Cluster/AzureBakery

AzureBakery

Simple module for producing production-ready VM images. Standard Windows Server images require Windows Update to be run and often do not contain desired Windows Features fully installed--this can prolong scale outs and complcate initialization scripts. The New-BakedImage cmdlet will create a VHD in blob storage containing all the specified Windows Features fully installed (and rebooted if necessary), as well as installed with the latest Windows Updates.

New-BakedImage complements the existing Azure Resource Manager API. The returned VHD blob URL can be passed into a correctly configured ARM template to create a managed disk from the generalized VHD. New-BakedImage explicitly uses VHD blobs (as opposed to Managed Images), as VHD blobs can be copied across regions (Managed Images cannot), and can be turned into Managed Images at their destination region within an ARM template or using PowerShell.

Install from PowerShell Gallery with Install-Module AzureBakery. Run help New-BakedImage for usage information.