Ubuntu 22.04 VM with SQL Server 2022 Developer

Ubuntu 22.04 VM with Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition by cloudimg

An Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) VM pre-configured with Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition, purpose-built for Microsoft Azure and maintained by cloudimg. Developer Edition includes every feature of the Enterprise Edition and is licensed by Microsoft, free of charge, for development, testing, and quality assurance workflows.

Why Choose cloudimg?

• 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24-hour response for all requests and one-hour average for critical issues. Contact support@cloudimg.co.uk
• Production-Ready from Launch Pre-configured, security-patched, and validated before publication
• Azure Native Integration Built with Azure Linux Agent, cloud-init, and Gen2 Hyper-V support
• Per-VM Credential Generation Unique SA and cloudimg passwords generated at first boot and written to /stage/scripts/mssql-credentials.log. No shared credentials baked into the image

What is Included

• Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition installed from the official Microsoft APT repository, pinned to Ubuntu 22.04 jammy for timely security patches
• mssql-tools18 command-line utilities including sqlcmd and bcp for database administration
• mssql-firstboot.service systemd oneshot that rotates the SA password, creates the cloudimg default database, provisions a cloudimg SQL login, and removes the build-time memory cap on first customer boot
• mssql-server.service systemd unit started automatically on boot after firstboot completes
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS base with the latest security patches applied at build time
• Azure Linux Agent for seamless cloud integration and SSH key injection

Full Enterprise Feature Set, Free for Development

The Developer Edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2022 includes every feature of the Enterprise Edition at no software cost:

• Always On Availability Groups for multi-node HA and DR testing
• In-memory OLTP at full Enterprise scale
• Clustered and non-clustered columnstore indexes
• Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for at-rest encryption
• Dynamic Data Masking and Row-Level Security
• Change Data Capture and Change Tracking
• Resource Governor for workload management
• Full-text search and geospatial types
• Azure Arc enabled, with built-in connectivity to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Monitor, and Azure Purview

Licensing

The Developer Edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2022 is free Microsoft software licensed for development and testing use only. It must not be used in production environments or to serve production workloads.

Technical Specifications

• Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
• Database: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition (official packages.microsoft.com APT repo)
• Default Database: cloudimg
• SQL Port: 1433
• Default OS User: azureuser
• Service Management: systemd (mssql-server.service, mssql-firstboot.service)
• Recommended Size: Standard_D2s_v5 (2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM) or larger

Deployment guide: https://www.cloudimg.co.uk/guides/sql-server-2022-developer-on-ubuntu-22-04-azure/

24/7 support: support@cloudimg.co.uk