Unable to create AZURE VM programmatically

Question

We are trying to create a Virtual Machine through an HTTPClient in Java using the REST API exposed by Azure. We are using the following Request URL and XMLs, but we are getting "Bad request" response.

https://management.core.windows.net/{subscription-id}/services/hostedservices/{existing hoster service name}/deployments

<Deployment xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Name>TestVMAnandP</Name>
  <Label>bXl2bQ==</Label>
  <RoleList>
    <Role>
      <RoleName>TestVMAnandP</RoleName>
      <RoleType>PersistentVMRole</RoleType>
      <ConfigurationSets>
        <ConfigurationSet>
          <ConfigurationSetType>LinuxProvisioningConfiguration</ConfigurationSetType>
          <HostName>TestVMAnandP</HostName>
          <UserName>root</UserName>
          <UserPassword>test</UserPassword>
        </ConfigurationSet>
      </ConfigurationSets>
      <DataVirtualHardDisks>
        <DataVirtualHardDisk>
          <Lun>10</Lun>
          <LogicalDiskSizeInGB>50</LogicalDiskSizeInGB>
        </DataVirtualHardDisk>
      </DataVirtualHardDisks>
      <OSVirtualHardDisk>
        <SourceImageName>srini2-srini2-2012-08-23.vhd</SourceImageName>
        <MediaLink>http://sriniteststore.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/srini2-srini2-2012-08-23.vhd</MediaLink>
      </OSVirtualHardDisk>
      <RoleSize>ExtraSmall</RoleSize>
    </Role>
  </RoleList>
  <VirtualNetworkName>MyNetwork</VirtualNetworkName>
</Deployment>

If we try to give a service name same as the vm name in the URL, we are getting 404 Error. We have tried most of the samples given in the web with values replaced, but everything gives us a 400 Error. It would be great if we get some help.

Errors :

Two different kind of errors i am getting :

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Error 1 : When i use new <service-name> inside the below URL .management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/services/hostedservices/<service-name>/deployments/                          -------------------------------------------------------------------   Response message--->Not Found---404
java.io.FileNotFoundException: management.core.windows.net/84cc18f5-5bdd-4c95-9d69-862c12c53507/services/hostedservices/anand/deployments
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: management.core.windows.net/84cc18f5-5bdd-4c95-9d69-862c12c53507/services/hostedservices/anand/deployments
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)

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Error 2 : when i use an existing available <service-name> in the below URL  management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/services/hostedservices/<service-name>/deployments/                                                   
Response message--->Bad Request---400
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 400 for URL: management.core.windows.net/84cc18f5-5bdd-4c95-9d69-862c12c53507/services/hostedservices/azurecogservice/deployments
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 400 for URL: management.core.windows.net/84cc18f5-5bdd-4c95-9d69-862c12c53507/services/hostedservices/azurecogservice/deployments
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)

---------------------VALID XML-------------------------------------------------------------

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<Deployment xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure">
    <Name>190bed4a</Name>
    <DeploymentSlot>Production</DeploymentSlot>
    <Label>190bed4a</Label>
    <RoleList>
        <Role>
            <RoleName>SuseOpenVm_rolec8fc</RoleName>
            <RoleType>PersistentVMRole</RoleType>
            <ConfigurationSets>
                <ConfigurationSet>
                    <ConfigurationSetType>LinuxProvisioningConfiguration
                    </ConfigurationSetType>
                    <HostName>SuseOpenVm_rolec8fc</HostName>
                    <UserName>anandsrinivasan</UserName>
                    <UserPassword>Cloud360</UserPassword>
                    <DisableSshPasswordAuthentication>false</DisableSshPasswordAuthentication>
                </ConfigurationSet>
                <ConfigurationSet>
                    <ConfigurationSetType>NetworkConfiguration</ConfigurationSetType>
                    <DisableSshPasswordAuthentication>false</DisableSshPasswordAuthentication>
                    <InputEndpoints>
                        <InputEndpoint>
                            <LocalPort>22</LocalPort>
                            <Name>SSH</Name>
                            <Port>22</Port>
                            <Protocol>TCP</Protocol>
                        </InputEndpoint>
                    </InputEndpoints>
                </ConfigurationSet>
            </ConfigurationSets>
            <OSVirtualHardDisk>
                <MediaLink>https://portalvhdsvf842yxvkhbg4.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/190bed4a.vhd</MediaLink>
                <SourceImageName>SUSE__openSUSE-12-1-20120603-en-us-30GB.vhd</SourceImageName>
            </OSVirtualHardDisk>
            <RoleSize>Small</RoleSize>
        </Role>
    </RoleList>
    <VirtualNetworkName>anand360NW</VirtualNetworkName>
</Deployment>

Answer 1

Whenever I'm having issues with the REST API I first try to complete what I'm trying to do through the portal. In your case I tried creating a Linux VM (TestVMAnandP) with username root and password test. I immediately noticed the following errors:

• User Name 'root' is not allowed
• Password should be at least 8 characters
• Password should contain 3 of the following:
  • a lowercase character
  • a uppercase character
  • a number
  • a special character

Answer 2

I have been working on the same thing a while back.

i suggest you check out my implementation of a java REST client that consumes this API at the Cloudify GitHub repo:

https://github.com/CloudifySource/cloudify/blob/master/esc/src/main/java/org/cloudifysource/esc/driver/provisioning/azure/client/MicrosoftAzureRestClient.java

another good reference is the node.js sdk provided my Microsoft. you can browse the code and see where you went wrong :

https://github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-sdk-for-node/blob/master/lib/services/serviceManagement/servicemanagementservice.js

hope it helps