Installing Streamlit App on Azure Virtual Machine: A Step-by-Step Guide

Installing Streamlit App on Azure Virtual Machine: Step-by-Step Guide

Streamlit is an open-source app framework that is built for machine learning and data science teams. With Streamlit, you can create and share beautiful, custom web apps in just a few minutes. In this article, we will discuss how to install a Streamlit app on an Azure Virtual Machine.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• An Azure account
• Python 3.6 or higher installed on your local machine
• Streamlit installed on your local machine

Step 1: Create a Virtual Machine on Azure

To create a virtual machine on Azure, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/)
2. Click on the “Create a resource” button on the top left corner of the portal
3. Search for “Windows Server 2019 Datacenter” and select it
4. Fill in the required details such as subscription, resource group, virtual machine name, region, and admin username and password
5. Click on the “Review + create” button and wait for the validation to pass
6. Click on the “Create” button to create the virtual machine

Step 2: Connect to the Virtual Machine

To connect to the virtual machine, follow these steps:

1. Go to the virtual machine overview page
2. Click on the “Connect” button
3. Select “RDP” as the type of connection
4. Download the RDP file and open it
5. Enter the admin username and password you set up earlier

Step 3: Install Python and Pip

To install Python and pip on the virtual machine, follow these steps:

1. Open the command prompt as an administrator
2. Run the following command to install Python: python --version
3. If Python is not installed, run the following command to install it: winget install --id=Python.Python --exact
4. Run the following command to install pip: python -m ensurepip --upgrade

Step 4: Install Streamlit

To install Streamlit on the virtual machine, follow these steps:

1. Run the following command to install Streamlit: pip install streamlit
2. Run the following command to verify the installation: streamlit --version

Step 5: Create a Streamlit App

To create a Streamlit app, follow these steps:

1. Create a new Python file on your local machine
2. Add the following code to the file:

Step 6: Deploy the Streamlit App on the Virtual Machine

To deploy the Streamlit app on the virtual machine, follow these steps:

1. Transfer the Python file to the virtual machine using a file transfer protocol such as SFTP
2. Open the command prompt as an administrator on the virtual machine
3. Navigate to the directory where the Python file is located
4. Run the following command to start the Streamlit app: streamlit run your_file.py

In this article, we discussed how to install a Streamlit app on an Azure Virtual Machine. We covered the prerequisites, how to create a virtual machine on Azure, how to connect to the virtual machine, how to install Python and pip, how to install Streamlit, how to create a Streamlit app, and how to deploy the Streamlit app on the virtual machine. By following these steps, you can easily install and deploy a Streamlit app on an Azure Virtual Machine.

References

• Streamlit
• Azure Virtual Machines
• Create a virtual machine in the Azure portal
• Connect to a Windows virtual machine in Azure
• Python Downloads
• Installing pip