VM.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | 192.168.0.0/16 |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-AllocationMethod
The IP allocation method for the public IP which will be created for the VM.
| Type: | String |
| Accepted values: | Static, Dynamic |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | Static |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-AsJob
Run cmdlet in the background and return a Job to track progress.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-AvailabilitySetName
Specifies a name for the availability set.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Credential
The administrator credentials for the VM.
| Type: | PSCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DefaultProfile
The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure.
| Type: | IAzureContextContainer |
| Aliases: | AzureRmContext, AzureCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DisableBginfoExtension
Indicates that this cmdlet does not install the BG Info extension on the virtual machine.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DiskFile
The local path to the virtual hard disk file to be uploaded to the cloud and for creating the VM, and it must have '.vhd' as its suffix.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DomainNameLabel
The subdomain label for the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the VM. This will take the form {domainNameLabel}.{location}.cloudapp.azure.com.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ImageName
The friendly image name upon which the VM will be built. These include: Win2016Datacenter, Win2012R2Datacenter, Win2012Datacenter, Win2008R2SP1, UbuntuLTS, CentOS, CoreOS, Debian, openSUSE-Leap, RHEL, SLES.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | Win2016Datacenter |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-LicenseType
Specifies a license type, which indicates that the image or disk for the virtual machine was licensed on-premises. This value is used only for images that contain the Windows Server operating system. The acceptable values for this parameter are:
- Windows_Client
- Windows_Server
This value cannot be updated. If you specify this parameter for an update, the value must match the initial value for the virtual machine.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Linux
Indicates whether the disk file is for Linux VM, if specified; or Windows, if not specified by default.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Location
Specifies a location for the virtual machine.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
The name of the VM resource.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-OpenPorts
A list of ports to open on the network security group (NSG) for the created VM. The default value depends on the type of image chosen (i.e., Windows: 3389, 5985 and Linux: 22).
| Type: | Int32[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PublicIpAddressName
The name of a new (or existing) public IP address for the created VM to use. If not specified, a name will be generated.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ResourceGroupName
Specifies the name of a resource group.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SecurityGroupName
The name of a new (or existing) network security group (NSG) for the created VM to use. If not specified, a name will be generated.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Size
The Virtual Machine Size. The Default Value is: Standard_DS1_v2.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | Standard_DS1_v2 |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SubnetAddressPrefix
The address prefix for the subnet which will be created for the VM.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | 192.168.1.0/24 |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SubnetName
The name of a new (or existing) subnet for the created VM to use. If not specified, a name will be generated.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Tag
Specifies that resources and resource groups can be tagged with a set of name-value pairs. Adding tags to resources enables you to group resources together across resource groups and to create your own views. Each resource or resource group can have a maximum of 15 tags.
| Type: | Hashtable |
| Aliases: | Tags |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-VirtualNetworkName
The name of a new (or existing) virtual network for the created VM to use. If not specified, a name will be generated.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-VM
Specifies a local virtual machine to create. To obtain a virtual machine object, use the New-AzVMConfig cmdlet. Other cmdlets can be used to configure the virtual machine, such as Set-AzVMOperatingSystem, Set-AzVMSourceImage, and Add-AzVMNetworkInterface.
| Type: | PSVirtualMachine |
| Aliases: | VMProfile |
| Position: | 2 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs.
The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Zone
Specifies the zone list of the virtual machine.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | 3 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
PSVirtualMachine
Parameter 'VM' accepts value of type 'PSVirtualMachine' from the pipeline