How to create azure VM with Rest Api - azure

Question

Here is the code, but it prompts error:
The image o3lceiy3.ioa201305211013360129.vhd does not exist.
the subscriptionId and X509Certificate2 are valid
internal class Program
{
public static X509Certificate2 Certificate { get; set; }
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
const string subscriptionId = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx";
//#"https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/services/hostedservices/<cloudservice-name>/deployments";
var url = string.Format("https://management.core.windows.net/{0}/services/hostedservices/{1}/deployments",
subscriptionId, "edoc2cloudtest");
var myReq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
myReq.Method = "POST";
myReq.Headers.Add("x-ms-version", "2012-03-01");
myReq.Proxy = null;
myReq.Timeout = 30000;
myReq.ContentType = "application/xml";
var postData = ReadConfig();
using (var reqStream = myReq.GetRequestStream())
{
var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
reqStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
reqStream.Flush();
}
Certificate = GetX509Certificate();
myReq.ClientCertificates.Add(Certificate);
try
{
var myRes = (HttpWebResponse) myReq.GetResponse();
}
catch (WebException exWeb)
{
// Parse the web response.
Stream responseStream = exWeb.Response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
XmlDocument xDocResp = new XmlDocument();
xDocResp.Load(reader);
HttpWebResponse responseStatus = (HttpWebResponse)exWeb.Response;
responseStream.Close();
reader.Close();
var result = NiceFormatXml(xDocResp);
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
}
private static string NiceFormatXml(XmlDocument xDoc)
{
StringBuilder niceString = new StringBuilder();
StringWriter strWriter = new StringWriter(niceString);
XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(strWriter);
xmlWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
xDoc.WriteTo(xmlWriter);
xmlWriter.Close();
strWriter.Close();
return niceString.ToString();
}
private static X509Certificate2 GetX509Certificate()
{
X509Certificate2 certificate2 = null;
var store = new X509Store("MY", StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly | OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly);
var collection = store.Certificates;
var fcollection = collection.Find(X509FindType.FindByTimeValid, DateTime.Now, false);
const string certificateThumbprint = "‎‎‎‎7dfbc7369306ed096b7e5c7b4ba6e99f190240e9";
store.Close();
if (fcollection.Count > 0)
{
foreach (var variable in fcollection)
{
if (variable.Thumbprint != null &&
variable.Thumbprint.Equals(certificateThumbprint, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
certificate2 = variable;
}
}
}
return certificate2;
}
private static string ReadConfig()
{
string path = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "Edoc2Cloud.xml";
//string path = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "VM-CreateVM.xml";
string s;
using (var sr = new StreamReader(path, Encoding.GetEncoding("GB2312")))
{
s = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
return s;
}
}
Here is the XML:
<Deployment xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Name>EDoc2Test</Name>
<DeploymentSlot>Staging</DeploymentSlot>
<Label>EDoc2Testlabe</Label>
<RoleList>
<Role>
<RoleName>EDoc2TestRoleName</RoleName>
<RoleType>PersistentVMRole</RoleType>
<ConfigurationSets>
<ConfigurationSet>
<ConfigurationSetType>WindowsProvisioningConfiguration</ConfigurationSetType>
<ComputerName>computer-name</ComputerName>
<AdminPassword>APasswor_324d</AdminPassword>
<EnableAutomaticUpdates>true</EnableAutomaticUpdates>
</ConfigurationSet>
</ConfigurationSets>
<AvailabilitySetName>EDoc2TestSetName</AvailabilitySetName>
<OSVirtualHardDisk>
<HostCaching>ReadWrite</HostCaching>
<DiskName>SomeName-0-20121007173943</DiskName>
<MediaLink>http://portalvhdsx4flx9dhmjyt1.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/o3lceiy3.ioa201305211013360129.vhd</MediaLink>
<SourceImageName>o3lceiy3.ioa201305211013360129.vhd</SourceImageName>
</OSVirtualHardDisk>
<RoleSize>Medium</RoleSize>
</Role>

Answer 1

Based on the error you're receiving and the XML you've specified, can you please check if there is an image by the name o3lceiy3.ioa201305211013360129.vhd in your custom images? You could find that information by logging into the portal and going to Virtual Machines --> Images.
Documentation regarding <SourceImageName> parameter states that it is needed when you want to create a virtual machine either by using system or custom images.
You can read the complete documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj157186.aspx#OSVirtualHardDisk.