Course Overview
In this course, you practice deploying and administering Linux virtual machines. The skills gained include creating and configuring workloads on virtual machines, accessing blob and file storage, monitoring and triggering alerts, and backing up virtual machines.
Course Content
Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor
- Introduction
- Monitoring for Azure VMs
- Monitor VM host data
- Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics
- Collect client performance counters by using VM insights
- Collect VM client event logs
- Summary
Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup
- Introduction
- Azure Backup features and scenarios
- Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
- Exercise - Back up an Azure virtual machine
- Restore virtual machine data
- Exercise - Restore Azure virtual machine data
- Summary
Implement access management for Azure resources
- Introduction
- Assign Azure roles
- Configure custom Azure roles
- Create and configure managed identities
- Access Azure resources with managed identities
- Analyze Azure role permissions
- Configure Azure Key Vault RBAC policies
- Retrieve objects from Azure Key Vault
- Knowledge check
- Summary and resources
Configure Azure Files
- Introduction
- Compare storage for file shares and blob data
- Manage Azure file shares
- Create file share snapshots
- Implement soft delete for Azure Files
- Use Azure Storage Explorer
- Consider Azure File Sync
- Knowledge check
- Summary and resources
Guided Project: Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure
- Introduction
- Exercise - Create and configure Linux virtual machines
- Exercise - Monitor virtual machines
- Exercise - Configure storage for virtual machines
- Exercise - Back up virtual machines
- Module assessment
- Summary and resources
Who should attend
This course is designed for students who are performing Azure Administrator virtual machine workload tasks in their day-to-day job. This course is for students to bridge fundamental level skills and entry-level associate skills. This course applies to multiple IT roles, including infrastructure, storage, security, and monitoring.
Prerequisites
- Experience using the Azure portal and CLI to create resources.
- Familiarity with identity management and role-based access control.
- Experience creating and configuring Azure virtual machines.
- Working knowledge of administering operating systems based on the Linux kernel.
Outline: Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure (AZ-1007)
9 Modules:
Module 1
- Configure virtual machines
- Learn how to configure virtual machines including sizing, storage, and connections.
Module 2
- Add and size disks in Azure virtual machines
- Learn how to use the cross-platform Azure CLI to create, start, stop, and perform other management tasks related to virtual machines in Azure.
Module 3
- Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor
- Learn how to monitor your Azure VMs by using Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host and client metrics and logs.
Module 4
- Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup
- Use Azure Backup to help protect on-premises servers, virtual machines, SQL Server, Azure file shares, and other workloads.
Module 5
- Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI
- Learn how to use the cross-platform Azure CLI to create, start, stop, and perform other management tasks related to virtual machines in Azure.
Module 6
- Implement access management for Azure resources
- Explore how to use built-in Azure roles, managed identities, and RBAC-policy to control access to Azure resources. Identity is the key to secure solutions.
Module 7
- Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync
- Learn how to configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync.
Module 8
- Copy and move blobs from one container or storage account to another using the AzCopy command
- Learn how to use AzCopy to copy and move blobs between contains and storage accounts both synchronously and asynchronously.
Module 9
- Guided Project: Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure
- In this guided project module, you prepare and study for the Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure Applied Skill.