How to deploy a VM in Azure using Abiquo

Requirements

• Access key ID & Secret access key

  • For details of how to obtain Azure credentials, see Obtain Azure ARM credentials

Steps in Abiquo

1. Edit the Abiquo user that is going to deploy the VM to add their SSH public key. (If this is your user, put your current password on the General information tab of Edit user). See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-ssh-keys-detailed

2. Create a public cloud region (PCR) and select the provider (Azure) and the regions that would you like to use

3. Select your user icon in the bottom left corner, and from the menu, select Edit public cloud credentials. Add your Azure credentials

4. Go to the Catalogue, click the + add button. To speed up the search, select a provider and enter a name text (ubuntu, linux, windows, etc.). Click Search and wait. Select a template and import it.

5. If you do not wish to use the default Abiquo user, edit the template and add a Username and for Windows add a Password.  

6. Create a virtual datacenter, and select the previously created PCR as the location

7. Create a firewall and add an inbound firewall rule to a firewall policy in the virtual datacenter to allow the SSH protocol for Linux or the RDP protocol for Windows. Allow the connections from the desired IP (or 0.0.0.0/0 if you don't know it, but be aware of the security implications)

8. Create a virtual appliance

9. In the virtual appliance, click the + add button and select a template to create a VM, but don't deploy it.

10. Edit the VM, and on the Network tab, add a private IP, and then obtain a public IP and add it to the VM

11. Then on the Firewall tab, select the firewall policy, then save.

12. Deploy the VM and wait for the VM to start up

13. Click the Console button

    1. Linux VMs: enter the username set for the template and the private key

    2. Windows VMs: enter the username and password set for the template