building-vhds.md

How to build VHDs

Windows VHD

To build the Windows VHD

1. Enter our dev container

   make dev

2. Set the following environment varibles

   CLIENT_ID	Azure service princicle ID
   CLIENT_SECRET	Azure service principle secret
   TENANT_ID	Azure tennant ID
   AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME	Resource group name to use / create
   AZURE_LOCATION	Azure region to use
   AZURE_VM_SIZE	VM size packer will use (Standard_D4s_v3 is recommended)
   CONTAINER_RUNTIME	Container runtime VHD will be generated for (Docker or Containerd)
   WINDOWS_SERVER_VERSION	Windows Server OS version vHD will be generated for (2019 or 2004)

3. Run packer

   make run-packer-windows

Once complete, packer will output a URI to the VHD it created.

Linux VHD

TODO