To get the image vhd files from CTERA support:
- Log in to your Azure portal and access the Storage Accounts service to display the images.
The list of available storage accounts is displayed. - Either create a new storage account for the image or click the storage account to use for the image.
The storage account details are displayed. - Click Access Keys under Security + Networking in the navigation menu and note the Storage account name and the Key 1 key value.Note
Click Show keys to display the key.
- Click Storage browser in the navigation menu and then click Blob containers and select Add container.
The New container page is displayed. - Enter a name for the container and click Create.
- Click the container.
- Click Shared access signature under Security + Networking in the navigation menu.
The Shared access signature page is displayed. - Set the permissions and click Create.
- Copy the URI that is generated and save it.
The URI includes a shared access key.
To copy the vhd file:
To copy the vhd file, you can use Azure Storage Explorer for a graphical user interface (GUI) or AzCopy.exe for a command line option.
Via AzCopy.exe, run the following command from the folder where you saved AzCopy.exe for the vhd file:
AzCopy.exe cp "<source_uri>" "<destination_uri>"
source_uri – The source URI location and path of the vhd file obtained from CTERA.
destination_url – The destination URL.
The vhd file is copied to the container. This can take some time.
To create the CTERA Edge Filer server instance in Azure:
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Log in to your Azure portal and access the Images service to display the image obtained from CTERA support.
The list of available images is displayed. -
Click Create.
The Create an image page is displayed.
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Enter the following in the Basics tab.
Resource group – The resource group to be used. The resource group must use premium storage.
Name – A name to uniquely identify the virtual machine.
Region – The region to host the image.
OS type – SelectLinux
.
VM generation – SelectGen 1
.NoteYou must select
Gen 1
.Storage blob – Either enter the storage blob URI for the OS vhd file from CTERA or click Browse.
The Storage accounts page is displayed.- Select the storage account from the list.
The Containers page is displayed. - Select the container from the list.
The container content is displayed. - Select the OS vhd file received from CTERA and click Select.
Account type – Select
Premium SSD
. - Select the storage account from the list.
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Click + Add data disk.
The data disk options are displayed.
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Either enter the storage blob URI for the data disk vhd file from CTERA or click Browse.
The Storage accounts page is displayed.- Select the storage account from the list.
The Containers page is displayed. - Select the container from the list.
The container content is displayed. - Select the data disk vhd file received from CTERA and click Select.
- For Account type, select
Premium SSD
from the drop-down box. - For Host caching, select
Read/write
from the drop-down box.
- Select the storage account from the list.
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Leave the other fields with their defaults and click Review + create.
The information is checked and if okay, it is validated.
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Click Create.
Deployment starts. Upon completion, the following screen is displayed.
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Click Go to resource.
The image details are displayed.