Introduction
This page describes how to configure the Votiro Cloud cluster to work with Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform.
Solution
Prerequisites
Before you start, verify that the following are available:
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An active Azure subscription |
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The latest VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) provided by Votiro. |
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The Azure Storage Explorer tool installed on a system that can access the Azure account and will be used to upload the VHD to your Storage account in Azure. This tool may be downloaded from Azure Storage Explorer. |
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The recommended disk size is 500 GB Premium SSD. |
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For the Azure Dv4 series - Instance D8 v4: |
Procedure
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Run Azure Storage Explorer and authenticate with your Azure account. |
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On the left pane click on Toggle Explorer. |
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Expand the view of the desired subscription. |
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Expand Storage Accounts. |
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Select the desired Storage account and expand it. |
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Under Blob Containers, right click it and select Create Blob Container. |
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Provide it with a name. |
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Drag and drop the extracted VHD file to the created Blob Container. |
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Once the upload process completes, open the Azure portal and navigate to the Images blade. |
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Click on Add. The Create an image screen is displayed. |
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Fill in the information to build the image from the VHD: |
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Provide the image with a Name. |
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Select a Subscription. |
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Type in the Resource group. |
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Select the OS type as Linux. |
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Click on Browse and select the uploaded VHD file. |
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After the image is created, Create a managed disk. |
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Fill in the information as in the screenshot below: |
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Select a Subscription. |
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Select the Resource group. |
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Provide a Name for the disk, for example Node-1. |
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Select the Region which you would like the disk and VM to be in. |
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For Source type, select Storage Blob. |
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In Source blob, Browse to the uploaded VHD. |
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For OS type, select Linux. |
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The disk Size should be 500GiB Premium SSD. |
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Click on Review + create. |
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After the deployment of the disk is complete, select it and create a VM from it. |
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Fill in the information in the Create VM wizard as in the screenshot below: |
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In the Disks blade, keep the defaults. |
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In the Networking blade, select the desired virtual network, NSG (network security group), etc. |
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To complete, click on Review + create. |
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Repeat steps 7-13 for the other Disks and VMs in the cluster. |
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