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Microsoft Azure VM

Microsoft Azure VM

Overview

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

Provision your Microsoft Azure VM

Before you begin:

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

  • Microsoft Azure Resource Pools

  • Resource Groups

  • Subnets

  • Password or Key Pairs

Info

To learn about:

To provision a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine (VM):

  1. Login to your HCP account.

  2. Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > VMs > New.



  3. 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. 

  4. Select the Hardware Configuration or the VM Size from the dropdown.

    VM Size (Hardware)

  5. Select the Image you want to apply to your VM, from the dropdown.   

    Select an Image

  6. Select the Subnet for your VM.

    Select the Subnet

  7. 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. 

  8. 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. 

  9. Select the Authentication method for your VM.

  10. If you are a HCP Administrator, you can create a VM for yourself or for the users. [1]


    Entitle VM

  11. You can configure Advanced settings for your VM based on the table below. This is an optional configuration. 


    Advanced




Field name 

Description

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.



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