Deploy on Azure

Prerequisites

• Have an Azure subscription.

• Create an SSH public key for Linux. Please follow these instructions for Linux and Mac users or these for Windows users. Once you have an RSA private key, convert it to an SSH2 public key with:

  ssh-keygen -e -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub > ~/.ssh/id_rsa2.pub
  

Deployment steps

1. Click here to deploy VMClarity’s custom template.

2. Fill out the required Project details and Instance details in the Basics tab.

   

   You can set the following parameters:

   Parameter	Required	Description
   Subscription	True	Azure subscription where resources will be billed.
   Region	False	Azure region where resources will be deployed.
   VMClarity Deploy Postfix	True	Postfix for Azure resource group name (e.g. vmclarity-<postfix>).
   VMClarity Server SSH Username	True	SSH Username for the VMClarity Server Virtual Machine.
   VMClarity Server SSH Public Key	True	SSH Public Key for the VMClarity Server Virtual Machine. Paste the contents of ~/.ssh/id_rsa2.pub here.
   VMClarity Server VM Size	True	The size of the VMClarity Server Virtual Machine.
   VMClarity Scanner VMs Size	True	The size of the VMClarity Scanner Virtual Machines.
   Security Type	False	Security Type of the VMClarity Server Virtual Machine, e.g. TrustedLaunch (default) or Standard.

3. (Optional) In the Advanced tab, modify the Container Image for each service if a specific VMClarity version is required. Then, select the delete policy and the database.

   

   Parameter	Required	Description
   Service Container Image	True	Docker Container Image to use for each service.
   Asset Scan Delete Policy	True	Delete Policy for resources created when performing an asset scan, e.g. Always, OnSuccess or Never.
   Database To Use	True	Database type to use, e.g. SQLite, PostgreSQL or External PostgreSQL.

4. Click Review + create to create the deployment.

5. Once the deployment is completed successfully, copy the VMClarity SSH address from the Outputs tab.

   

6. Open an SSH tunnel to VMClarity the server

   ssh -N -L 8080:localhost:80 -i  "<Path to the SSH key specified during install>" ubuntu@<VmClarity SSH Address copied during install>
   

7. Access the VMClarity UI.

   1. Open the VMClarity UI in your browser at http://localhost:8080/. The dashboard opens.

      

   2. (Optional) If needed, you can access the API athttp://localhost:8080/api. For details on the API, see API reference.

Next steps

Complete the First tasks on the UI.