Setting up the bastion server

Create a bastion jump server for running the Azure command-line interface (CLI).

1. Create a bastion server for your hardware cluster:
   • Centos 8 or Ubuntu
   • 2 cores
   • 4 GB RAM

   For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?pivots=apt&view=azure-cli-latest.

2. Log in to the bastion server and then run this command to install the required packages:
   • On CentOS:

     yum install azure-cli

   • On Ubuntu:

     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install azure-cli

3. Verify the Azure CLI version:

   az --version

   The output is similar to the following example:

   username@servername ~ % az --version
   azure-cli                         2.60.0 *
   
   core                              2.60.0 *
   telemetry                          1.1.0
   Dependencies:
   msal                              1.28.0
   azure-mgmt-resource             23.1.0b2
   
   Python location '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.60.0/libexec/bin/python'
   Extensions directory '/Users/username/.azure/cliextensions'
   
   Python (Darwin) 3.11.9 (main, Apr  2 2024, 08:25:04) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.1.0.2.5)]
   
   Legal docs and information: aka.ms/AzureCliLegal