Azure

To create the CTERA Insight proxy server:

1. Log in to your Azure portal and access the Virtual Machines service.

2. click Add.
   The Create a virtual machine blade is displayed.
   

3. Enter the following in the Basics tab for the virtual machine.
   Subscription – The subscription must be to the same subscription as the CTERA Portal.
   Resource group – The resource group to be used. The resource group must be on the same network as the CTERA Portal.
   Virtual machine name – A name to uniquely identify the CTERA Insight proxy server.
   Region – The region to host the virtual machine.
   Image – Click Browse all public and private images.

   1. Search for centos 7.
      
   2. Select select a CentOS 7 image.
      Size – Click Select size to specify the size of the storage.
      The Select a VM size blade is displayed.
      
      1. Select a VM that matches your requirements, for example Standard_A4_v2.
         The proxy server requires a virtual machine with 8GB RAM, 4 vCPUs and 256GB local SSD.
      2. Click Select.

   Authentication type – Choose Password. The tab changes dependent on this choice to enable entering the password and confirmation password.
   Username – Enter ctera. This is an administrator name that can access the proxy server.
   Leave the other fields with their defaults.
   

4. Click the Disks tab, or click Next: Disks.
   

5. Under Data disks, click Create and attach a new disk.
   The Create a new disk blade is displayed.
   

6. Enter a unique name to identify the disk or leave the default.

7. Click Change size and select 256GiB for the size of the disk.
   

8. Click OK.

9. Leave the other fields with their defaults and click OK.

10. Click the Networking tab, or click Next: Networking.

11. Set the network and subnet details to access the gateway.

12. Click the Review + Create tab, or click Review + Create.
    

13. Review the virtual machine details and if the details are acceptable, click Create.
    The machine is deployed, which can take a few minutes.
    
    The machine is started automatically.

14. Click Go to resource to display the CTERA Insight Proxy server details.
    

15. Note the IP address.

16. Log in to the proxy server using the IP address of the proxy server and the root username with the ctera123 password, with a tool such as PuTTY.
    

17. Run the command curl ipinfo.io
    

18. Send the proxy server IP address and the public IP address to CTERA.

CTERA will send a tailored script to run, installation.sh. See Configuring the CTERA Insight Proxy Server for details about running this script.