Virtual Machines - Reimage

Service:

Compute

API Version:

2024-03-01

Reimages (upgrade the operating system) a virtual machine which don't have a ephemeral OS disk, for virtual machines who have a ephemeral OS disk the virtual machine is reset to initial state. NOTE: The retaining of old OS disk depends on the value of deleteOption of OS disk. If deleteOption is detach, the old OS disk will be preserved after reimage. If deleteOption is delete, the old OS disk will be deleted after reimage. The deleteOption of the OS disk should be updated accordingly before performing the reimage.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}/reimage?api-version=2024-03-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the resource group.
subscriptionId	path	True	string	Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.
vmName	path	True	string	The name of the virtual machine.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
parameters	VirtualMachineReimageParameters	Parameters supplied to the Reimage Virtual Machine operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK		OK
202 Accepted		Accepted
Other Status Codes	CloudError	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

Reimage a Non-Ephemeral Virtual Machine.

Reimage a Virtual Machine.

Reimage a Non-Ephemeral Virtual Machine.

Sample Request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVMName/reimage?api-version=2024-03-01

{
  "tempDisk": true,
  "exactVersion": "aaaaaa",
  "osProfile": {
    "adminPassword": "{your-password}",
    "customData": "{your-custom-data}"
  }
}

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.OSProfileProvisioningData;
import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.VirtualMachineReimageParameters;

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines Reimage.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Reimage_NonEphemeralVMs.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Reimage a Non-Ephemeral Virtual Machine.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void reimageANonEphemeralVirtualMachine(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines().reimage(
            "myResourceGroup", "myVMName", new VirtualMachineReimageParameters().withTempDisk(true)
                .withExactVersion("aaaaaa").withOsProfile(new OSProfileProvisioningData()
                    .withAdminPassword("fakeTokenPlaceholder").withCustomData("{your-custom-data}")),
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v5"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/92de53a5f1e0e03c94b40475d2135d97148ed014/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Reimage_NonEphemeralVMs.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_BeginReimage_reimageANonEphemeralVirtualMachine() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().BeginReimage(ctx, "myResourceGroup", "myVMName", &armcompute.VirtualMachinesClientBeginReimageOptions{Parameters: &armcompute.VirtualMachineReimageParameters{
		ExactVersion: to.Ptr("aaaaaa"),
		OSProfile: &armcompute.OSProfileProvisioningData{
			AdminPassword: to.Ptr("{your-password}"),
			CustomData:    to.Ptr("{your-custom-data}"),
		},
		TempDisk: to.Ptr(true),
	},
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample Response

Status code:

200

Status code:

202

Location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/westus/operations/{operationId}&monitor=true&api-version=2024-03-01

Reimage a Virtual Machine.

Sample Request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVMName/reimage?api-version=2024-03-01

{
  "tempDisk": true
}

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.VirtualMachineReimageParameters;

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines Reimage.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Reimage.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Reimage a Virtual Machine.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void reimageAVirtualMachine(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines().reimage("myResourceGroup", "myVMName",
            new VirtualMachineReimageParameters().withTempDisk(true), com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v5"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/92de53a5f1e0e03c94b40475d2135d97148ed014/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Reimage.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_BeginReimage_reimageAVirtualMachine() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().BeginReimage(ctx, "myResourceGroup", "myVMName", &armcompute.VirtualMachinesClientBeginReimageOptions{Parameters: &armcompute.VirtualMachineReimageParameters{
		TempDisk: to.Ptr(true),
	},
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample Response

Status code:

200

Status code:

202

Location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/westus/operations/{operationId}&monitor=true&api-version=2024-03-01

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiError	Api error.
ApiErrorBase	Api error base.
CloudError	An error response from the Compute service.
InnerError	Inner error details.
OSProfileProvisioningData	Specifies information required for reimaging the non-ephemeral OS disk.
VirtualMachineReimageParameters	Parameters supplied to the Reimage Virtual Machine operation.

ApiError

Api error.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
details	ApiErrorBase[]	The Api error details
innererror	InnerError	The Api inner error
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	Api error.

InnerError

Inner error details.

Name	Type	Description
errordetail	string	The internal error message or exception dump.
exceptiontype	string	The exception type.

OSProfileProvisioningData

Specifies information required for reimaging the non-ephemeral OS disk.

Name	Type	Description
adminPassword	string	Specifies the password of the administrator account. Minimum-length (Windows): 8 characters Minimum-length (Linux): 6 characters Max-length (Windows): 123 characters Max-length (Linux): 72 characters Complexity requirements: 3 out of 4 conditions below need to be fulfilled Has lower characters Has upper characters Has a digit Has a special character (Regex match [\W_]) Disallowed values: "abc@123", "P@$$w0rd", "P@ssw0rd", "P@ssword123", "Pa$$word", "pass@word1", "Password!", "Password1", "Password22", "iloveyou!" For resetting the password, see How to reset the Remote Desktop service or its login password in a Windows VM For resetting root password, see Manage users, SSH, and check or repair disks on Azure Linux VMs using the VMAccess Extension
customData	string	Specifies a base-64 encoded string of custom data. The base-64 encoded string is decoded to a binary array that is saved as a file on the Virtual Machine. The maximum length of the binary array is 65535 bytes. Note: Do not pass any secrets or passwords in customData property. This property cannot be updated after the VM is created. The property customData is passed to the VM to be saved as a file, for more information see Custom Data on Azure VMs. If using cloud-init for your Linux VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation.

VirtualMachineReimageParameters

Parameters supplied to the Reimage Virtual Machine operation.

Name	Type	Description
exactVersion	string	Specifies in decimal number, the version the OS disk should be reimaged to. If exact version is not provided, the OS disk is reimaged to the existing version of OS Disk.
osProfile	OSProfileProvisioningData	Specifies information required for reimaging the non-ephemeral OS disk.
tempDisk	boolean	Specifies whether to reimage temp disk. Default value: false. Note: This temp disk reimage parameter is only supported for VM/VMSS with Ephemeral OS disk.