Create two VMs in different Azure Regions using Az PowerShell

create_vms.ps1

# Define variables
$username = "kodekloud" # Username for the VM
$plainPassword = "VMP@55w0rd" # Your VM password
$vmSize = "Standard_B1s"
$azureVmPublisherName = "Canonical"
$azureVmOffer = "0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy"
$azureVmSkus = "22_04-LTS"

# Creating VM credential; use your own password and username by changing the variables
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString $plainPassword -AsPlainText -Force
$vmCredential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($username, $password)

# Get resource group
$resourceGroupName = (Get-AzResourceGroup).ResourceGroupName

# Configuration for each location
$locations = @('EastUS', 'WestUS')

foreach ($location in $locations) {
    $locationPrefix = $location -replace 'US', ''
    $subnetName = "MySubnet-$locationPrefix"
    $nicName = "MyNIC-$locationPrefix"
    $networkName = "MyNet-$locationPrefix"
    $publicIpName = "MyPublicIP-$locationPrefix"
    $nsgName = "NSG-$locationPrefix"
    $vmName = $location

    # Convert the first letter of location to its ASCII numeric digit
    $subnet_value = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($location.Substring(0, 1))[0].ToString()
    $subnetAddressPrefix = "10.$subnet_value.0.0/24"
    $vnetAddressPrefix = "10.$subnet_value.0.0/16"

    $nsgRuleSSH = New-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig -Name RDP -Protocol Tcp -Direction Inbound -Priority 1001 -SourceAddressPrefix * -SourcePortRange * -DestinationAddressPrefix * -DestinationPortRange 22 -Access Allow
    $nsg = New-AzNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -Name $nsgName -SecurityRules $nsgRuleSSH

    $publicIp = New-AzPublicIpAddress -Name $publicIpName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -AllocationMethod Static
    $singleSubnet = New-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name $subnetName -AddressPrefix $subnetAddressPrefix
    $vnet = New-AzVirtualNetwork -Name $networkName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -AddressPrefix $vnetAddressPrefix -Subnet $singleSubnet
    $nic = New-AzNetworkInterface -Name $nicName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -SubnetId $vnet.Subnets[0].Id -PublicIpAddressId $publicIp.Id -NetworkSecurityGroupId $nsg.Id

    $virtualMachine = New-AzVMConfig -VMName $vmName -VMSize $vmSize
    $virtualMachine = Set-AzVMOperatingSystem -Linux -VM $virtualMachine -ComputerName $vmName -Credential $vmCredential
    $virtualMachine = Add-AzVMNetworkInterface -VM $virtualMachine -Id $nic.Id
    $virtualMachine = Set-AzVMSourceImage -VM $virtualMachine -PublisherName $azureVmPublisherName -Offer $azureVmOffer -Skus $azureVmSkus -Version "latest"
    $virtualMachine = Set-AzVMBootDiagnostic -VM $virtualMachine -Disable
    $virtualMachine = Set-AzVMOSDisk -VM $virtualMachine -StorageAccountType "StandardSSD_LRS" -CreateOption FromImage

    New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -VM $virtualMachine -Verbose
}

Start-Sleep -Seconds 60 # Wait for IPs to be assigned

# Retrieve IP Addresses
$locations | ForEach-Object {
    $locationPrefix = $_ -replace 'US', ''
    $publicIpName = "MyPublicIP-$locationPrefix"
    Write-Host "$locationPrefix IP: ", (Get-AzPublicIpAddress -Name $publicIpName).IpAddress
}