diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a6bedbcc5..9d863c4e6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ before_deploy:
   - export KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'a-z' | head -c 12)
   - export PASSWORD=$KEY$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'A-Z' | head -c 2)$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd '0-9' | head -c 2)
 
+
 # terraform deploy script
 deploy:
   - provider: script
@@ -27,5 +28,9 @@ deploy:
       repo: 10thmagnitude/terraform
       branch: topic-101-vm-simple-linux
 
-# TODO: possibly use Azure CLI to delete the resource group
-after_deploy: docker run --rm -it azuresdk/azure-cli-python sh -c "az login --service-principal -u $ARM_CLIENT_ID -p $ARM_CLIENT_SECRET --tenant $ARM_TENANT_ID; az group delete -y -n $KEY"
+# destroy resources with Azure CLI
+after_deploy:
+  - docker run --rm -it \
+      azuresdk/azure-cli-python \
+      sh -c "az login --service-principal -u $ARM_CLIENT_ID -p $ARM_CLIENT_SECRET --tenant $ARM_TENANT_ID; \
+             az group delete -y -n $KEY"
diff --git a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.mac.sh b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.mac.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f0bb60f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.mac.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit -o nounset
+
+# generate a unique string for CI deployment
+export KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | env LC_CTYPE=C tr -cd 'a-z' | head -c 12)
+export PASSWORD=$KEY$(cat /dev/urandom | env LC_CTYPE=C tr -cd 'A-Z' | head -c 2)$(cat /dev/urandom | env LC_CTYPE=C tr -cd '0-9' | head -c 2)
+
+/bin/sh ./deploy.sh
+
+# docker run --rm -it \
+#     azuresdk/azure-cli-python \
+#     sh -c "az login --service-principal -u $ARM_CLIENT_ID -p $ARM_CLIENT_SECRET --tenant $ARM_TENANT_ID; \
+#            az group delete -y -n $KEY"
diff --git a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
index 899385f27..5347f3a83 100755
--- a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
+++ b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 set -o errexit -o nounset
 
-# generate a unique string for CI deployment
-# KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'a-z' | head -c 12)
-# PASSWORD=$KEY$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'A-Z' | head -c 2)$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd '0-9' | head -c 2)
-
 docker run --rm -it \
   -e ARM_CLIENT_ID \
   -e ARM_CLIENT_SECRET \
@@ -14,26 +10,8 @@ docker run --rm -it \
   -v $(pwd):/data \
   --entrypoint "/bin/sh" \
   hashicorp/terraform:light \
-  -c "cd /data; /bin/terraform get; /bin/terraform plan -var dns_name=$KEY -var resource_group=$KEY -var admin_username=$KEY -var admin_password=$PASSWORD -out=out.tfplan; /bin/terraform apply out.tfplan"
-
-# TODO: determine external validation, possibly Azure CLI
-
-# echo "Setting git user name"
-# git config user.name $GH_USER_NAME
-#
-# echo "Setting git user email"
-# git config user.email $GH_USER_EMAIL
-#
-# echo "Adding git upstream remote"
-# git remote add upstream "https://$GH_TOKEN@github.com/$GH_REPO.git"
-#
-# git checkout master
-
-
-#
-# NOW=$(TZ=America/Chicago date)
-#
-# git commit -m "tfstate: $NOW [ci skip]"
-#
-# echo "Pushing changes to upstream master"
-# git push upstream master
+  -c "cd /data; \
+      /bin/terraform get; \
+      /bin/terraform validate; \
+      /bin/terraform plan -out=out.tfplan -var dns_name=$KEY -var hostname=$KEY -var resource_group=$KEY -var admin_password=$PASSWORD; \
+      /bin/terraform apply out.tfplan"
diff --git a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/azuredeploy.tf b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/main.tf
similarity index 95%
rename from examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/azuredeploy.tf
rename to examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/main.tf
index 639f22707..cf931d0f9 100644
--- a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/azuredeploy.tf
+++ b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/main.tf
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ resource "azurerm_subnet" "subnet" {
 }
 
 resource "azurerm_network_interface" "nic" {
-  name                      = "${var.rg_prefix}nic"
-  location                  = "${var.location}"
-  resource_group_name       = "${azurerm_resource_group.rg.name}"
+  name                = "${var.rg_prefix}nic"
+  location            = "${var.location}"
+  resource_group_name = "${azurerm_resource_group.rg.name}"
 
   ip_configuration {
     name                          = "${var.rg_prefix}ipconfig"
diff --git a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/terraform.tfvars.example b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/terraform.tfvars.example
index 715f259dc..262093ba5 100644
--- a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/terraform.tfvars.example
+++ b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/terraform.tfvars.example
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ rg_prefix      = "rg"
 hostname       = "myvm"
 dns_name       = "mydnsname"
 location       = "southcentralus"
-admin_username = "vmadmin"
 admin_password = "T3rr@f0rmP@ssword"
diff --git a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/variables.tf b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/variables.tf
index 72680c74f..6d65a0277 100644
--- a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/variables.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ variable "resource_group" {
 
 variable "rg_prefix" {
   description = "The shortened abbreviation to represent your resource group that will go on the front of some resources."
+  default     = "rg"
 }
 
 variable "hostname" {
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ variable "dns_name" {
 
 variable "location" {
   description = "The location/region where the virtual network is created. Changing this forces a new resource to be created."
+  default     = "southcentralus"
 }
 
 variable "virtual_network_name" {
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ variable "image_version" {
 
 variable "admin_username" {
   description = "administrator user name"
+  default     = "vmadmin"
 }
 
 variable "admin_password" {