would like to run a third party executable on Azure VM

Question

I would like to run ffmpeg.exe and process media files on Azure VM. Do I need to add the exe anywhere in the VM settings? I have copied ffmpeg.exe to Azure VM and trying to run a command, but ffmpeg.exe --help also not returning anything, no error either. Do I have to whitelist the .exe in order to run it on Azure VM?

Answer 1

• If you are using a Linux image then one way would be directly installing the ffmpeg using package manager instead of the .exe file. Just run the following commands in the vm

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg

• Now if you have a windows server just make sure that you are in the folder where the ffmpeg.exe is located. If you want to run the ffmpeg anywhere on the server you will have to install you can refer this answer by the user - peanut_butter