Interactiv Deployment Linux VM script that, post deployment, will run a custom script from your local Linux box on the newly deployed VM.

linux_coomand_invoke_sample_script.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This script is provided as it is and 
# there's no guarantee that this will
# work for you. 
# Please adapt it to your needs!


# Get the variables
read -p 'Resource Group: ' my_resource_group
read -p 'VM Name:' vmname
read -p 'Linux VM Image: ' linux_image
read -p 'Azure VM size: ' vmsize
read -p 'VNET Name: '  vnetname
read -p 'Subnet Name: ' subnetname
read -p 'Public IP Address Name: ' pipname
read -p 'Public IP Address Allocation (1 for dynamic/ 2 for static): ' pipallocation
read -p 'NSG Name: ' nsgname
read -p 'Azure Region: ' locationname
read -p 'Admin Username: ' adminusername
read -p 'SSH key value: ' sshkeyval
read -p 'Custom Script path on your local box: ' scriptpath

# convert the pipaloation value to static/dynamic 
[ $pipallocation == 1  ] && pipallocationvalue="dynamic" || pipallocationvalue="static"


# Check if the path to the script is correct.
# The correct path should be like /path/to/script.sh 
finished=false
while ! finished ; do

[  ! -f $scriptpath ] && echo "There is no file in location $scriptpath. Try again!" ; read -p 'Custom Script path on your local box: ' scriptpath || echo "Your script location is: $scriptpath "

finished=true 
done 

# create the VM
az vm create -g $my_resource_group -n $vmname --image $linux_image --vnet-name $vnetname --subnet $subnetname --nsg $nsgname -l $locationname --admin-username $adminusername --public-ip-address $pipname --public-ip-address-allocation $pipallocationvalue --size $vmsize  --ssh-key-value $sshkeyval

# run the script on the newly deployed VM
az vm run command-invoke -g $my_resource_group -n $vmname --command-id RunShellScript --script @$scriptpath