Microsoft Azure VM

Overview

The HyperCloud™ Platform (HCP) lets you provision your Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (VMs.)

Before you begin:

Before you provision a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine (VM), you will need to create the following:

To learn about:

To provision a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine (VM):

Login to your HCP account.
Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > VMs > New.
Select the Resource Pool, Resource Group from the respective drop-downs.

You'll need to define the availability set for your Resource Pool by:
- Using an Existing Availability Set
- Creating a New Availability Set
- Alternatively, You can skip adding your VM in the desired availability set.
Select the Hardware Configuration or the VM Size from the dropdown.
Select the Image you want to apply to your VM, from the dropdown.
Select the Subnet for your VM.
If you need to assign a public IP address for the new VM, select the Assign Public IP check box. You can choose between Basic or Standard public IP. Select the Security Group from the dropdown, else the wizard will create a new one for your VM.
The HCP portal manages your VMs via the HCP agent installed on your VMs. To skip installing the a HCP agent on your VM, select the Skip HyperCloud Agent Install check box.
Select the Authentication method for your VM.
If you are a HCP Administrator, you can create a VM for yourself or for the users. ^[1]
You can configure Advanced settings for your VM based on the table below. This is an optional configuration.

Field name	Description
Name prefix	Enter a Name for your VM. ^[2]
Container Cluster	You can assign a VM to a kubernetes cluster. Adding your nodes to clusters lets you scales your apps.
Lease	You can select the VM Lease duration, after which, the Lease will expire and so will your access to the VM. If your HCP Administrator has configured the VM Lease period for a Resource Pool, your Lease period will be auto-populated.
Plugins	Select Plugins from the drop-down menu. Plugins allow you to customize a newly created VM.
Define a VM Start and Stop Schedule	Select the check box to define the VM stop and start schedule. Read more about VM Start & Stop Scheduling.

12. The VM Summary page displays the configuration of your new VM. From the VM Summary page, you can:

Create multiple VMs in one go by specifying the number of VMs in the How Many VMs field.
Click Create, to create a new VM. Your request to create a new VM is posted to the specified cloud.
Click Save Blueprint Only, to create a Template or VM Blueprint for the VM configuration.
- VM Template or Blueprint is stored in the App Store.
- You can use the VM Template or Blueprint for single-click VM deployment.
You can view the real-time log of the VM creation process.

Note:

^[1] If you are a Tenant Administrator, you can create a VM for Users that are entitled to your Resource Pool.
^[2] If your HCP Administrator has defined a naming convention for Resource Pools, this field will be greyed out. VM names will be auto-generated by the HCP portal.