Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node
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So has anyone else tried to deploy a CentOS server to Azure? I was looking around Azure today, just to see what is possible in regards to a basic, minimal install of CentOS, and it looks like the only things that are available in regards to CentOS are things that are "CentOS-Based". I haven't been able to find much information about what that means exactly.
I'm not looking to put a CentOS production workload in Azure, but I am curious as to what these "CentOS-Based" options actually mean. Anyone have any knowledge of this?
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Those are just random third party images.
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@scottalanmiller said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
Those are just random third party images.
That's what I was thinking too. I did read an article where you could upload your own image/VHD file and create a VM from that file. But that seems like a really unnecessary process just to get a basic Linux box running on their platform.
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In the past we just selected CentOS. Selection screen looking nothing like that.
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Easy answer, though, is don't use Azure. Why are you testing there?
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@scottalanmiller said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
Easy answer, though, is don't use Azure. Why are you testing there?
I have some credits, and wanted to see what is available. Just personal/lab stuff.
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@fuznutz04 said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
@scottalanmiller said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
Easy answer, though, is don't use Azure. Why are you testing there?
I have some credits, and wanted to see what is available. Just personal/lab stuff.
Makes sense. Although I'd avoid it in production so not sure what the lab value would be.
But in the past CentOS was there as a direct option. We used it and have customer still using it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
Makes sense. Although I'd avoid it in production so not sure what the lab value would be.
I like to poke around Azure from time to time in order to keep up to date in regards to what is available on that platform . As you know, things change so rapidly in the cloud space, that it's easy to become unaware of what is actually available.
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@scottalanmiller said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
But in the past CentOS was there as a direct option. We used it and have customer still using it.
I wonder if MS will offer a base image again in the future with their new "commitment to Linux" claim.
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@fuznutz04 said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
@scottalanmiller said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
But in the past CentOS was there as a direct option. We used it and have customer still using it.
I wonder if MS will offer a base image again in the future with their new "commitment to Linux" claim.
Their commitment was never to CentOS. Ubuntu and Suse.
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@scottalanmiller said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
@fuznutz04 said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
@scottalanmiller said in Azure & "CentOS based" Compute node:
But in the past CentOS was there as a direct option. We used it and have customer still using it.
I wonder if MS will offer a base image again in the future with their new "commitment to Linux" claim.
Their commitment was never to CentOS. Ubuntu and Suse.
Ahh, missed that detail.
