See RHEL Extended Lifecycle Support.įor RHEL 6.x images, the image types are shown in the following table. For continued support, enable ELS as part of the Extended Life-cycle Support phase. az vm create -name RhelVM -resource-group TestRG -image RedHat:RHEL:8-LVM:latest -no-waitĪs of December 30 2020, RHEL 6.10 entered end of life. The -no-wait parameter returns control to the command line while the create operation proceeds. Using latest provisions the latest available image for the given publisher, offer, and SKU.įor example, RedHat:RHEL:8-LVM:latest refers to the latest RHEL 8 family LVM-partitioned image available. The Azure REST API allows use of the moniker latest for the version instead of the specific version. az vm create -name RhelVM -resource-group TestRG -image RedHat:RHEL:8-LVM:0318

This command uses az vm create to create a RHEL 8.1 VM. The combination of Publisher:Offer:SKU:Version is the image URN and uniquely identifies the image to be used.įor example, RedHat:RHEL:8-LVM:0318 refers to a RHEL 8.1 LVM-partitioned image built on March 18, 2020. To see the full set of available Red Hat images in Azure, use the az vm image list command: az vm image list -publisher RedHat -all -output tableĪzure organizes VM images by publisher, offer, SKU, and version. You can get the full set of available VM images by using the Azure CLI, PowerShell, and API. When you search for Red Hat in Azure Marketplace or when you create a resource in the Azure portal, you see only some of the available RHEL images. For any problem related to RHEL images in Azure Marketplace, file a support ticket with Microsoft.

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