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Restore Point Collections - Create Or Update

The operation to create or update the restore point collection. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details. When updating a restore point collection, only tags may be modified.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/{restorePointCollectionName}?api-version=2024-07-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
path True

string

The name of the resource group.

restorePointCollectionName
path True

string

The name of the restore point collection.

subscriptionId
path True

string

Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.

api-version
query True

string

Client Api Version.

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
location True

string

Resource location

properties.source

RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties

The properties of the source resource that this restore point collection is created from.

tags

object

Resource tags

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

RestorePointCollection

OK

201 Created

RestorePointCollection

Created

Other Status Codes

CloudError

Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Create or update a restore point collection for cross region copy.
Create or update a restore point collection.

Create or update a restore point collection for cross region copy.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "norwayeast",
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName"
    }
  },
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "name": "myRpc",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections",
  "location": "norwayeast",
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  },
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
      "location": "eastus"
    },
    "restorePointCollectionId": "638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}
{
  "name": "myRpc",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections",
  "location": "norwayeast",
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  },
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/sourceRpcName",
      "location": "eastus"
    },
    "restorePointCollectionId": "638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Create or update a restore point collection.

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc?api-version=2024-07-01

{
  "location": "norwayeast",
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM"
    }
  },
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "name": "myRpc",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections",
  "location": "norwayeast",
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  },
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
      "location": "eastus"
    },
    "restorePointCollectionId": "638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}
{
  "name": "myRpc",
  "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections/myRpc",
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections",
  "location": "norwayeast",
  "tags": {
    "myTag1": "tagValue1"
  },
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "id": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM",
      "location": "eastus"
    },
    "restorePointCollectionId": "638f052b-a7c2-450c-89e7-6a3b8f1d6a7c",
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Definitions

Name Description
AdditionalUnattendContent

Specifies additional XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup. Contents are defined by setting name, component name, and the pass in which the content is applied.

ApiEntityReference

The API entity reference.

ApiError

Api error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

BootDiagnostics

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

CachingTypes

Gets the caching type.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

ComponentNames

The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

ConsistencyModeTypes

ConsistencyMode of the RestorePoint. Can be specified in the input while creating a restore point. For now, only CrashConsistent is accepted as a valid input. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details.

DiagnosticsProfile

Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.

DiskControllerTypes

Gets the disk controller type of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Describes the parameter of customer managed disk encryption set resource id that can be specified for disk. Note: The disk encryption set resource id can only be specified for managed disk. Please refer https://aka.ms/mdssewithcmkoverview for more details.

DiskEncryptionSettings

Describes a Encryption Settings for a Disk

DiskRestorePointAttributes

Disk Restore Point details.

DiskRestorePointInstanceView

The instance view of a disk restore point.

DiskRestorePointReplicationStatus

The instance view of a disk restore point.

EncryptionIdentity

Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.

HardwareProfile

Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.

HyperVGenerationTypes

HyperVGeneration of the source VM for which restore point is captured.

InnerError

Inner error details.

InstanceViewStatus

Instance view status.

KeyVaultKeyReference

Describes a reference to Key Vault Key

KeyVaultSecretReference

Describes a reference to Key Vault Secret

LinuxConfiguration

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.

LinuxPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

LinuxPatchSettings

Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings to be applied when patch mode AutomaticByPlatform is selected in Linux patch settings.

LinuxVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true

ManagedDiskParameters

The parameters of a managed disk.

Mode

Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode.

OperatingSystemType

Gets the Operating System type.

OSProfile

Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine. Some of the settings cannot be changed once VM is provisioned.

PassNames

The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem.

PatchSettings

Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.

ProtocolTypes

Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.

ProxyAgentSettings

Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.

RestorePoint

Restore Point details.

RestorePointCollection

Create or update Restore Point collection parameters.

RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties

The properties of the source resource that this restore point collection is created from.

RestorePointEncryption

Encryption at rest settings for disk restore point. It is an optional property that can be specified in the input while creating a restore point.

RestorePointEncryptionType

The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk restore point.

RestorePointInstanceView

The instance view of a restore point.

RestorePointSourceMetadata

Describes the properties of the Virtual Machine for which the restore point was created. The properties provided are a subset and the snapshot of the overall Virtual Machine properties captured at the time of the restore point creation.

RestorePointSourceVMDataDisk

Describes a data disk.

RestorePointSourceVMOSDisk

Describes an Operating System disk.

RestorePointSourceVMStorageProfile

Describes the storage profile.

securityEncryptionTypes

Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.

SecurityProfile

Specifies the Security profile settings for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set.

SecurityTypes

Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.

SettingNames

Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.

SshConfiguration

SSH configuration for Linux based VMs running on Azure

SshPublicKey

Contains information about SSH certificate public key and the path on the Linux VM where the public key is placed.

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

StorageAccountTypes

Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk.

SubResource
UefiSettings

Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

VaultCertificate

Describes a single certificate reference in a Key Vault, and where the certificate should reside on the VM.

VaultSecretGroup

Describes a set of certificates which are all in the same Key Vault.

VirtualMachineSizeTypes

Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Specifies the security profile settings for the managed disk. Note: It can only be set for Confidential VMs.

VMSizeProperties

Specifies VM Size Property settings on the virtual machine.

WindowsConfiguration

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

WindowsPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings to be applied when patch mode AutomaticByPlatform is selected in Windows patch settings.

WindowsVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true

WinRMConfiguration

Describes Windows Remote Management configuration of the VM

WinRMListener

Describes Protocol and thumbprint of Windows Remote Management listener

AdditionalUnattendContent

Specifies additional XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup. Contents are defined by setting name, component name, and the pass in which the content is applied.

Name Type Description
componentName

ComponentNames

The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

content

string

Specifies the XML formatted content that is added to the unattend.xml file for the specified path and component. The XML must be less than 4KB and must include the root element for the setting or feature that is being inserted.

passName

PassNames

The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem.

settingName

SettingNames

Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.

ApiEntityReference

The API entity reference.

Name Type Description
id

string

The ARM resource id in the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/...

ApiError

Api error.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

details

ApiErrorBase[]

The Api error details

innererror

InnerError

The Api inner error

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The target of the particular error.

BootDiagnostics

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

Name Type Description
enabled

boolean

Whether boot diagnostics should be enabled on the Virtual Machine.

storageUri

string

Uri of the storage account to use for placing the console output and screenshot. If storageUri is not specified while enabling boot diagnostics, managed storage will be used.

CachingTypes

Gets the caching type.

Name Type Description
None

string

ReadOnly

string

ReadWrite

string

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

Name Type Description
error

ApiError

Api error.

ComponentNames

The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

Name Type Description
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup

string

ConsistencyModeTypes

ConsistencyMode of the RestorePoint. Can be specified in the input while creating a restore point. For now, only CrashConsistent is accepted as a valid input. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details.

Name Type Description
ApplicationConsistent

string

CrashConsistent

string

FileSystemConsistent

string

DiagnosticsProfile

Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15.

Name Type Description
bootDiagnostics

BootDiagnostics

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. NOTE: If storageUri is being specified then ensure that the storage account is in the same region and subscription as the VM. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

DiskControllerTypes

Gets the disk controller type of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.

Name Type Description
NVMe

string

SCSI

string

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Describes the parameter of customer managed disk encryption set resource id that can be specified for disk. Note: The disk encryption set resource id can only be specified for managed disk. Please refer https://aka.ms/mdssewithcmkoverview for more details.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id

DiskEncryptionSettings

Describes a Encryption Settings for a Disk

Name Type Description
diskEncryptionKey

KeyVaultSecretReference

Specifies the location of the disk encryption key, which is a Key Vault Secret.

enabled

boolean

Specifies whether disk encryption should be enabled on the virtual machine.

keyEncryptionKey

KeyVaultKeyReference

Specifies the location of the key encryption key in Key Vault.

DiskRestorePointAttributes

Disk Restore Point details.

Name Type Description
encryption

RestorePointEncryption

Encryption at rest settings for disk restore point. It is an optional property that can be specified in the input while creating a restore point.

id

string

Resource Id

sourceDiskRestorePoint

ApiEntityReference

Resource Id of the source disk restore point.

DiskRestorePointInstanceView

The instance view of a disk restore point.

Name Type Description
id

string

Disk restore point Id.

replicationStatus

DiskRestorePointReplicationStatus

The disk restore point replication status information.

DiskRestorePointReplicationStatus

The instance view of a disk restore point.

Name Type Description
completionPercent

integer

Replication completion percentage.

status

InstanceViewStatus

The resource status information.

EncryptionIdentity

Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.

Name Type Description
userAssignedIdentityResourceId

string

Specifies ARM Resource ID of one of the user identities associated with the VM.

HardwareProfile

Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
vmSize

VirtualMachineSizeTypes

Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.

vmSizeProperties

VMSizeProperties

Specifies the properties for customizing the size of the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-07-01. This feature is still in preview mode and is not supported for VirtualMachineScaleSet. Please follow the instructions in VM Customization for more details.

HyperVGenerationTypes

HyperVGeneration of the source VM for which restore point is captured.

Name Type Description
V1

string

V2

string

InnerError

Inner error details.

Name Type Description
errordetail

string

The internal error message or exception dump.

exceptiontype

string

The exception type.

InstanceViewStatus

Instance view status.

Name Type Description
code

string

The status code.

displayStatus

string

The short localizable label for the status.

level

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

message

string

The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.

time

string

The time of the status.

KeyVaultKeyReference

Describes a reference to Key Vault Key

Name Type Description
keyUrl

string

The URL referencing a key encryption key in Key Vault.

sourceVault

SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the key.

KeyVaultSecretReference

Describes a reference to Key Vault Secret

Name Type Description
secretUrl

string

The URL referencing a secret in a Key Vault.

sourceVault

SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret.

LinuxConfiguration

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.

Name Type Description
disablePasswordAuthentication

boolean

Specifies whether password authentication should be disabled.

enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates

boolean

Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates is enabled for the Linux virtual machine. Default value is false.

patchSettings

LinuxPatchSettings

[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.

provisionVMAgent

boolean

Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, default behavior is to set it to true. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later.

ssh

SshConfiguration

Specifies the ssh key configuration for a Linux OS.

LinuxPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

Name Type Description
AutomaticByPlatform

string

ImageDefault

string

LinuxPatchSettings

Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux.

Name Type Description
assessmentMode

LinuxPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

automaticByPlatformSettings

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Linux.

patchMode

LinuxVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

Name Type Description
Always

string

IfRequired

string

Never

string

Unknown

string

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings to be applied when patch mode AutomaticByPlatform is selected in Linux patch settings.

Name Type Description
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule

boolean

Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades

rebootSetting

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

LinuxVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true

Name Type Description
AutomaticByPlatform

string

ImageDefault

string

ManagedDiskParameters

The parameters of a managed disk.

Name Type Description
diskEncryptionSet

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk.

id

string

Resource Id

securityProfile

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Specifies the security profile for the managed disk.

storageAccountType

StorageAccountTypes

Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk.

Mode

Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode.

Name Type Description
Audit

string

Enforce

string

OperatingSystemType

Gets the Operating System type.

Name Type Description
Linux

string

Windows

string

OSProfile

Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine. Some of the settings cannot be changed once VM is provisioned.

Name Type Description
adminPassword

string

Specifies the password of the administrator account.

Minimum-length (Windows): 8 characters

Minimum-length (Linux): 6 characters

Max-length (Windows): 123 characters

Max-length (Linux): 72 characters

Complexity requirements: 3 out of 4 conditions below need to be fulfilled
Has lower characters
Has upper characters
Has a digit
Has a special character (Regex match [\W_])

Disallowed values: "abc@123", "P@$$w0rd", "P@ssw0rd", "P@ssword123", "Pa$$word", "pass@word1", "Password!", "Password1", "Password22", "iloveyou!"

For resetting the password, see How to reset the Remote Desktop service or its login password in a Windows VM

For resetting root password, see Manage users, SSH, and check or repair disks on Azure Linux VMs using the VMAccess Extension

adminUsername

string

Specifies the name of the administrator account.

This property cannot be updated after the VM is created.

Windows-only restriction: Cannot end in "."

Disallowed values: "administrator", "admin", "user", "user1", "test", "user2", "test1", "user3", "admin1", "1", "123", "a", "actuser", "adm", "admin2", "aspnet", "backup", "console", "david", "guest", "john", "owner", "root", "server", "sql", "support", "support_388945a0", "sys", "test2", "test3", "user4", "user5".

Minimum-length (Linux): 1 character

Max-length (Linux): 64 characters

Max-length (Windows): 20 characters.

allowExtensionOperations

boolean

Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine.

computerName

string

Specifies the host OS name of the virtual machine. This name cannot be updated after the VM is created. Max-length (Windows): 15 characters. Max-length (Linux): 64 characters. For naming conventions and restrictions see Azure infrastructure services implementation guidelines.

customData

string

Specifies a base-64 encoded string of custom data. The base-64 encoded string is decoded to a binary array that is saved as a file on the Virtual Machine. The maximum length of the binary array is 65535 bytes. Note: Do not pass any secrets or passwords in customData property. This property cannot be updated after the VM is created. The property 'customData' is passed to the VM to be saved as a file, for more information see Custom Data on Azure VMs. For using cloud-init for your Linux VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation.

linuxConfiguration

LinuxConfiguration

Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions.

requireGuestProvisionSignal

boolean

Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted.

secrets

VaultSecretGroup[]

Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machine. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.

windowsConfiguration

WindowsConfiguration

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

PassNames

The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem.

Name Type Description
OobeSystem

string

PatchSettings

Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.

Name Type Description
assessmentMode

WindowsPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

automaticByPlatformSettings

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Windows.

enableHotpatching

boolean

Enables customers to patch their Azure VMs without requiring a reboot. For enableHotpatching, the 'provisionVMAgent' must be set to true and 'patchMode' must be set to 'AutomaticByPlatform'.

patchMode

WindowsVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true

ProtocolTypes

Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.

Name Type Description
Http

string

Https

string

ProxyAgentSettings

Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.

Name Type Description
enabled

boolean

Specifies whether ProxyAgent feature should be enabled on the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set.

keyIncarnationId

integer

Increase the value of this property allows user to reset the key used for securing communication channel between guest and host.

mode

Mode

Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode.

RestorePoint

Restore Point details.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id

name

string

Resource name

properties.consistencyMode

ConsistencyModeTypes

ConsistencyMode of the RestorePoint. Can be specified in the input while creating a restore point. For now, only CrashConsistent is accepted as a valid input. Please refer to https://aka.ms/RestorePoints for more details.

properties.excludeDisks

ApiEntityReference[]

List of disk resource ids that the customer wishes to exclude from the restore point. If no disks are specified, all disks will be included.

properties.instanceView

RestorePointInstanceView

The restore point instance view.

properties.provisioningState

string

Gets the provisioning state of the restore point.

properties.sourceMetadata

RestorePointSourceMetadata

Gets the details of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.

properties.sourceRestorePoint

ApiEntityReference

Resource Id of the source restore point from which a copy needs to be created.

properties.timeCreated

string

Gets the creation time of the restore point.

type

string

Resource type

RestorePointCollection

Create or update Restore Point collection parameters.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id

location

string

Resource location

name

string

Resource name

properties.provisioningState

string

The provisioning state of the restore point collection.

properties.restorePointCollectionId

string

The unique id of the restore point collection.

properties.restorePoints

RestorePoint[]

A list containing all restore points created under this restore point collection.

properties.source

RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties

The properties of the source resource that this restore point collection is created from.

tags

object

Resource tags

type

string

Resource type

RestorePointCollectionSourceProperties

The properties of the source resource that this restore point collection is created from.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id of the source resource used to create this restore point collection

location

string

Location of the source resource used to create this restore point collection.

RestorePointEncryption

Encryption at rest settings for disk restore point. It is an optional property that can be specified in the input while creating a restore point.

Name Type Description
diskEncryptionSet

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Describes the parameter of customer managed disk encryption set resource id that can be specified for disk. Note: The disk encryption set resource id can only be specified for managed disk. Please refer https://aka.ms/mdssewithcmkoverview for more details.

type

RestorePointEncryptionType

The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk restore point.

RestorePointEncryptionType

The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk restore point.

Name Type Description
EncryptionAtRestWithCustomerKey

string

Disk Restore Point is encrypted at rest with Customer managed key that can be changed and revoked by a customer.

EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformAndCustomerKeys

string

Disk Restore Point is encrypted at rest with 2 layers of encryption. One of the keys is Customer managed and the other key is Platform managed.

EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformKey

string

Disk Restore Point is encrypted at rest with Platform managed key.

RestorePointInstanceView

The instance view of a restore point.

Name Type Description
diskRestorePoints

DiskRestorePointInstanceView[]

The disk restore points information.

statuses

InstanceViewStatus[]

The resource status information.

RestorePointSourceMetadata

Describes the properties of the Virtual Machine for which the restore point was created. The properties provided are a subset and the snapshot of the overall Virtual Machine properties captured at the time of the restore point creation.

Name Type Description
diagnosticsProfile

DiagnosticsProfile

Gets the diagnostics profile.

hardwareProfile

HardwareProfile

Gets the hardware profile.

hyperVGeneration

HyperVGenerationTypes

HyperVGeneration of the source VM for which restore point is captured.

licenseType

string

Gets the license type, which is for bring your own license scenario.

location

string

Location of the VM from which the restore point was created.

osProfile

OSProfile

Gets the OS profile.

securityProfile

SecurityProfile

Gets the security profile.

storageProfile

RestorePointSourceVMStorageProfile

Gets the storage profile.

userData

string

UserData associated with the source VM for which restore point is captured, which is a base-64 encoded value.

vmId

string

Gets the virtual machine unique id.

RestorePointSourceVMDataDisk

Describes a data disk.

Name Type Description
caching

CachingTypes

Gets the caching type.

diskRestorePoint

DiskRestorePointAttributes

Contains Disk Restore Point properties.

diskSizeGB

integer

Gets the initial disk size in GB for blank data disks, and the new desired size for existing OS and Data disks.

lun

integer

Gets the logical unit number.

managedDisk

ManagedDiskParameters

Contains the managed disk details.

name

string

Gets the disk name.

writeAcceleratorEnabled

boolean

Shows true if the disk is write-accelerator enabled.

RestorePointSourceVMOSDisk

Describes an Operating System disk.

Name Type Description
caching

CachingTypes

Gets the caching type.

diskRestorePoint

DiskRestorePointAttributes

Contains Disk Restore Point properties.

diskSizeGB

integer

Gets the disk size in GB.

encryptionSettings

DiskEncryptionSettings

Gets the disk encryption settings.

managedDisk

ManagedDiskParameters

Gets the managed disk details

name

string

Gets the disk name.

osType

OperatingSystemType

Gets the Operating System type.

writeAcceleratorEnabled

boolean

Shows true if the disk is write-accelerator enabled.

RestorePointSourceVMStorageProfile

Describes the storage profile.

Name Type Description
dataDisks

RestorePointSourceVMDataDisk[]

Gets the data disks of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.

diskControllerType

DiskControllerTypes

Gets the disk controller type of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.

osDisk

RestorePointSourceVMOSDisk

Gets the OS disk of the VM captured at the time of the restore point creation.

securityEncryptionTypes

Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.

Name Type Description
DiskWithVMGuestState

string

NonPersistedTPM

string

VMGuestStateOnly

string

SecurityProfile

Specifies the Security profile settings for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set.

Name Type Description
encryptionAtHost

boolean

This property can be used by user in the request to enable or disable the Host Encryption for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. This will enable the encryption for all the disks including Resource/Temp disk at host itself. The default behavior is: The Encryption at host will be disabled unless this property is set to true for the resource.

encryptionIdentity

EncryptionIdentity

Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations.

proxyAgentSettings

ProxyAgentSettings

Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01.

securityType

SecurityTypes

Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.

uefiSettings

UefiSettings

Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

SecurityTypes

Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set.

Name Type Description
ConfidentialVM

string

TrustedLaunch

string

SettingNames

Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon.

Name Type Description
AutoLogon

string

FirstLogonCommands

string

SshConfiguration

SSH configuration for Linux based VMs running on Azure

Name Type Description
publicKeys

SshPublicKey[]

The list of SSH public keys used to authenticate with linux based VMs.

SshPublicKey

Contains information about SSH certificate public key and the path on the Linux VM where the public key is placed.

Name Type Description
keyData

string

SSH public key certificate used to authenticate with the VM through ssh. The key needs to be at least 2048-bit and in ssh-rsa format. For creating ssh keys, see [Create SSH keys on Linux and Mac for Linux VMs in Azure]https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-ssh-keys-detailed).

path

string

Specifies the full path on the created VM where ssh public key is stored. If the file already exists, the specified key is appended to the file. Example: /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

Name Type Description
Error

string

Info

string

Warning

string

StorageAccountTypes

Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk.

Name Type Description
PremiumV2_LRS

string

Premium_LRS

string

Premium_ZRS

string

StandardSSD_LRS

string

StandardSSD_ZRS

string

Standard_LRS

string

UltraSSD_LRS

string

SubResource

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource Id

UefiSettings

Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

Name Type Description
secureBootEnabled

boolean

Specifies whether secure boot should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

vTpmEnabled

boolean

Specifies whether vTPM should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01.

VaultCertificate

Describes a single certificate reference in a Key Vault, and where the certificate should reside on the VM.

Name Type Description
certificateStore

string

For Windows VMs, specifies the certificate store on the Virtual Machine to which the certificate should be added. The specified certificate store is implicitly in the LocalMachine account. For Linux VMs, the certificate file is placed under the /var/lib/waagent directory, with the file name <UppercaseThumbprint>.crt for the X509 certificate file and <UppercaseThumbprint>.prv for private key. Both of these files are .pem formatted.

certificateUrl

string

This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be It is the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":""
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.

VaultSecretGroup

Describes a set of certificates which are all in the same Key Vault.

Name Type Description
sourceVault

SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing all of the certificates in VaultCertificates.

vaultCertificates

VaultCertificate[]

The list of key vault references in SourceVault which contain certificates.

VirtualMachineSizeTypes

Specifies the size of the virtual machine. The enum data type is currently deprecated and will be removed by December 23rd 2023. The recommended way to get the list of available sizes is using these APIs: List all available virtual machine sizes in an availability set, List all available virtual machine sizes in a region, List all available virtual machine sizes for resizing. For more information about virtual machine sizes, see Sizes for virtual machines. The available VM sizes depend on region and availability set.

Name Type Description
Basic_A0

string

Basic_A1

string

Basic_A2

string

Basic_A3

string

Basic_A4

string

Standard_A0

string

Standard_A1

string

Standard_A10

string

Standard_A11

string

Standard_A1_v2

string

Standard_A2

string

Standard_A2_v2

string

Standard_A2m_v2

string

Standard_A3

string

Standard_A4

string

Standard_A4_v2

string

Standard_A4m_v2

string

Standard_A5

string

Standard_A6

string

Standard_A7

string

Standard_A8

string

Standard_A8_v2

string

Standard_A8m_v2

string

Standard_A9

string

Standard_B1ms

string

Standard_B1s

string

Standard_B2ms

string

Standard_B2s

string

Standard_B4ms

string

Standard_B8ms

string

Standard_D1

string

Standard_D11

string

Standard_D11_v2

string

Standard_D12

string

Standard_D12_v2

string

Standard_D13

string

Standard_D13_v2

string

Standard_D14

string

Standard_D14_v2

string

Standard_D15_v2

string

Standard_D16_v3

string

Standard_D16s_v3

string

Standard_D1_v2

string

Standard_D2

string

Standard_D2_v2

string

Standard_D2_v3

string

Standard_D2s_v3

string

Standard_D3

string

Standard_D32_v3

string

Standard_D32s_v3

string

Standard_D3_v2

string

Standard_D4

string

Standard_D4_v2

string

Standard_D4_v3

string

Standard_D4s_v3

string

Standard_D5_v2

string

Standard_D64_v3

string

Standard_D64s_v3

string

Standard_D8_v3

string

Standard_D8s_v3

string

Standard_DS1

string

Standard_DS11

string

Standard_DS11_v2

string

Standard_DS12

string

Standard_DS12_v2

string

Standard_DS13

string

Standard_DS13-2_v2

string

Standard_DS13-4_v2

string

Standard_DS13_v2

string

Standard_DS14

string

Standard_DS14-4_v2

string

Standard_DS14-8_v2

string

Standard_DS14_v2

string

Standard_DS15_v2

string

Standard_DS1_v2

string

Standard_DS2

string

Standard_DS2_v2

string

Standard_DS3

string

Standard_DS3_v2

string

Standard_DS4

string

Standard_DS4_v2

string

Standard_DS5_v2

string

Standard_E16_v3

string

Standard_E16s_v3

string

Standard_E2_v3

string

Standard_E2s_v3

string

Standard_E32-16_v3

string

Standard_E32-8s_v3

string

Standard_E32_v3

string

Standard_E32s_v3

string

Standard_E4_v3

string

Standard_E4s_v3

string

Standard_E64-16s_v3

string

Standard_E64-32s_v3

string

Standard_E64_v3

string

Standard_E64s_v3

string

Standard_E8_v3

string

Standard_E8s_v3

string

Standard_F1

string

Standard_F16

string

Standard_F16s

string

Standard_F16s_v2

string

Standard_F1s

string

Standard_F2

string

Standard_F2s

string

Standard_F2s_v2

string

Standard_F32s_v2

string

Standard_F4

string

Standard_F4s

string

Standard_F4s_v2

string

Standard_F64s_v2

string

Standard_F72s_v2

string

Standard_F8

string

Standard_F8s

string

Standard_F8s_v2

string

Standard_G1

string

Standard_G2

string

Standard_G3

string

Standard_G4

string

Standard_G5

string

Standard_GS1

string

Standard_GS2

string

Standard_GS3

string

Standard_GS4

string

Standard_GS4-4

string

Standard_GS4-8

string

Standard_GS5

string

Standard_GS5-16

string

Standard_GS5-8

string

Standard_H16

string

Standard_H16m

string

Standard_H16mr

string

Standard_H16r

string

Standard_H8

string

Standard_H8m

string

Standard_L16s

string

Standard_L32s

string

Standard_L4s

string

Standard_L8s

string

Standard_M128-32ms

string

Standard_M128-64ms

string

Standard_M128ms

string

Standard_M128s

string

Standard_M64-16ms

string

Standard_M64-32ms

string

Standard_M64ms

string

Standard_M64s

string

Standard_NC12

string

Standard_NC12s_v2

string

Standard_NC12s_v3

string

Standard_NC24

string

Standard_NC24r

string

Standard_NC24rs_v2

string

Standard_NC24rs_v3

string

Standard_NC24s_v2

string

Standard_NC24s_v3

string

Standard_NC6

string

Standard_NC6s_v2

string

Standard_NC6s_v3

string

Standard_ND12s

string

Standard_ND24rs

string

Standard_ND24s

string

Standard_ND6s

string

Standard_NV12

string

Standard_NV24

string

Standard_NV6

string

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Specifies the security profile settings for the managed disk. Note: It can only be set for Confidential VMs.

Name Type Description
diskEncryptionSet

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk that is used for Customer Managed Key encrypted ConfidentialVM OS Disk and VMGuest blob.

securityEncryptionType

securityEncryptionTypes

Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs.

VMSizeProperties

Specifies VM Size Property settings on the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
vCPUsAvailable

integer

Specifies the number of vCPUs available for the VM. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is to set it to the value of vCPUs available for that VM size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region.

vCPUsPerCore

integer

Specifies the vCPU to physical core ratio. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is set to the value of vCPUsPerCore for the VM Size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. Setting this property to 1 also means that hyper-threading is disabled.

WindowsConfiguration

Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine.

Name Type Description
additionalUnattendContent

AdditionalUnattendContent[]

Specifies additional base-64 encoded XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup.

enableAutomaticUpdates

boolean

Indicates whether Automatic Updates is enabled for the Windows virtual machine. Default value is true. For virtual machine scale sets, this property can be updated and updates will take effect on OS reprovisioning.

enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates

boolean

Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates are enabled for the Windows Virtual Machine.

patchSettings

PatchSettings

[Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows.

provisionVMAgent

boolean

Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, it is set to true by default. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later.

timeZone

string

Specifies the time zone of the virtual machine. e.g. "Pacific Standard Time". Possible values can be TimeZoneInfo.Id value from time zones returned by TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones.

winRM

WinRMConfiguration

Specifies the Windows Remote Management listeners. This enables remote Windows PowerShell.

WindowsPatchAssessmentMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.

Name Type Description
AutomaticByPlatform

string

ImageDefault

string

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

Name Type Description
Always

string

IfRequired

string

Never

string

Unknown

string

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Specifies additional settings to be applied when patch mode AutomaticByPlatform is selected in Windows patch settings.

Name Type Description
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule

boolean

Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades

rebootSetting

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformRebootSetting

Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations.

WindowsVMGuestPatchMode

Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true

Name Type Description
AutomaticByOS

string

AutomaticByPlatform

string

Manual

string

WinRMConfiguration

Describes Windows Remote Management configuration of the VM

Name Type Description
listeners

WinRMListener[]

The list of Windows Remote Management listeners

WinRMListener

Describes Protocol and thumbprint of Windows Remote Management listener

Name Type Description
certificateUrl

string

This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":""
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.

protocol

ProtocolTypes

Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https.