Anmsible and Docker are tool to deploy software in Azure, e.g. PostgreSQL deployment in Azure.
Ansible
- Make fresh linux vm, must be 64 bit for Docker.
- If you run Windows, install virtualbox or VMware to host a virtual Linux machine. Manually load a downloaded Linux image inside virtualbox: http://askubuntu.com/questions/64915/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-on-a-virtualbox-client-from-an-iso-image
- Ubuntu http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/ around Debian.
- CentOS (free version of RedHat) https://www.centos.org/download/
- Inside virtualbox: forward 2222 to 22 to be able to use putty
- Ubuntu http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/ around Debian.
- If you run a Linux machine, use vagrant (from linux box / terminal)
- During installlation, tick openssh,.. If you forgot, afterwards do apt-get install openssh -server
- If you run Windows, install virtualbox or VMware to host a virtual Linux machine. Manually load a downloaded Linux image inside virtualbox: http://askubuntu.com/questions/64915/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-on-a-virtualbox-client-from-an-iso-image
- Standard python 2.7.12 is sufficient for Ansible
- Install Ansible (and if needed git)
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