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Apache Airflow on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Apache Airflow is the industry-standard platform for authoring, scheduling, and monitoring data pipelines as code. This image gives you a production-ready deployment within minutes of first boot — no dependency wrangling, no manual hardening checklist. Published and maintained by Derek Coleman & Associates Inc: freshly rebuilt against current security advisories and deployable straight from the Azure Marketplace into your own subscription.

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Version: Apache Airflow 2.10.4 (Python 3.12 venv, SequentialExecutor, SQLite metadata DB)Platform: Ubuntu 24.04 LTSPorts: 8080 (web UI)Category: Applications

What's included

Apache Airflow 2.10.4 installed from the official upstream source
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base with automatic security updates enabled
No shared or default passwords — a unique admin credential is generated on your VM at first boot
Trusted Launch support: Secure Boot + vTPM
Azure Monitor Agent, Defender for Cloud, and Update Manager install cleanly

Quick start

Deploy from the Azure Marketplace (Get It Now → Create), choosing your SSH key at the Administration step.
Allow inbound SSH (22) for yourself plus the application port(s): 8080 (web UI) — restrict to your own IP where possible. The in-image firewall already allows them; only the Network Security Group (NSG) keeps them closed.
Open http://<VM-IP>:8080/ in your browser and sign in with the generated username and password (see First login below).
Drop your DAG files into /opt/airflow/dags/; the scheduler picks them up automatically.

Get your admin password (one time)

ssh <your-username>@<VM-IP>
sudo cat /opt/airflow/admin-password

The username is per-VM (dcaadmin-xxxxxxxx), not `admin`; both lines are in the file. Change the password after first sign-in and delete the file once stored securely.

Common use cases

ETL / ELT pipeline orchestration
Scheduled batch jobs with dependencies and retries
ML training and data-quality workflows
Replacing brittle cron jobs with observable DAGs

Why our images

Freshly rebuilt against the latest security advisories, no shared default credentials, Trusted Launch support, and automatic OS security updates — everything runs in your own Azure subscription under your governance.

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