Setting up a multi-node Mesos cluster on Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, which is created by Microsoft to build, deploy, and manage applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed and Microsoft partner-hosted datacenters. For more information check out https://azure.microsoft.com.

Introduction to instance types

Virtual machines are available in two tiers: basic and standard. Both types offer a choice of sizes, but the basic tier doesn't provide some capabilities, such as load-balancing and autoscaling, which are available in the standard tier. The standard tier of sizes consists of different series: A, D, DS, G, and GS.

Launching machines

To get started with development or test in the cloud, you will need an active Microsoft Azure subscription. If you don't currently have a subscription, you can get a free one-month trial with $200 that you can spend on whatever Azure services you want to use:

Once you sign-up...