Remove unversioned image aliases

src/Compute/Compute.Test/ScenarioTests/ImageTests.ps1

@@ -338,14 +338,7 @@ function Test-DefaultImagesExistManual
 
         # Linux
         # UbuntuLTS test
-        $publisher = $images.Linux.UbuntuLTS.publisher;
-        $offer = $images.Linux.UbuntuLTS.offer;
-        $sku = $images.Linux.UbuntuLTS.sku;
-        $version = $images.Linux.UbuntuLTS.version;
-        $img = Get-AzVMImage -Location $loc -Publisher $publisher -Offer $offer -Sku $sku -Version $version;
-        Assert-NotNull $img;
-        New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName MyResourceGroup -Name mytestvm -Location $loc -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -Image UbuntuLTS;
-
+
         # Ubuntu2204 test
         $publisher = $images.Linux.Ubuntu2204.publisher;
         $offer = $images.Linux.Ubuntu2204.offer;
@@ -355,15 +348,6 @@ function Test-DefaultImagesExistManual
         Assert-NotNull $img;
         New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName MyResourceGroup -Name mytestvm -Location $loc -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -Image Ubuntu2204;
 
-        # CentOS test
-        $publisher = $images.Linux.CentOS.publisher;
-        $offer = $images.Linux.CentOS.offer;
-        $sku = $images.Linux.CentOS.sku;
-        $version = $images.Linux.CentOS.version;
-        $img = Get-AzVMImage -Location $loc -Publisher $publisher -Offer $offer -Sku $sku -Version $version;
-        Assert-NotNull $img;
-        New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName MyResourceGroup -Name mytestvm -Location $loc -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -Image CentOS;
-
         # CentOS versioned test
         $publisher = $images.Linux.CentOS85Gen2.publisher;
         $offer = $images.Linux.CentOS85Gen2.offer;
@@ -373,15 +357,6 @@ function Test-DefaultImagesExistManual
         Assert-NotNull $img;
         New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName MyResourceGroup -Name mytestvm -Location $loc -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -Image CentOS85Gen2;
 
-        # Debian test
-        $publisher = $images.Linux.Debian.publisher;
-        $offer = $images.Linux.Debian.offer;
-        $sku = $images.Linux.Debian.sku;
-        $version = $images.Linux.Debian.version;
-        $img = Get-AzVMImage -Location $loc -Publisher $publisher -Offer $offer -Sku $sku -Version $version;
-        Assert-NotNull $img;
-        New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName MyResourceGroup -Name mytestvm -Location $loc -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -Image Debian;
-
         # Debian versioned test
         $publisher = $images.Linux.Debian11.publisher;
         $offer = $images.Linux.Debian11.offer;
@@ -399,16 +374,7 @@ function Test-DefaultImagesExistManual
         $img = Get-AzVMImage -Location $loc -Publisher $publisher -Offer $offer -Sku $sku -Version $version;
         Assert-NotNull $img;
         New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName MyResourceGroup -Name mytestvm -Location $loc -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -Image OpenSuseLeap154Gen2;
-
-        # RHEL test
-        $publisher = $images.Linux.RHEL.publisher;
-        $offer = $images.Linux.RHEL.offer;
-        $sku = $images.Linux.RHEL.sku;
-        $version = $images.Linux.RHEL.version;
-        $img = Get-AzVMImage -Location $loc -Publisher $publisher -Offer $offer -Sku $sku -Version $version;
-        Assert-NotNull $img;
-        New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName MyResourceGroup -Name mytestvm -Location $loc -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -Image RHEL;
-
+
         # RHELRaw8LVMGen2 test
         $publisher = $images.Linux.RHELRaw8LVMGen2.publisher;
         $offer = $images.Linux.RHELRaw8LVMGen2.offer;

src/Compute/Compute.Test/ScenarioTests/StrategiesVirtualMachineTests.ps1

@@ -402,14 +402,14 @@ function Test-SimpleNewVmWithDefaultDomainName2
             -ResourceGroupName $rgname `
             -Name $vmname `
             -Credential $cred `
-            -ImageName "ubuntults"
+            -ImageName "ubuntu2204"
 
         # second VM
         $x2 = New-AzVM `
             -ResourceGroupName $rgname2 `
             -Name $vmname `
             -Credential $cred `
-            -ImageName "ubuntults"
+            -ImageName "ubuntu2204"
     }
     finally
     {

src/Compute/Compute.Test/ScenarioTests/VirtualMachineTests.ps1

@@ -5262,7 +5262,7 @@ function Test-VMwithSSHKey
         $vmname = '1' + $rgname;
         $domainNameLabel = "d1" + $rgname;
         $sshKeyName = "s" + $rgname
-        $vm = New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $rgname -Name $vmname -Credential $cred -Image CentOS -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -SshKeyname $sshKeyName -generateSshkey 
+        $vm = New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $rgname -Name $vmname -Credential $cred -Image CentOS85Gen2 -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -SshKeyname $sshKeyName -generateSshkey 
 
         $vm = Get-AzVm -ResourceGroupName $rgname -Name $vmname
         $sshKey = Get-AzSshKey -ResourceGroupName $rgname -Name $sshKeyName

src/Compute/Compute/ChangeLog.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 -->
 ## Upcoming Release
 * Added update functionality in `Update-AzVmss` for parameters `SecurityType`, `EnableSecureBoot`, and `EnableVtpm` for the parameter set with the Put operation.
+* [Breaking change] Removed unversioned and outdated linux image aliases of `CentOS`, `RHEL`, `UbuntuLTS` and `Debian`.
 
 ## Version 6.3.0
 * Added `-Hibernate` switch parameter to `Stop-AzVmss` default parameter set. 

src/Compute/Compute/Strategies/ComputeRp/Images.json

@@ -1,23 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Linux":  {
-                  "CentOS":  {
-                                 "publisher":  "OpenLogic",
-                                 "offer":  "CentOS",
-                                 "sku":  "7.5",
-                                 "version":  "latest"
-                             },
                   "CentOS85Gen2":  {
                                  "publisher":  "OpenLogic",
                                  "offer":  "CentOS",
                                  "sku":  "8_5-gen2",
                                  "version":  "latest"
                              },
-                  "Debian":  {
-                                 "publisher":  "credativ",
-                                 "offer":  "Debian",
-                                 "sku":  "8",
-                                 "version":  "latest"
-                             },
                   "Debian11":  {
                                  "publisher":  "Debian",
                                  "offer":  "debian-11",
@@ -30,12 +18,6 @@
                                         "sku":  "gen2",
                                         "version":  "latest"
                                     },
-                  "RHEL":  {
-                               "publisher":  "RedHat",
-                               "offer":  "RHEL",
-                               "sku":  "7-RAW",
-                               "version":  "latest"
-                           },
                   "RHELRaw8LVMGen2":  {
                                "publisher":  "RedHat",
                                "offer":  "RHEL",
@@ -48,12 +30,6 @@
                                "sku":  "gen2",
                                "version":  "latest"
                            },
-                  "UbuntuLTS":  {
-                                    "publisher":  "Canonical",
-                                    "offer":  "UbuntuServer",
-                                    "sku":  "16.04-LTS",
-                                    "version":  "latest"
-                                },
                   "Ubuntu2204":  {
                                     "publisher":  "Canonical",
                                     "offer":  "0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy",

src/Compute/Compute/help/New-AzVM.md

@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ This command creates a VM from a marketplace image without a Public IP.
 
 ### Example 4: Create a VM with a UserData value:
 ```powershell
-## VM Account
+# VM Account
 $VMLocalAdminUser = "LocalAdminUser";
 $VMLocalAdminSecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString "Password" -AsPlainText -Force;
 
-## Azure Account
+# Azure Account
 $LocationName = "eastus";
 $ResourceGroupName = "MyResourceGroup";
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ $bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($text);
 $userData = [Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes);
 
 # Create VM
-New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $VMName -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -UserData $userData;
+New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -UserData $userData;
 $vm = Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $VMName -UserData;
 ```
 
@@ -236,19 +236,23 @@ This example deploys a Windows VM from the marketplace in one resource group wit
 
 ### Example 6: Creating a new VM as part of a VMSS with a PlatformFaultDomain value.
 ```powershell
-$resourceGroupName= "Resource Group Name"
-$domainNameLabel = "Domain Name Label Name"
-$vmname = "Virtual Machine Name"
-$platformFaultDomainVMDefaultSet = 2
-$securePassword = "Password" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
-$user = "Username"
-$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($user, $securePassword)
-$vmssName = "Vmss Name";
+$resourceGroupName= "ResourceGroupName";
+$loc = 'eastus';
+New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location $loc -Force;
+
+$domainNameLabel = "d1" + $resourceGroupName;
+$vmname = "vm" + $resourceGroupName;
+$platformFaultDomainVMDefaultSet = 2;
+$vmssFaultDomain = 3;
+$securePassword = <PASSWORD> | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force;
+$user = <USERNAME>;
+$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($user, $securePassword);
+$vmssName = "vmss" + $resourceGroupName;
 
 $vmssConfig = New-AzVmssConfig -Location $loc -PlatformFaultDomainCount $vmssFaultDomain;
 $vmss = New-AzVmss -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $vmssName -VirtualMachineScaleSet $vmssConfig;
 
-$vm = New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $vmname -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -PlatformFaultDomain $platformFaultDomainVMDefaultSet -VmssId $vmss.Id
+$vm = New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $vmname -Credential $cred -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel -PlatformFaultDomain $platformFaultDomainVMDefaultSet -VmssId $vmss.Id;
 ```
 
 This example creates a new VM as part of a VMSS with a PlatformFaultDomain value.
@@ -329,14 +333,14 @@ $securePassword = "<Password>" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
 $user = "<Username>"
 $cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($user, $securePassword)
 
-New-AzResourceGroup -Name $rgname -Location $loc -Force
+New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location $loc -Force
 
 # Create a VM using an Image alias.
-$vmname = 'v' + $rgname
-$domainNameLabel = "d" + $rgname
-$vm = New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $rgname -Name $vmname -Credential $cred -Image OpenSuseLeap154Gen2 -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel
+$vmname = 'v' + $resourceGroupName
+$domainNameLabel = "d" + $resourceGroupName
+$vm = New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $vmname -Credential $cred -Image OpenSuseLeap154Gen2 -DomainNameLabel $domainNameLabel
 
-$vm = Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $rgname -Name $vmname
+$vm = Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $vmname
 ```
 
 This example creates a new VM using the -Image parameter, providing many default values to the VM. 
@@ -757,7 +761,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 ```
 
 ### -Image
-The friendly image name upon which the VM will be built. The available aliases are: Win2022AzureEditionCore, Win2019Datacenter, Win2016Datacenter, Win2012R2Datacenter, Win2012Datacenter, UbuntuLTS, Ubuntu2204, CentOS, CentOS85Gen2, Debian, Debian11, OpenSuseLeap154Gen2, RHEL, RHELRaw8LVMGen2, SuseSles15SP3, FlatcarLinuxFreeGen2.
+The friendly image name upon which the VM will be built. The available aliases are: Win2022AzureEditionCore, Win2019Datacenter, Win2016Datacenter, Win2012R2Datacenter, Win2012Datacenter, Ubuntu2204, CentOS85Gen2, Debian11, OpenSuseLeap154Gen2, RHELRaw8LVMGen2, SuseSles15SP3, FlatcarLinuxFreeGen2.
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.String

src/Compute/Compute/help/New-AzVmss.md

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ $subnetId = $vnet.Subnets[0].Id;
 $vmssName = 'vmss' + $rgname;
 $vmssType = 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets';
 $adminUsername = <USER NAME>;
-$adminPassword = <PASSWORD> | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force;
+$adminPassword = <PASSWORD>;
 $imgRef = New-Object -TypeName 'Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Models.PSVirtualMachineImage';
 $imgRef.PublisherName = $PublisherName;
 $imgRef.Offer = $Offer;
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 ```
 
 ### -ImageName
-The alias of the image for VMs in this Scale Set. If no value is provided, the "Windows Server 2016 DataCenter" image will be used. The available aliases are: Win2022AzureEditionCore, Win2019Datacenter, Win2016Datacenter, Win2012R2Datacenter, Win2012Datacenter, UbuntuLTS, Ubuntu2204, CentOS, CentOS85Gen2, Debian, Debian11, OpenSuseLeap154Gen2, RHEL, RHELRaw8LVMGen2, SuseSles15SP3, FlatcarLinuxFreeGen2.
+The alias of the image for VMs in this Scale Set. If no value is provided, the "Windows Server 2016 DataCenter" image will be used. The available aliases are: Win2022AzureEditionCore, Win2019Datacenter, Win2016Datacenter, Win2012R2Datacenter, Win2012Datacenter, UbuntuLTS, Ubuntu2204, CentOS85Gen2, Debian11, OpenSuseLeap154Gen2, RHELRaw8LVMGen2, SuseSles15SP3, FlatcarLinuxFreeGen2.
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.String

src/RecoveryServices/RecoveryServices.SiteRecovery.Test/ScenarioTests/A2A/A2ATestsHelper.ps1

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function createAzureVm{
 		$domain = "domain"+ $seed
         $password=$VMLocalAdminSecurePassword|ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
         $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($VMLocalAdminUser, $password);
-        $vm = New-AzVM -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -location $VMLocation -Image RHEL -DomainNameLabel $domain
+        $vm = New-AzVM -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -location $VMLocation -Image RHELRaw8LVMGen2 -DomainNameLabel $domain
         return $vm.Id
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function createAzureVmInProximityPlacementgroup{
         $password=$VMLocalAdminSecurePassword|ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
         $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($VMLocalAdminUser, $password);
 		$ppg =  New-AzProximityPlacementGroup -ResourceGroupName $vmName -Name $VMName -Location $VMLocation
-        $vm = New-AzVM -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -location $VMLocation -Image RHEL -DomainNameLabel $domain -ProximityPlacementGroupId $ppg.Id
+        $vm = New-AzVM -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -location $VMLocation -Image RHELRaw8LVMGen2 -DomainNameLabel $domain -ProximityPlacementGroupId $ppg.Id
 		return $vm.Id
 }
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function createAzureVmForCRG{
 		$domain = "domain"+ $seed
         $password=$VMLocalAdminSecurePassword|ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
         $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($VMLocalAdminUser, $password);
-        $vm = New-AzVM -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -location $VMLocation -Image RHEL -DomainNameLabel $domain -Size "Standard_Ds1_v2"
+        $vm = New-AzVM -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -location $VMLocation -Image RHELRaw8LVMGen2 -DomainNameLabel $domain -Size "Standard_Ds1_v2"
 		return $vm.Id
 }
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function createAzureVmInAvailabilityZone{
 		$domain = "domain"+ $seed
         $password=$VMLocalAdminSecurePassword|ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
     $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($VMLocalAdminUser, $password);
-        $vm = New-AzVM -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -location $VMLocation -Image RHEL -DomainNameLabel $domain -Zone $VMZone
+        $vm = New-AzVM -Name $VMName -Credential $Credential -location $VMLocation -Image RHELRaw8LVMGen2 -DomainNameLabel $domain -Zone $VMZone
     return $vm.Id
 }