This procedure describes how to install the Broker virtual appliance into a Microsoft Azure environment.
Before proceeding, please ensure that the Deployment Prerequisites have been reviewed and any pre-deployment requirements have been configured/obtained.
The following instructions are performed via the Azure Portal, but can also be performed using equivalent CLI and API tools.
Upload the VHD Image to Azure
- Log in to the Azure Portal
- Select the Storage Accounts service (Storage > Storage Accounts)
- Select or create a Storage Account where the appliance image will be uploaded to
- Navigate to Blob service > Containers
- Select or create a Container where the appliance image will be uploaded to
- Click Upload to upload the image file
Note: Under Advanced section of the upload blade, ensure that Blob type is Page blob or that the option Upload .vhd files as page blobs is checked - if an alternative Blob type is selected it cannot be changed, even when overwriting the blob, and must be deleted
Create a Compute Image
- Log in to the Azure Portal
- Select the Images service (Compute> Images)
- Click Add
- In the Create Image screen, enter the details for the image, ensuring the following:
- Location: The same location that the VHD image was uploaded to
- OS type: Select Linux
- Storage blob: The blob of the uploaded VHD image
- Click Create
Deploy the Appliance Image
- Log in to the Azure Portal
- Select the Images service (Compute> Images)
- Select the created compute image
- Click Create VM
- Proceed through the configuration blades to deploy the virtual machine
Note: Please refer to System Requirements for minimum and recommended specs so correctly sized resources can be allocated
The deployment may take several minutes to complete. Monitor the Notifications pane in the Azure Portal to determine the progress of the deployment.
The virtual machine can be powered on after the deployment has completed.