Upload VM on Azure

To create a Resource Group

In the Azure portal, search for resource groups.
Click Add to create a new resource group.
Complete the required details, and click Review - Create.

To create a virtual network

In the Azure portal, search for Virtual Network.
Click Add, and select the resource group.
Enter the virtual network name in Name, and select the default Region.
Click Next.
In the IP Address tab, add the required IP addresses.
Click Next.
In the Security tab, select the default security.
Click Review - Create.
Click Subnets to assign IP to the virtual machines.

To upload the VHD file to Azure

Download the Magento VM VHD file from here: Magento Azure VM VHD
In the Azure portal, select Storage Accounts.
Select the storage account to which you want to upload the .vhd file.
If you do not have a storage account, click Add to create one.
Note: The selected storage location dictates where subsequent images can be created and deployed.
In BLOB SERVICE, select Containers.
Select the container to which you want to upload the .vhd file.
If you do not have a storage container, click Add Container to create one.
Click Upload, and select the .vhd file to upload.
Set the Blob type to Page Blob.

Note: This process may take a long time depending on your network connection and the location of your Azure storage account.

To create a new Azure virtual machine

In Settings - Disks, click Create managed disk.
Select the Resource group.
Enter the disk name in the Disk name field.
Select the Region.
Select Source type.
Select Source blob. Browse to the uploaded .vhd file and select the file.
Select the OS type.
Select the required disk size.
Click Review - Create.
In Settings - Disks, click Create VM.
Select the Resource group.
Enter the name of the virtual machine in the Virtual machine name field.
In the Image text box, browse and select ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Select the required virtual machine size.
In the Authentication type field, select Password.
Verify the network subnets, and click Review - Create.

Magento base URL updates

You have to SSH into Magento, proceed to sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/ls-magento.lsretail.com.conf, and remove the SSL part :

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server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name ls-magento.lsretail.com;
#sl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx.crt;
#ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx.key;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/ls-magento.lsretail.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/ls-magento.lsretail.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
}

Restart Nginx service: sudo service nginx restart.

Navigate to cd/var/www/html/ls-magento.lsretail.com/, and run these commands: