Getting 'BadRequest' error when provisioning Azure VM (Ubuntu image) with reserved IP via Azure PowerShell

Question

I'm trying to provision a new Azure VM w/ Ubuntu 14.04 server and a reserved IP. I'm using Azure PowerShell for doing this. When everthing's said and done, I end up getting the error: New-AzureVM : BadRequest: Disktype Linux cannot be used with WindowsProvisioningConfigurationSet. How do I solve this problem?

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Background: I began via Add-AzureAccount and Set-AzureSubscription . I then set values for: $vmName , $username , $password , $location , $reservedIP , $imageFamily and $imageName .

FYI, $imageFamily = "Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS"

and

$imageName = Get-AzureVMImage | where { $_.ImageFamily -eq $imageFamily } | sort PublishedDate -Descending | select -ExpandProperty ImageName -First 1

I finally executed New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize Small -ImageName $imageName | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -AdminUsername $username -Password $password | New-AzureVM -ServiceName $serviceName -ReservedIPName $reservedIP -Location $location New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize Small -ImageName $imageName | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -AdminUsername $username -Password $password | New-AzureVM -ServiceName $serviceName -ReservedIPName $reservedIP -Location $location New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize Small -ImageName $imageName | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -AdminUsername $username -Password $password | New-AzureVM -ServiceName $serviceName -ReservedIPName $reservedIP -Location $location and ended up getting the aforementioned error.

Note: If I change Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows to Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Linux , I get the error: parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.

Answer 1

That Add-AzureVMConfig command is erroneous. The correct command in this case ought to be: New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize Small -ImageName $imageName | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Linux -LinuxUser $username -Password $password | New-AzureVM -ServiceName $serviceName -ReservedIPName $reservedIP -Location $location New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize Small -ImageName $imageName | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Linux -LinuxUser $username -Password $password | New-AzureVM -ServiceName $serviceName -ReservedIPName $reservedIP -Location $location

Documentation for this can be found at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn495299.aspx