Director on Azure is different from Google.   The list of images can be found in the reference architecture.   How to use the latest supported image list can be found here.   In short "The images.conf file defines the VM images Cloudera Director can use to provision VMs. The images.conf file in this repository is continuously updated with the latest supported VM images. The latest supported images can be found in the RA. How do I update Cloudera Director with the latest certified images? Take the images.conf file found in this directory and copy it to /var/lib/cloudera-director-plugins/azure-provider-1.0.1/etc/images.conf. Restart Cloudera Director with sudo service cloudera-director-server restart. Now you can use the latest certified images when deploying clusters. Note that in the Cloudera Director UI you won't see the image-name in the dropdown list - just type it manually in and it will work." ... View more