Copy and install exe on azure vm via powershell

Question

I'm trying to create an Azure VM and then copy an install file to the VM and then silently installing it. I have created a basic Azure Resource Group project, and can create and deploy the VM, but I can't figure out how to do everything from the powershell script.

Answer 1

It sounds like you could use a custom script extension to do what you want. In your ARM template, you can specify the url for a file and the command to run; Azure will handle getting the file onto your VM and running it based on your command. Here is an example from the Azure Quickstart Templates: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/windows-vm-custom-script

Hope this helps! :)