Create an azure VM from an image using availability zones and templates

Question

I am currently deploying some new azure VMs using a template. This template contains a link to a VHD image and uses availability sets.

After having a look at the azure docs, I cannot seem to tell or find out if it's possible to use my current procedure to deploy the VM in a specific zone.

I changed my template to use zones rather than sets but when I use it in Azure CLI I have this error message returned:

"Virtual Machines deployed to an Availability Zone must use managed disks."

I then tried to add the managed disk section to the template without success.

Below there is the pseudocode of the template related to the storage of the VM:

"storageProfile": {
          "osDisk": {
             "managedDisk": {
              "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"
            },
            "osType": "Linux",
            "name": "myName.vhd",
            "createOption": "FromImage",    
            "image": {
              "uri": "myUri.vhd"
            },
            "vhd": {
              "uri": "myVhdImageUri.vhd"
            },              
            "caching": "ReadWrite"
          }
        }

Answer 1

You have to convert disk to managed disk first. Then you will be able to use it in your template.