Deploy the ExtraHop Discover Appliance in Azure
The following procedures explain how to deploy an ExtraHop Discover virtual appliance in a Microsoft Azure environment. You must have experience administering in an Azure environment to complete these procedures.
System requirements
Your environment must meet the following requirements to deploy a virtual Discover appliance in Azure:
- An Azure storage account
- A Linux client with the latest updates installed
- The ExtraHop Discover 1000v or 2000v virtual hard disk (VHD) file, available on the ExtraHop Customer Portal
- A Discover appliance product key
- An Azure instance size that most closely matches the Discover appliance VM size, as
follows:
Appliance Azure Instance Size EDA 1000v Basic A3 or Standard DS2 EDA 2000v Basic A4 or Standard DS4
Important: | If you want to deploy more than one ExtraHop virtual appliance, create the new instance with the original deployment package or clone an existing instance that has never been started. |
Deploy the EDA 1000v or 2000v
Before you begin
If you have not already done so, download the ExtraHop Discover appliance VHD file for Azure from the ExtraHop Customer Portal.-
On your Linux client, open a terminal application and run the following
commands.
- Sign into your Azure account.
- Save the .publishsettings file to your computer.
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Return to your terminal application and run the following commands:
Configure the Discover appliance
After the Discover appliance is deployed in Azure, log into the Discover Admin UI through the following URL: https://<vm_name>.cloudapp.net/admin.
Note: | The default login name is setup and the password is default. |
Register the ExtraHop appliance
Complete the following steps to apply a product key.
If you do not have a product key, contact your ExtraHop account team.
Tip: | To verify that your environment can resolve DNS entries for the
ExtraHop licensing server, open a terminal application on your Windows, Linux, or
Mac OS client and run the following
command:nslookup -type=NS d.extrahop.com If the name
resolution is successful, output similar to the following
appears:
Non-authoritative answer: d.extrahop.com nameserver = ns0.use.d.extrahop.com. d.extrahop.com nameserver = ns0.usw.d.extrahop.com. |
- In your browser, type the URL of the ExtraHop appliance (https://<vm_name>.cloudapp.net/admin).
- Review the license agreement, select I Agree, and then click Submit.
- On the login screen, type setup for the username and default for the password.
- Click Log In.
- In the Appliance Settings section, click License.
- Click Manage License.
- Click Register.
- Enter the product key and then click Register.
- Click Done.
Configure the system time
The default time server setting is pool.ntp.org. If you want to maintain the default setting, skip this procedure and go to the next section.
The NTP Status table displays a list of NTP servers that keep the system clock in sync. To sync the current system time a remote server, click the Sync Now button.
Configure email settings
You must configure an email server and sender before the ExtraHop appliance can send notifications about system alerts by email.
Add an email notification group
Email notification groups are assigned to alerts to designate who should receive an email when that alert becomes active. Although you can specify individual email addresses to receive emails for alerts, email groups are the most effective way to manage your alert recipient list.
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