Using SteelHead-c for Microsoft Azure
This chapter describes how to use SteelHead-c virtual appliances for Microsoft Azure. It includes these sections:
Before using your SteelHead-c for Azure
This information will help you make the most of your SteelHead-c for Azure:
• In Azure, NAT rules to a virtual machine are very aggressive. These rules can cause frequent failures of the inner connection pool. To avoid this issue, configure your client-side SteelHead virtual appliances that pair with a SteelHead-c for Azure so that their inner keepalive interval is 30 seconds or less.
cfe (config) # protocol connection addr <azure-sh-ip> inner-intvl 30 oob-intvl 30
• Manually license your SteelHead-c for Azure after it has been created. The Python script packaged with the SteelHead-c image enables you to perform this activity through the script.
• Out-of-path deployment using fixed-target rules and agent-intercept deployment using Discovery Agent are supported.
Installation prerequisites
Before you install the virtual appliance, ensure that these prerequisites are met:
• You have access credentials to a Microsoft Azure account.
Installing a SteelHead-c on an Azure virtual machine
This section provides instructions for installing a SteelHead-c virtual appliance on an Azure VM.
Note: The Microsoft recommended deployment model in Microsoft Azure has changed from Classic to Resource Manager. SteelHead-c can be deployed in both modes, however resources deployed through different deployment models cannot interoperate. For SteelHead-c please select the deployment model that matches the rest of your infrastructure in Azure.
To install using the Microsoft Azure portal
1. Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal and navigate to your dashboard.
2. Select New.
3. Type Riverbed SteelHead into the Search the marketplace search box and press Enter.
4. Select an image.
5. In the image details pane, near the bottom, click Create (a deployment model is selected for you).
The Create virtual machine wizard displays.
6. In the Basics section of the wizard, enter this information:
• Enter a name for the virtual machine instance.
• Select a virtual machine disk type (solid state drive or hard disk drive).
• Enter an administrator username.
• Select Password as the authentication type, and then enter and confirm a password.
Note: The account that you create in this step is not used. To log in to your virtual appliance for the first time, use the credentials of
admin and the password that you applied in
Step 6. After initial login, you can change your credentials at any time.
• Select a subscription.
• Select a resource group, or create a new one.
• Select a location.
• Click OK.
7. Select an instance size and click Select.
8. In the wizard’s Settings section, accept the defaults or modify the settings as you like, and then click OK.
9. Review your selections and when you are satisfied with them, click OK.
10. In the Purchase section of the wizard, click Buy.