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Log in with the username and password supplied by Customer Service, or
admin
andxabiquo
.Click the user icon button in the bottom left corner of the screen and select Edit user
(OR go to Users view → Users and select and edit your user)Add an Email address and Phone number to receive notifications from the platform
Go to Advanced andadd an SSH public key
Azure currently supports SSH protocol 2 (SSH-2) RSA public-private key pairs with a minimum length of 2048 bits. Other key formats such as ED25519 and ECDSA are not supported.
For more details see How to work with SSH keys
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Create a public cloud region
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Go to Users and edit the tenant enterprise
To allow users of the tenant enterprise to deploy in the public cloud region, go to Datacenters, and check that the public cloud region is in the Allowed datacenters list. If not, drag it into the list.
Go to Credentials → Public
Select the Provider
Enter the Access key and the Secret access key. For more details, see Obtain AWS Azure credentials
Click Add account
Click Save
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Open the Catalogue view by clicking the Catalogue icon
Select Public
Select the public cloud region
Click the import template button
Enter the ID of a template to import, or a Name text, for example
Linux
, because we recommend that you use a Linux template.Optionally, filter by template providers, for example, use the
Canonical
provider and search for anubuntu
template.Click Search
Select a Template to import and click the import symbol beside the template
If your template has terms of use, accept them now or when you first deploy a VM from the template.
This requires the privilege to
Manage virtual machine template terms of use
and it enables programmatic deployment of the template for your Azure subscription.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.
Select and edit the template
The template name is the default name for the VM, so it may be helpful to rename it. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/resource-name-rules
To add default user details for remote access,
go to Advanced
Optionally, select a Guest setup mode
Select the template Operating system. For the latest version, do not set the OS version
Enter a Username. For Linux, enter
root
.abiquo
. You do not need to enter a password.
For Windows, enterAdministrator
and a password with at least 12 characters
Click Save
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Create a resource group
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The virtual appliance you create will display in the Virtual Appliances list.
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Create a VM in Azure
When you create a VM, you can select from the compatible templates.
To connect to your VM in Azure, you will need to add a private IP address, as well as a public IP address.
To go into your virtual appliance, click Open under its Name.
To create a VM, click Create virtual machine and select a VM template
For the Name, enter a user-friendly name for the VM that meets provider criteria
Select the Availability set
Click Save
Select an appropriate Hardware profile for your VM
On the VM icon from the options menu, select Edit
Click Network and select Private networks
Drag the
Auto-generated IP
label into the NICs pane
Select Public and click Purchase public IP
Click the + add button
Select the Resource group and IP type
Click Accept
Select an IP address and click Add
Drag the public IP into the NICs pane. Select the VNIC Sequence of
0
and click AcceptClick Save
To go out of the virtual appliance, click the Name of the virtual datacenter or the myCloud icon
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Configure the VM firewall for public cloud
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Go to myCloud Virtual datacenters → Networks → Firewalls
Select the virtual datacenter
Click the + add button to create a firewall for connections and enter the Name
EditSelect the firewall and click the pencil edit button to add the Firewall rules
For Inbound
From Common protocols for a Linux VM, select
SSH
and/or for a Windows VM, selectRDP
Allow incoming connections from your IP address. Or for a temporary test system, allow all connections.
Click Add
Go to Outbound, select
All traffic
, click Add, then click Save.
The platform will create the firewall.Go to Virtual appliances and on the virtual appliance and click on Open
Edit your VM
Go to Networks → Firewall
Select your firewall and click Save.
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Deploy the virtual appliance in public cloud
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To deploy the virtual appliance
From outside the virtual appliance, on the options menu, select Deploy.
OR From inside the virtual appliance, click the Deploy virtual appliance button
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. You can also deploy a VM on its own with the Deploy VM button.
The platform will deploy all the VMs and power them on. You can select the VMs and manage them with the control buttons in the lower right corner of the screen.
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You can connect using SSH for Linux or RDP or another appropriate methodfor Windows.
Go to Virtual datacenters and open the Virtual appliance
Select the VM
To obtain the default username (and password for Windows), go to the General tab of the VM control panel and click Default the default credentialskey button
To open the remote connection, click the console icon button
A console should open to allow you to log in connect to your VM. The platform will automatically complete the Username.
For Linux VMs, enter the SSH private key (also called the Decryption key).
For Windows VMs on Azure, enter the Password
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The console will open to let you work on your VM.
If you cannot connect due to an unsecured certificate error, open a new tab in the same browser, enter the host IP of the VM, and accept the certificate.
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