( This action of setting the environment variables is optional but for better readability and best practices this is introduced here) export RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME=myresourcegroup export LOCATION=eastus export VM_NAME=myvirtualmachine export VM_IMAGE=ubuntults export ADMIN_USERNAME=azureuserĮxport: this is command use to set the value to the environment variables in the current session. Now do the same for the kvm group: sudo adduser ‘ username’ kvm. Replace username with the actual username. Add a user to the libvirt group by typing: sudo adduser ‘username’ libvirt. Choose a distribution and let’s run it in a VM using VirtualBox. Only members of the libvirt and kvm user groups can run virtual machines.

If you want to try out a Linux distribution, you may want to do it in a virtual machine (VM) before dual-booting or completely overwriting your system. We have ensured there is no resource group that we intend to create now from the above command output in current subscription.įollowing environment variables for the terminal session is set which we will utilizing the references in upcoming command execution. Choose a distribution and let’s run it in a VM using VirtualBox.

Ubuntu vm