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# Blog

# quasardb on Microsoft Azure

Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 06 Feb 2015

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Getting your hands on [quasardb](https://www.quasardb.net/) has never been that easy. With just a few mouse clicks you can deploy your own [quasardb](https://www.quasardb.net/) server in [Microsoft Azure](http://azure.microsoft.com/).

A [quasardb](https://www.quasardb.net/) Virtual Machine (VM) image is now available for free on [VM Depot](https://vmdepot.msopentech.com). It includes a free license limited to one node and everything you need to test [quasardb](https://www.quasardb.net/).

## How to create your quasardb VM

Deploying the virtual machine is very straightforward and take about 15 minutes.

Ready? Let's go!

1. Open [vmdepot.msopentech.com](https://vmdepot.msopentech.com).
2. Type "quasardb" in the search box.
3. Click "Create Virtual Machine".

If it's the first time you use [VM Depot](https://vmdepot.msopentech.com), it will ask you to link your account with your [Azure](http://azure.microsoft.com/) subscription.   
 If you don't have an [Azure](http://azure.microsoft.com/) subscription, there is a "Free Trial" for one month.

OK, now that your [quasardb](https://www.quasardb.net/) VM is running, let's take a quick tour of what you can do...

## Checkout quasardb web console

Go to [http://yourservicename.cloudapp.net:8080/view/](http://yourservicename.cloudapp.net:8080/view/).

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## Test quasardb from the shell

The most exciting way to test [quasardb](https://www.quasardb.net/) is to try the "qdbsh" command line tool. See by yourself:

Add a simple entry:

| 1 2 3 | $ qdbsh put pi 3.14159265359 $ qdbsh get pi 3.14159265359 |
| --- | --- |

Pipe the result of a command:

| 1 | $ ls -l \| wc -l \| qdbsh put num\_files |
| --- | --- |

Compress a folder:

| 1 | $ tar czf - /etc \| qdbsh update etc |
| --- | --- |

Extract a folder:

| 1 | $ qdbsh get etc \| tar xz |
| --- | --- |

## Test quasardb from Python

Just start the python REPL and enjoy:

| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | $ python Python 2.7.5 (default, Jun 17 2014, 18:11:42) \[GCC 4.8.2 20140120 (Red Hat 4.8.2-16)\] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > > > import qdb > > > c = qdb.Client(qdb.RemoteNode("127.0.0.1")) > > > c.put("e", 2.71828182846) > > > print c.get("e") > > > 2.71828182846 |
| --- | --- |

See [Python API documentation](https://doc.quasardb.net/1.2.0/api/python.html) for more detail.

## Test quasardb from PHP

Did you know PHP has a REPL too:

| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | $ php -a Interactive shell php > $nodes = \[\['address' => '127.0.0.1'\]\]; php > $cluster = new QdbCluster($nodes); php > $cluster->put('c', '299792458'); php > echo $cluster->get('c'); 299792458 |
| --- | --- |

See [PHP API documentation](https://doc.quasardb.net/1.2.0/api/php.html) for more detail.

## Test quasardb from Java

Java examples can be found in /usr/local/share/qdb/example/java/

/usr/local/share/qdb/example/java/

Let's compile and run the first example:

| 1 2 | $ javac /usr/local/share/qdb/example/java/QuasardbExample.java -d . $ java QuasardbExample |
| --- | --- |

See [Java API documentation](https://doc.quasardb.net/1.2.0/api/java.html) for more detail.

## Test quasardb from C

C examples can be found in /usr/local/share/qdb/example/c/

Let's take get.c for instance:

| 1 2 3 | $ gcc -o qdb *get -lqdb*api /usr/local/share/qdb/example/c/get.c $ ./qdb\_get 127.0.0.1 2836 pi 3.14159265359 |
| --- | --- |

See [C API documentation](https://doc.quasardb.net/1.2.0/api/c.html) for more detail.

## What's next?

From the whole [quasardb](https://www.quasardb.net/) team, thanks for trying our product.   
 Please leave a comment!

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