How To Run Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 On Azure Confidential Virtual Machines
Red Hat News, Wednesday, July 26,2023
With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 (RHEL), it's possible to run the Technology Preview of RHEL on an Azure confidential virtual machine (CVM).
In a previous article, I provided the high-level requirements for a Linux operating system to support a CVM use-case, as well as the changes made to the RHEL 9.2 operating system to support the features provided by Azure CVMs to ensure data confidentiality. In this article, I focus on how to get access to the CVM Preview image, and how to launch an Azure CVM using that image.
Get the CVM Preview image
In May 2023, Microsoft announced the availability of a RHEL 9.2 Preview confidential image tailored for AMD SEV-SNP CVMs on Azure. The support for Azure CVMs is a Technology Preview feature of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2, developed in close collaboration between Red Hat and Microsoft