Debian 13 on Azure

Launch Debian 13 (Trixie) virtual machines on Microsoft Azure. Debian is one of the most popular open-source Linux distributions, known for its security, reliability, and stability. With Azure cloud integration, you can deploy Debian 13 servers in minutes for web hosting, databases, application development, and enterprise workloads.

Debian server is suitable for many different use cases: from development servers to cluster systems; and for database, web and storage servers. At the same time, additional quality assurance efforts like automatic installation and upgrade tests for all packages in Debian's archive ensure that buster fulfills the high expectations that users have of a stable Debian release.

Debian is the seed and base for many other distributions. Many of the most popular Linux distributions, like Ubuntu, Knoppix, PureOS, SteamOS, Redhat or Tails, choose Debian as a base for their software. Debian is providing all the tools so everyone can extend the software packages from the Debian archive with their own packages for their needs.

Debian 13 Server Features

Latest stable release with long-term security support

Over 59,000 software packages and libraries available

Linux kernel 6.x with performance and security enhancements

Improved systemd, networking stack, and storage management

Supports containerization: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes

Advanced package management with APT

Secure by default with AppArmor and SELinux options

Lightweight and optimized for cloud and VM environments

Benefits of Running Debian 13 on Azure

Deploy scalable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure

Integrates with Azure services (Azure Monitor, Azure Backup, Security Center)

High availability with Azure regions and redundancy

Enterprise-grade security and compliance with CIS hardening options

Optimized for DevOps pipelines and CI/CD automation

Flexible VM sizes for small workloads to enterprise applications

Reduced management overhead with Azure automation tools

Use Cases for Debian on Azure

Web hosting (Apache, Nginx, PHP, WordPress)

Database servers (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

Application development and testing

Container orchestration with Kubernetes or Docker Swarm

Big data and analytics workloads

VPN and secure gateway servers

CI/CD pipelines and DevOps environments

Includes numerous updated software packages available to install such as:

Apache

BIND DNS Server

Cryptsetup

Dovecot MTA

Emacs

Exim default e-mail server

GNU Compiler Collection as default compiler

GIMP

GnuPG

Inkscape

GNU C library

lighttpd

Linux kernel image

LLVM/Clang toolchain

MariaDB

Nginx

OpenJDK

OpenLDAP

OpenSSH

Perl

PHP

Postfix MTA

PostgreSQL

Python 3

Rustc

Samba

Vim

Debian ships with several desktop environments, such as:

Gnome

KDE Plasma

LXDE

LXQt

MATE

Xfce

Debian Server Support

Debian Server support is from Debian Server on Azure

Disclaimer: Debian is a (registered, if applicable) trademark owned by Software in the Public Interest, Inc. This Debian release is maintained by Cloud Infrastructure Services.