Assignment 01 Partition Linux OS and Config

Assignment 01:  Partition Linux OS and Config

Azure VM

Choose Ubuntu version 16.04 LTS

Step 1:


Step 2:

  • VM Size B4MS

Step 3:

  • Defaults for most settings
  • Enable auto-shutdown with a time that makes sense for you

Step 4:

  • Create and wait



Data Disk

Add data disk

  • Name
    • [NETID]01_data1
  • Resource Group
    • Use existing: Big_Data_Technologies
  • Account type
    • SSD
  • Source Type
    • None
  • Size
    • 64GB

Make sure to "SAVE" after creating!!!

Parition/Format/Mount Data Disk

Create partition table

  • sudo fdisk /dev/sdc
  • 'g' to create new label
  • 'n' to create new partition table
    • use enter for defaults
    • partition number 1
    • first and last sector
  • 'w' to write partition table to disk

Format Disk

  • sudo mkfs -t xfs /dev/sdc1

Mount Disk

  • sudo mkdir /data
  • sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /data

Add to fstab to persist reboots

  • sudo blkid /dev/sdc1
  • edit /etc/fstab
  • add a line that looks somethign like the following, with the UUID from your blkid output substituted in
    • UUID=b8feed20-d520-4130-8cf3-d0633f63a2d8   /data xfs defaults,nofail 1 2

Exit SSH session and shut down VM when done!

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