| title | Get started with SQL Server 2017 in the Cloud | Microsoft Docs |
|---|---|
| description | This quickstart shows how to run the SQL Server 2017 on Linux in the cloud of your choice. |
| author | annashres |
| ms.author | annashres |
| manager | craigg |
| ms.date | 10/25/2017 |
| ms.topic | article |
| ms.prod | sql-non-specified |
| ms.prod_service | database-engine |
| ms.component | |
| ms.custom | sql-linux |
| ms.technology | database-engine |
| ms.assetid |
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In this quickstart, you will install SQL Server 2017 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), or Ubuntu in the cloud of your choice. Go to Provision a Linux SQL Server virtual machine in the Azure portal to run SQL Server on Linux in Azure.
> [!NOTE]
> If you choose to run a paid edition of SQL Server then you need to bring your own license (BYOL)
- Create a Linux AMI with at least 2 GB of memory from the marketplace
- Connect to the AMI with ssh
- Follow the quickstart for the Linux distribution you chose:
- Configure for remote connections:
- Open the Amazon EC2 console
- In the navigation pane, choose Security Groups.
- Choose Inbound, Edit, Add Rule
- Add an inbound rule to allow traffic on the port on which SQL Server listens (default TCP port 1433)
- Log in to the control panel and click create a droplet
- Choose a Ubuntu 16.04 droplet with at least 2 GB of memory
- Connect to the droplet with ssh
- Follow the Ubuntu quickstart
- Configure for remote connections:
- At the top of the Control Panel, follow the Networking link and then select Firewalls
- Add an inbound rule to allow traffic on the port on which SQL Server listens (default TCP port 1433)
- Create a Linux image with at least 2 GB of memory from the Cloud Launcher
- Connect to the image with ssh
- Follow the quickstart for the Linux distribution you chose:
- Configure for remote connections:
- Go to the Firewall Rules
- Add an inbound rule to allow traffic on the port on which SQL Server listens (default tcp: 1433)