Challenge 09 - Configure VM Scale Set to Run a Web Server

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Introduction

The goals of this challenge include understanding:

• How extensions are configured in a Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS)
• How the custom script extension works in the context of a VMSS

Description

We have provided a script (install_apache_vmss.sh) that configures Apache web server on a Linux VMSS. When run on an individual VM instance, the script deploys a static web page that should be available at: http://<PublicIPofTheLoadBalancer>/wth.html

You can find the script in the Resources folder for /Challenge-09.

Your challenge is to:

• Extend the VMSS Bicep template to configure a webserver on instances of the VM Scale Set deployed earlier
  • Add the Azure VM Custom Script Extension to the VM Scale Set definition
  • Read the script body into a string and pass it as an input parameter

Success Criteria

1. Verify you can view the web page configured by the script

Learning Resources

• Read a text file using PowerShell
• Read a text file using a Linux shell