Microsoft Azure Network & Security Services Management

Overview

When you create a new Microsoft Azure Cloud Provider the HyperCloud™ Platform (HCP), you can:

Discover Resource Manager Network and Security as well as allow Administrators and Users to create and manage these following resources:

1 Resource Groups
- 1.1 Create a Resource Group
2 Virtual Private Cloud (Microsoft Azure vNet)
- 2.1 Create a Virtual Private Cloud (Microsoft Azure vNet)
3 Create Subnets
4 Security Groups

Resource Groups

Resource Groups are logical containers that hold your Microsoft Azure resources. All resources in a resource group must have the same life-cycle. You can deploy, update, and delete multiple resources in a resource group.

Create a Resource Group

To create a new Resource Group:

Login to your HCP account.
Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > Resource Groups > New.
Select the Microsoft Azure cloud provider.
Enter a Name for your resource group. ^[1]
Click on Create Resource Group.
- Once you've created a resource group, you'll need to create a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for the same.

Note:

^[1] Resource names can contain:
- Alphanumeric characters
- Periods
- Underscores
- Hyphens
- Parenthesis
Resource names cannot contain period.

Virtual Private Cloud (Microsoft Azure vNet)

Virtual private cloud in the HyperCloud™ Platform (HCP) is addressed as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) or Microsoft Azure vNet.

Your VPC is:

Logically isolated from other networks
Has its own firewall capabilities
Scoped to a single Microsoft Azure Region.
A network made up of subnets.
- A subnet is a range of IP addresses in your virtual network. Like VPC networks, subnets are scoped to a single Microsoft Azure Region.

Information: Microsoft Azure Virtual Network lets Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (VM) securely communicate with:

Each other
Internet
On-premise networks

Create a Virtual Private Cloud (Microsoft Azure vNet)

To create a Microsoft Azure VPC:

Login to your HCP account.
Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > Networks > Virtual Private Cloud > New > Azure.
Select your Microsoft Azure cloud Provider.
Select your Resource Group.
Enter a name for your VPC.
Enter a description for your resource group.
- This is an optional field.
Select your subnet IPV4 CIDR. ^[1]
Enter the Subnet Name and the Subnet CIDR for your VPC.
- HCP automatically creates a subnet when you create a VPC.
- You can add more subnets to your VPC later.
Click on CREATE VPC.

Notes:

^[1] The HCP validates of your CIDR for validity and overlaps.
- Newly created subnets must be within your IPV4 CIDR range.
- Subnets cannot not overlap.
- To know more about IPV4 CIDR refer to the article on Understanding CIDR notation when designing Azure Virtual networks and subnets.

Create Subnets

To add more subnets to your newly created VPC:

Login to your HCP account.
Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > Networks > Virtual Private Cloud > Click to select your VPC > Actions > Create New Subnet
Enter the following in the New Subnet dialog:
1. Enter a Name for your subnet.
2. Enter a Description for your subnet.
  - This is an optional field.
3. Select your subnet IPV4 CIDR.
4. Click on Create Subnet.