Log into the Microsoft Azure portal and go to All services.
Microsoft Azure Portal¶
Search for Disks and select the service.
Navigating to the Disks Section¶
Click Create.
Adding a New Managed Disk¶
Choose a Subscription method and a Resource Group. You can create a new resource group or select from the existing ones.
Enter a Disk name.
Select the Region to deploy your managed disk.
Choose an Availability zone within the selected region to ensure high-availability of the applications and protect the data and applications from accidental data center failures.
Note
The Availability zone may not be available for all locations.
Choose a Source type for the managed disk. To install the LogPoint VHD,
Select Storage blob as the source type.
Select a Source subscription method.
In the Source blob option, click Browse to provide the location of the destination container of the previously obtained LogPoint Azure VHD.
Select the Linux OS.
Select the disk Size in GiB. The disk size should be 150 GiB (equal to the size of the source).
Click Next : Encryption >.
Encryption configuration for Managed Disk¶
Select an Encryption type and click Next: Networking >>.
Networking configuration for Managed Disk¶
Choose a Connectivity method. With the Connectivity method, you can specify whether the managed disk can be accessed publicly, privately, or neither.
Click Next : Advanced >.
Advanced configuration for Managed Disk¶
Enable shared disk to allow the managed disk to be attached to two or more virtual machines.
click Next : Tags >.
Go to All Services >> Disks and select the previously created disk.
Click Create VM.
Creating a Virtual Machine¶
Basic Configuration for Virtual Machine¶
Select the required Subscription method to manage the deployed resources and costs.
Select a Resource group for the virtual machine. A resource group is a collection of resources that share the same lifecycle, permissions, and policies.
Note
The Subscription and Resource group of a virtual machine (VM) and its managed disk should be the same.
Provide a Virtual machine name. The Region is automatically configured based on the value of its managed disk.
Choose one of the Availability options to manage the availability, recovery, and backup of the virtual machine. It protects your data and applications from data center outages and maintenance events.
You can select Availability zone, Availability set or No infrastructure redundancy required.
If you select Availability zone, provide the Availability zone within the region of the virtual machine.
If you select Availability set, choose an Availability set in the current resource group and location of the virtual machine. You can choose the availability set from the existing list or create a new set.
Note
The availability set of a virtual machine cannot be changed once created.
The Image represents the base application for the virtual machine. In this case, it is the disk containing the LogPoint VHD.
Choose a VM Size. The minimum recommended specifications are mentioned below:
CPU |
Minimum Quad-core |
Memory |
Minimum 8 GB |
Select the required network ports accessible from the internet in the Public inbound ports option.
Note
We recommend you to select the None option to maintain high security.
Click Next : Disks >.
Disk Configuration for Virtual Machine¶
The OS disk type represents the type of the managed disk associated with the virtual machine. The value is predefined as per the configuration of the managed disk.
Select an Encryption type.
Under the Data Disks section, configure additional data disks for your virtual machine. You can create and attach a new disk or attach an existing disk.
Note
The Use managed disks option under the Advanced section is selected by default when the managed disk is used to launch the virtual machine. You cannot change the configuration.
Click Next: Networking >.
Networking Configuration for Virtual Machine¶
Select the Virtual network for your virtual machine. Virtual networks create logical isolation in Azure. Each virtual network has their IP addresses range, subnets, route tables, gateways, and security settings.
You can create a new virtual network or select from the existing ones.
Select the Subnet range for your virtual network.
Select the Public IP to access your virtual machine from the internet.
Note
We recommend you to select None to maintain high security.
Select the Advanced option in the NIC network security group.
Under the Configure network security group option, select a network security group with the following ports enabled:
Port |
Protocol |
Service |
|---|---|---|
514 |
TCP |
Syslog Collector |
6514 |
TCP |
Syslog Collector SSL |
6161 |
TCP/UDP |
Snare Collector |
6162 |
TCP/UDP |
Snare Collector |
6343 |
UDP |
SFlow Collector |
21/22 |
TCP |
Data Transfer in runtime |
162 |
TCP |
SNMP Trap Collector |
9001 |
UDP |
EMC Collector |
7996/7997/7998/7999 |
TCP |
LogPoint Agent Collector |
Select the Place this virtual machine behind an existing load balancing solution checkbox to provide an existing Azure load balancing solution to the VM.
Click Next : Management >.
Management Configuration for Virtual machine¶
Under the Monitoring section,
Enable the Boot diagnostics option to capture serial console output and screenshots of the virtual machine. It helps to diagnose startup issues.
Enable the OS guest diagnostics option to get the metrics of the virtual machine every minute.
If you enable boot diagnostics with a custom storage account, choose a Diagnostics storage account to store the metrics data.
Under the Identity section, select the System assigned managed identity option to grant or receive permissions via Azure role-based access control.
Under the Auto-Shutdown section, Enable auto-shutdown to shut down the virtual machines daily automatically.
Click Next : Advanced>.
Advanced Configuration for Virtual Machine¶
Select the Extensions for the resources if needed.
Note
Since all the required configurations to run LogPoint are already available, you don’t need to add any extensions.
From the Custom data section, you can pass a script, configuration file, or other data into the VM while it is being provisioned.
Enable User data to pass a script, configuration file, or other data into the VM that will be accessible to the applications throughout the lifetime of the VM.
Select a desired Host group or a Proximity placement group if you want to group your VMs.
Click Next : Tags>.
