Azure install

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

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Credits and further reading at Setting up an Azure VM for Deep learning