Deploy N Series VM to Azure
This Azure deployment demonstrates capabilities of Azure N-Series VMs. During the deployment, the following actions will be perfromed by the postdeployment script:
- Installation of Blender software (https://www.blender.org)
- Download a sample file (will be downloaded here
/home/[username]/blender-example/TBD) - Installation of drivers for GPU
Note: Ubuntu Data Science VM Image is used for the deployment.
Log files for the post deployment installations could be found here: /var/lib/waagent/custom-script/download/0 .
Follow these steps when deployment completes:
- RDP to the VM using public IP address which is available via Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com) . Use login and password you entered during the deployment process.
- Open in a File Manager folder:
/home/[username]/blender-example - Open the example file:
bmw27_gpu.blen - Click "render" button on the right side.
The image will start to render using GPU.
Troubleshooting:
Make sure that CUDA is selected as Compute Device under System Settings within User Preferences.
The deployment is currently not working for - NC-Series VMs. Only NCv2, NV, ND series are supported.