Install Mono on Azure Arm Access Nodes

To perform backup and restore operations, we need mono to be installed on ARM access nodes.

Symptoms

To perform backup and restore operations, we need mono to be installed on ARM access nodes.

Causes

To perform backup and restore operations, we need mono to be installed on ARM access nodes.

Resolution

To install Mono 6.8 on an Azure Arm access node, run the following commands:

sudo yum install bison gettext glib2 freetype fontconfig libpng libpng-devel libX11 libX11-devel glib2-devel libgdi* libexif glibc-devel urw-fonts java unzip gcc gcc-c++ automake autoconf libtool make bzip2 wget cmake
wget [http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-6.8.0.105.tar.xz](http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-6.8.0.105.tar.xz)
tar xf mono-6.8.0.105.tar.xz
cd mono-6.8.0.105
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo /usr/local/bin/cert-sync /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt

For more information, see System Requirements for Azure VM Access Nodes.