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Creating and accessing a Cloud-hosted Linux Virtual Machine

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Creating and accessing a Cloud-hosted Linux Virtual Machine      Creating and accessing a cloud-hosted Linux virtual machine (VM) on Azure can be done using the Azure Portal or Azure CLI. This blog will describe how I was able to create a Linux VM using the Azure Portal. Note: You will have to create a Microsoft azure account and verify it to use its services. Step 1: Sign in to the Azure Portal Step 2: Create a resource group My resource group name is ubuntu.linux_group   Step 3: Create a virtual machine Click on "Create a resource" in the Azure Portal and search for "Ubuntu Server". Select the version of the distribution you want to use and click "Create". Step 4: Configure the virtual machine Fill in the required information such as the name of the Virtual Machine, username, and password. Choose the VM size, storage account type. Set up properties of the virtual machine. I am using the standard package which has a 4 thread CPU. I have set ram size 4G...