New! Azure VM Image Browser

New! Azure VM Image Browser

Hey guys!

After spending some time wrestling with the Azure CLI to find the right images for the right VMs, I built a solution (together with Kiro.dev) to make this easier. It shows you the available images for a specific subscription in a specific region.

I called it VMIB – VM Image Browser: https://vmib.noplacelike.cloud

What can it do?

VMIB authenticates with your Entra ID and queries the Azure APIs to display the available Image Publishers, Offers, SKUs, and Versions for a given region and subscription.

It’s built with a clean UI that guides you step by step through each selection, and it lets you copy the correct image reference in your preferred IaC language:

  • ARM
  • Bicep
  • Terraform
  • Ansible

What’s more, VMIB doesn’t use any backend — all calls happen directly in your local browser.

Feel free to check out the source code on GitHub fork it, and improve it as much as you’d like!

Cheers!

Bernhard

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