How to create an image from an existing disk in Azure

Question

Hi Team,

I have launched one VM in Azure. Now I want to create an image from the existing disk of the VM? How can I do that?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

Sometimes we need to create a custom Virtual Machine image from managed disks or snapshots. In the future, we can launch a VM using our own customized image. The following command shows how to create an image.

$ az image create -g MyResourceGroup -n image1 --os-type Linux  --source MyVm1

Also learn how to move an Azure VM image to another resource group for more information.