setup-ipsec-vpn/azure/README.md

# Deploy to Microsoft Azure

*Read this in other languages: [English](README.md), [简体中文](README-zh.md).*

This template will create a fully working VPN server on the Microsoft Azure Cloud (<a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/" target="_blank">pricing details</a>).

Customizable with the following options:

 - Username for VPN **and** SSH
 - Password for VPN **and** SSH
 - IPsec Pre-Shared Key for VPN
 - Operating System Image (Ubuntu 20.04/18.04 or Debian 9)
 - Virtual Machine Size (Default: Standard_B1s)

**Note:** DO NOT use these special characters within values: `\ " '`

Press this button to start:

<a href="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Template/uri/https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fhwdsl2%2Fsetup-ipsec-vpn%2Fmaster%2Fazure%2Fazuredeploy.json" target="_blank">
    <img src="../docs/images/azure-deploy-button.png" alt="Deploy to Azure" />
</a><br><br>

When the deployment finishes, Azure displays a notification. Next steps: [Configure VPN Clients](../README.md#next-steps).

## Authors

Copyright (C) 2016 [Daniel Falkner](https://github.com/derdanu)   
Copyright (C) 2017-2021 [Lin Song](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linsongui)

## Screenshot

![Azure Custom Deployment](custom_deployment_screenshot.png)
Update docs 2017-03-20 04:10:49 +01:00			`# Deploy to Microsoft Azure`
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			`Read this in other languages: [English](README.md), [简体中文](README-zh.md).`

			`This template will create a fully working VPN server on the Microsoft Azure Cloud (<a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/" target="_blank">pricing details</a>).`

			`Customizable with the following options:`

Update docs 2020-05-04 05:12:17 +02:00			`- Username for VPN and SSH`
			`- Password for VPN and SSH`
Fix Azure template - Switch to version 2 of the Azure Custom Script Extension - Use default VM size "Basic_A0" for deployments (configurable) - Clean up install.sh, and other minor improvements 2017-05-31 21:13:54 +02:00			`- IPsec Pre-Shared Key for VPN`
Update docs - Remove Ubuntu 16.04, whose standard support will end on April 30, 2021 - Add a note on CentOS Linux 8 2021-04-26 07:06:17 +02:00			`- Operating System Image (Ubuntu 20.04/18.04 or Debian 9)`
Update Azure template - Use Debian 9 instead of Debian 8 - Update Virtual Machine size options - Add wait for apt/dpkg lock in install.sh 2018-05-10 09:57:08 +02:00			`- Virtual Machine Size (Default: Standard_B1s)`
Update README.md [ci skip] 2016-08-11 05:15:11 +02:00
Fix Azure deploy - Fix handling of special characters in the Azure deployment config by quoting the VPN parameters - Fixes #644. Thanks @turbozapekanka for the report! 2019-11-02 05:34:56 +01:00			Note: DO NOT use these special characters within values: `\ " '`

Update README.md [ci skip] 2016-08-11 05:15:11 +02:00			`Press this button to start:`

			`<a href="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Template/uri/https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fhwdsl2%2Fsetup-ipsec-vpn%2Fmaster%2Fazure%2Fazuredeploy.json" target="_blank">`
Update docs [ci skip] 2016-08-11 22:56:00 +02:00			`<img src="../docs/images/azure-deploy-button.png" alt="Deploy to Azure" />`
Update docs 2017-06-12 09:29:53 +02:00			`</a><br><br>`

Update Azure config - Add Ubuntu 20.04 to OS options, and set as default 2020-08-29 07:01:05 +02:00			`When the deployment finishes, Azure displays a notification. Next steps: [Configure VPN Clients](../README.md#next-steps).`
Update README.md [ci skip] 2016-08-11 05:15:11 +02:00
Fix Azure template - Switch to version 2 of the Azure Custom Script Extension - Use default VM size "Basic_A0" for deployments (configurable) - Clean up install.sh, and other minor improvements 2017-05-31 21:13:54 +02:00			`## Authors`
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Update docs 2017-06-12 09:29:53 +02:00			`Copyright (C) 2016 [Daniel Falkner](https://github.com/derdanu)`
Update docs 2021-03-29 22:05:45 +02:00			`Copyright (C) 2017-2021 [Lin Song](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linsongui)`
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			`## Screenshot`

			`![Azure Custom Deployment](custom_deployment_screenshot.png)`