Azure install
From Deep Learning Course Wiki
Azure can be an attractive option for Visual Studio subscribers who have access to Monthly Azure credit
Provision the VM
- Log on to https://ms.portal.azure.com
- Under Compute, search for Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS
- Use the Resource Manager deployment model
- Select HDD for the VM disk type.
- Username ubuntu
- Paste in your SSH public key
- Location should be East US
- Select an NC6 sized machine which comes with an Nvidia K80 GPU
- Edit your Network Security Group to enable TCP inbound on port 8888
- Start your VM and click Connect
- (Optional) Configure an Auto-shutdown on your VM to avoid bill shock
Configure the VM
- SSH to the VM
- Download and execute the fast ai installation script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fastai/courses/master/setup/install-gpu-azure.sh
bash install-gpu-azure.sh
- Continue on following Lesson 1 Notes from the Necessary Files section to clone the course and download the dogs vs cats data
Credits and further reading at Setting up an Azure VM for Deep learning