How to encrypt RHEL images for Azure confidential VMs

78 · Red Hat · June 11, 2025, 7:35 a.m.
Summary
This blog post provides a detailed guide on how to bring your own encrypted Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) images to Azure confidential virtual machines (VMs) by using the storage root key (SRK) from a confidential VM's trusted platform module (TPM). It includes prerequisites, step-by-step instructions for encryption, and utilization of Azure CLI commands to create and manage the encrypted images effectively.