How to expand a disk in Azure

Windows
https://querysurge.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002530951-Azure-Expand-Disk-

Linux
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/expand-disks

When booting an Azure VM, this error:

304.863321] —[ end Kernel panic – not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Solution: remove old linux kernels, your /boot drive is out of space.

-boot to grub and click on “Advanced options”
-Select a previous kernel (should boot fine)
login and enter command

$ df

See if your /boot directory is 100% used
Remove old linux kernels

$ sudo apt-get autoremove

Also, there may be an issue with the storage drivers (that should be built into initramfs) needed for Hyper-V / Azure.
Other Information: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4091524/how-recovery-azure-linux-vm-from-kernel-related-boot-related-issues

When setting up an Azure VM that will have mail functions, you may need to set up a rDNS record. The Azure portal at this time does not have that capability but you can set this up in with the Azure CLI or PowerShell.

Guide for creating Reverse DNS records:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-reverse-dns-for-azure-services
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest

This script creates an Azure Virtual Machine with an Ubuntu operating system. After running the script, you can access the virtual machine over SSH.

If needed, install the Azure PowerShell module using the instructions found in the Azure PowerShell guide, and then run Login-AzureRmAccount to create a connection with Azure. Also, you need to have an SSH public key named id_rsa.pub in the .ssh directory of your user profile.

# Variables for common values
$resourceGroup = "myResourceGroup"
$location = "westeurope"
$vmName = "myVM"

# Definer user name and blank password
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString ' ' -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("azureuser", $securePassword)

# Create a resource group
New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroup -Location $location

# Create a subnet configuration
$subnetConfig = New-AzureRmVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name mySubnet -AddressPrefix 192.168.1.0/24

# Create a virtual network
$vnet = New-AzureRmVirtualNetwork -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Location $location `
  -Name MYvNET -AddressPrefix 192.168.0.0/16 -Subnet $subnetConfig

# Create a public IP address and specify a DNS name
$pip = New-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Location $location `
  -Name "mypublicdns$(Get-Random)" -AllocationMethod Static -IdleTimeoutInMinutes 4

# Create an inbound network security group rule for port 22
$nsgRuleSSH = New-AzureRmNetworkSecurityRuleConfig -Name myNetworkSecurityGroupRuleSSH  -Protocol Tcp `
  -Direction Inbound -Priority 1000 -SourceAddressPrefix * -SourcePortRange * -DestinationAddressPrefix * `
  -DestinationPortRange 22 -Access Allow

# Create a network security group
$nsg = New-AzureRmNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Location $location `
  -Name myNetworkSecurityGroup -SecurityRules $nsgRuleSSH

# Create a virtual network card and associate with public IP address and NSG
$nic = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name myNic -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Location $location `
  -SubnetId $vnet.Subnets[0].Id -PublicIpAddressId $pip.Id -NetworkSecurityGroupId $nsg.Id

# Create a virtual machine configuration
$vmConfig = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $vmName -VMSize Standard_D1 | `
Set-AzureRmVMOperatingSystem -Linux -ComputerName $vmName -Credential $cred -DisablePasswordAuthentication | `
Set-AzureRmVMSourceImage -PublisherName Canonical -Offer UbuntuServer -Skus 14.04.2-LTS -Version latest | `
Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -Id $nic.Id

# Configure SSH Keys
$sshPublicKey = Get-Content "$env:USERPROFILE\.ssh\id_rsa.pub"
Add-AzureRmVMSshPublicKey -VM $vmconfig -KeyData $sshPublicKey -Path "/home/azureuser/.ssh/authorized_keys"

# Create a virtual machine
New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Location $location -VM $vmConfig

Azure Mysql database in encrypted by default. The mysql connection fails when trying to login:

ERROR 9002 (28000): SSL connection is required. Please specify SSL options and retry.

Azure Database for MySQL supports connecting your Azure Database for MySQL server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between your database server and your client applications helps protect against “man in the middle” attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and your application.

Here is how to set up the connection to use SSL.

Download the certificate needed to communicate over SSL with your Azure Database for MySQL server from https://www.digicert.com/CACerts/BaltimoreCyberTrustRoot.crt.pem and save the certificate file to your local drive.

Connecting to server using the MySQL CLI over SSL

# mysql -h mydemoserver.mysql.database.azure.com -u Username@mydemoserver -p --ssl-ca=BaltimoreCyberTrustRoot.crt.pem