Virtual Machines - Generalize
Sets the OS state of the virtual machine to generalized. It is recommended to sysprep the virtual machine before performing this operation. For Windows, please refer to Create a managed image of a generalized VM in Azure. For Linux, please refer to How to create an image of a virtual machine or VHD.
POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}/generalize?api-version=2024-07-01
Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
resource
|
path | True |
string |
The name of the resource group. |
subscription
|
path | True |
string |
Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call. |
vm
|
path | True |
string |
The name of the virtual machine. |
api-version
|
query | True |
string |
Client Api Version. |
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
200 OK |
OK |
|
Other Status Codes |
Error response describing why the operation failed. |
Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow
Type:
oauth2
Flow:
implicit
Authorization URL:
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
Name | Description |
---|---|
user_impersonation | impersonate your user account |
Sample request
Sample response
Name | Description |
---|---|
Api |
Api error. |
Api |
Api error base. |
Cloud |
An error response from the Compute service. |
Inner |
Inner error details. |
Api error.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
code |
string |
The error code. |
details |
The Api error details |
|
innererror |
The Api inner error |
|
message |
string |
The error message. |
target |
string |
The target of the particular error. |
Api error base.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
code |
string |
The error code. |
message |
string |
The error message. |
target |
string |
The target of the particular error. |
An error response from the Compute service.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
error |
Api error. |
Inner error details.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
errordetail |
string |
The internal error message or exception dump. |
exceptiontype |
string |
The exception type. |