Enabling RDP Access to HDInsight Cluster via PowerShell

Question

I have created a HDInsight Cluster via PowerShell and have enabled the RDP Access to it by logging into Azure Management Portal. However, I wanted to know if it is possible to enable RDP Access to a HDInsight Cluster via PowerShell. If yes, please give some pointers.

Answer 1

Current version of HDInsight does not offer alternatives to the portal to enable RDP.

Answer 2

Use below command to create RDP enabled cluster. Command to be used with to be used with Azure ARM PowerShell, 1.0.1 or later – you can install Azure RM PS via web platform installer or follow this blog https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azps-1-0/ Provide values for -RdpAccessExpiry and -RdpCredential in the command.

New-AzureRmHDInsightCluster [-Location] [-ResourceGroupName] [-ClusterName] [-ClusterSizeInNodes] [-HttpCredential] [[-DefaultStorageAccountName] ] [[-DefaultStorageAccountKey] ] [-AadTenantId ] [-AdditionalStorageAccounts ] [-SshCredential ] [-SshPublicKey ] [-SubnetName ] [-Version ] [-VirtualNetworkId ] [-WorkerNodeSize ] [-ZookeeperNodeSize ] [ ]

Answer 3

Not sure about HDInsight instances, but this is now much simpler in VM instances, using the new Extensions:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wats/archive/2014/03/06/enable-rdp-or-reset-password-with-the-vm-agent.aspx

Example:

Get-AzureVM -ServiceName clmar4ws12r2b -Name clmar4ws12r2b | 
        Set-AzureVMAccessExtension | 
        Update-AzureVM