Before launching Cloudbreak cluster on Azure, review and meet the prerequisites.
Before launching Cloudbreak on Azure, you must meet the following prerequisites.
In order to launch Cloudbreak on the Azure, log in to your existing Microsoft Azure account. If you don't have an account, you can set it up at https://azure.microsoft.com.
Decide in which Azure region you would like to launch Cloudbreak. You can launch Cloudbreak and provision your clusters in all regions supported by Microsoft Azure.
When launching Cloudbreak, you will be required to provide your public SSH key. If needed, you can generate a new SSH key pair:
- On MacOS X and Linux using ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"
- On Windows using PuTTygen
- On Azure shell. Launch azure shell via a browser https://shell.azure.com/ and Create an SSH key pair Use the ssh-keygen command to generate SSH public and private key files that are by default created in the ~/.ssh directory.
- Search for Subscription Service
- Overview
- Subscription ID
- Look for Azure Active Directory
- Properties
- Directory ID is Tenant ID
- Look for Azure Active Directory
- App registration
- Identify the application for cloudbreak. This application should have the 'Contributor' role. In an enterprise environment, this is normally granted by your Azure Account admin.
- Pick the Application Id associated
- Look for Azure Active Directory and click App registration
- Identify the application for cloudbreak
- Click on Settings
- Keys
- Generate new Key or access an existing Key. This key is visible the first time its created only, so please makes ure to save it in a safe place.