1. Activate license: https://www.windowsazurepass.com --> you need to get a windows live id for that

2. Wait till activation mail arrives

3. Login: https://manage.windowsazure.com

4. Click: Virtual Machines -> New -> FromGallery

5. Search for ubuntu -> click "ubuntu 13.10"

6. VM Config I:

vm name is humanitas

TIER: Standard, Size: A2 (2 cores, 3.5 GB)

uncheck "UPLOAD COMPATIBLE SSH KEY FOR AUTHENTICATION"

check "PROVIDE A PASSWORD" -> provide username and password according to mail

click next

7. VM Config II:

change region to: Europe West

cloud dns name is humanitasN (where N is a number between 2-9)

The VM is now setup :)

The installation of the tools can be done later on by the person managing the VMs.

You can copy all this commands into an .sh and execute it with the "sh" command to not enter everything separately.

sudo apt-get purge openjdk*

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer

sudo apt-get install scala

wget https://d3kbcqa49mib13.cloudfront.net/spark-0.9.1.tgz

tar xf spark-0.9.1.tgz

mv spark-0.9.1 spark

cd spark

sbt/sbt assembly

sudo apt-get install r-base

sudo apt-get install r-recommended

• Spark - 0.9.1
• R - 3.0.1
• Python - 2.7 (is installed)
• JDK - 1.6

• Pybrain
• SentiStrength
• CoreNLP
• NLTK

Making VM accessible go to your VM => add an endpoint on "HTTP", public port 80, private port 80