Below is a step by step guide with screenshots on how to create and connect to a Linux Virtual Machine Scale Set.

• Log into Azure Portal.
  Proceed to the Azure Portal and use your Azure account to log in.

• To create Virtual Machines Scale Set (VMSS), make sure you have the required rights and a current subscription

• Type vmss in the search bar as shown below.

• Click on either of the create word as shown below.

• Select active subscription from the drop down.

• Create a new resource group and or select already created one from the dropdown. For the purpose of this tutorial, we are creating a new resource group.

• Create a virtual machine scale set name and select other fields as shown below.

• Select Autoscaling and click on configure to set the parameters.

• click on pencil like object as shown below to edit the default setting.

• Ensure the following fields are set as shown below, and save.

• Scoll down and select the following fields as shown below for scale in policy.

• Ensure you select the following fields for image, architecture and size.

• Ensure you completed the highlighted fields as shown below and click on next to continue.

• Click on next until you get to networking page and click on pencil like icon as shown below to edit.

• Ensure to complete the highlighted fields as shown below and click ok to continue.

• To set the load balancing, check the Azure load balancer as shown below and click on create button to configure a new one.

• Give the load balancer a name and maintain other default parameters, then create as shown below.

• Now that the load balancer has been configured and selected as shown below, click on Review + create to continue.

• After validation has been passed, click on create to continue.

• Download the private key and ensure you note where the file is downloaded in your system.

• Wait for few minutes and allow the deployment to initialize, submit and complete. Click on Go to resource as shown below to continue.

• Instances configured can be connected to at thesame time by load balancing instead of connecting to the instances individually as shown below.

• Click on view inbound NAT rules to continue.

• To connect, search for the command prompt, right click to run as administrator and type ssh space -i space(input file path location by right clicking on the downloaded file, click properties, security and copy the objectname path) space username(Azureuser)@public IP address space -p space 50000 and click enter to continue. Type yes whenever confirmation is required as shown below.

• To update, run at the command prompt by typing sudo (space) apt-get (space)-y (space) update to continue.

• To install, run at the command prompt by typing sudo (space) apt-get (space)-y (space) install (space) nginx to continue.

• Paste your IP address on the browser to open the nginx welcome page.