VirtualMachineScaleSetOSProfile interface

Describes a virtual machine scale set OS profile.

Properties

adminPassword

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

adminUsername

Specifies the name of the administrator account.

Windows-only restriction: Cannot end in "."

Disallowed values: "administrator", "admin", "user", "user1", "test", "user2", "test1", "user3", "admin1", "1", "123", "a", "actuser", "adm", "admin2", "aspnet", "backup", "console", "david", "guest", "john", "owner", "root", "server", "sql", "support", "support_388945a0", "sys", "test2", "test3", "user4", "user5".

Minimum-length (Linux): 1 character

Max-length (Linux): 64 characters

Max-length (Windows): 20 characters

allowExtensionOperations

Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine scale set. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine scale set.

computerNamePrefix

Specifies the computer name prefix for all of the virtual machines in the scale set. Computer name prefixes must be 1 to 15 characters long.

customData

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. For using cloud-init for your VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation

linuxConfiguration

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.

requireGuestProvisionSignal

Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted.

secrets

Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machines in the scale set. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.

windowsConfiguration

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

Property Details

adminPassword

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

adminPassword?: string

Property Value

string

adminUsername

Specifies the name of the administrator account.

Windows-only restriction: Cannot end in "."

Disallowed values: "administrator", "admin", "user", "user1", "test", "user2", "test1", "user3", "admin1", "1", "123", "a", "actuser", "adm", "admin2", "aspnet", "backup", "console", "david", "guest", "john", "owner", "root", "server", "sql", "support", "support_388945a0", "sys", "test2", "test3", "user4", "user5".

Minimum-length (Linux): 1 character

Max-length (Linux): 64 characters

Max-length (Windows): 20 characters

adminUsername?: string

Property Value

string

allowExtensionOperations

Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine scale set. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine scale set.

allowExtensionOperations?: boolean

Property Value

boolean

computerNamePrefix

Specifies the computer name prefix for all of the virtual machines in the scale set. Computer name prefixes must be 1 to 15 characters long.

computerNamePrefix?: string

Property Value

string

customData

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. For using cloud-init for your VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation

customData?: string

Property Value

string

linuxConfiguration

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.

linuxConfiguration?: LinuxConfiguration

Property Value

requireGuestProvisionSignal

Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted.

requireGuestProvisionSignal?: boolean

Property Value

boolean

secrets

Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machines in the scale set. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.

secrets?: VaultSecretGroup[]

Property Value

windowsConfiguration

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

windowsConfiguration?: WindowsConfiguration

Property Value