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  1. Open the Catalogue view by clicking the Catalogue icon

  2. Select Public

  3. Select the public cloud region

  4. Click the import template button

    Import templates for Azure
  5. Enter the ID of a template to import, or a Name text, for example Linux, because we recommend that you use a Linux template.

  6. Optionally, filter by template providers, for example, use the Canonical provider and search for an ubuntu template.

  7. Click Search

  8. Select a Template to import and click the import symbol beside the template

  9. If your template has terms of use, accept them now or when you first deploy a VM from the template. 

    1. This requires the privilege to Manage virtual machine template terms of use and it enables programmatic deployment of the template for your Azure subscription.

      1. If you then disable programmatic deployment in the portal but you would like to deploy the template, you will need to delete it from the platform and import it again.

  10. To add default user details for remote access, select and edit the template

  11. Go to Advanced

    1. Optionally, select a Guest setup mode

    2. Select the template Operating system. For the latest version, do not set the OS version

    3. Enter a Username. For Linux, enter root. For Windows, enter Administrator and a password with at least 12 characters

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  12. Click Save

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Create a resource group

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  1. To open the myCloud Virtual datacenters view, click the cloud icon

  2. Click the + add button at the bottom of the Virtual Datacenters list

  3. Select Create virtual datacenter

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  4. Enter a Name, and select the Public cloud region

  5. Select the Resource group

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  6. Click Save

  7. To use VMs with a basic SKU load balancer, in your virtual datacenter, go to Network and create an Availability set

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  8. Select the virtual datacenter and in the Virtual Appliances pane, click the + add button and enter the Name of the virtual appliance then click Save.

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The virtual appliance you create will display in the Virtual Appliances list.

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To connect to a VM in public cloud, create a firewall to allow access. Because this VM will only be active for a very short time, we will use basic default settings.

To create a firewall in AWS Azure do these steps.

  1. Go to myCloud Virtual datacenters → Networks → Firewalls

  2. Select the virtual datacenter

  3. Click the + add button to create a firewall for connections and enter the Name, and select the Location and Virtual datacenter

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  4. Edit the Firewall rules and select 

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  5. For Inbound

    1. From Common protocols for a Linux VM, select SSH SSH and/or for a Windows VM, select RDP RDP

    2. Allow incoming connections from your IP address. Or for a temporary test system, allow all connections.

    3. Click Add

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  6. Go to Outbound, select All traffic, click Add, then click Save.

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    The platform will create the firewall.

  7. Go to Virtual appliances and on the virtual appliance and click on Open 

  8. Edit your VM

  9. Go to Networks → Firewall

  10. Select your firewall and click Save.

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Deploy the virtual appliance in public cloud

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