Deploy the ExtraHop Explore Appliance in Azure

1. Open a terminal application on your client and log into to your Azure account.

   az login

2. Open https://aka.ms/devicelogin in a web browser and enter the code to authenticate, and then return to the command-line-interface.
3. Create a resource group.

   az group create --name <name> --location <location>

   For example, create a new resource group in the West US region.

   az group create --name exampleRG --location westus

4. Create a storage account.

   az storage account create --resource-group <resource group name> --name <storage account name> 

   For example:

   az storage account create --resource-group exampleRG --name exampleSA 

5. View the storage account key. The value for key1 is required for step 5.

   az storage account keys list --resource-group <resource group name> --account-name <storage account name>

   For example:

   az storage account keys list --resource-group exampleRG --account-name exampleSA

   Output similar to the following appears:

   [ 
    {
      "keyName": "key1",
      "permissions": "Full",
      "value": "CORuU8mTcxLxq0bbszhZ4RKTB93CqLpjZdAhCrNJugAorAyvJjhGmBSedjYPmnzXPikSRigd
   5T5/YGYBoIzxNg=="
    },
    { "keyName": "key2",
      "permissions": "Full",
      "value": "DOlda4+6U3Cf5TUAng8/GKotfX1HHJuc3yljAlU+aktRAf4/KwVQUuAUnhdrw2yg5Pba5FpZn6oZYvROncnT8Q=="
    }
   ]

6. Set default Azure storage account environment variables. You can have multiple storage accounts in your Azure subscription. To select one of them to apply to all subsequent storage commands, set these environment variables. If you do not set environment variables you will always have to specify --account-name and --account-key in the commands in the rest of this procedure.

   export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=<storage account_name>
   

   export AZURE_STORAGE_KEY=<key1>

   Where <key1> is the storage account key value that appears in step 5.

   For example:

   export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=exampleSA

   export AZURE_STORAGE_KEY=CORuU8mTcxLxq0bbszhZ4RKTB93CqLpjZdAhCrNJugAor
   AyvJjhGmBSedjYPmnzXPikSRigd5T5/YGYBoIzxNg==
   

7. Create a storage container.

   az storage container create --name <storage container name>

   For example:

   az storage container create --name exampleSC

8. Upload the Explore appliance VHD file to the blob storage.

    az storage blob upload --container-name <container> --type page --name <blob name> --file <path/to/file> --validate-content 
   

   For example:

   az storage blob upload --container-name exampleSC --type page
   --name explore_appliance.vhd --file /Users/admin/Downloads/extrahop-exa-5100v-azure-7.2.0.5000.vhd --validate-content

9. Retrieve the blob URI. You need the URI when you create the managed disk in the next step.

   az storage blob url --container-name <storage container name> --name <blob name>

   For example:

   az storage blob url --container-name exampleSC --name explore_appliance.vhd

   Output similar to the following appears:

   https://exampleSA.blob.core.windows.net/exampleSC/explore_appliance.vhd

10. Create a managed disk, sourcing the Explore VHD file.

    az disk create --resource-group <resource group name> --location <Azure region> 
    --name <disk name> --sku Premium_LRS --source <blob uri> --size-gb <size gb>

    Where storage SKU specifies the type of disk and desired replication pattern. For example, Premium_LRS, StandardSSD_LRS, or Standard_LRS.

    For example:

    az disk create --resource-group exampleRG --location westus 
    --name exampleDisk --sku Standard_LRS --source https://exampleSA.blob.core.windows.net/exampleSC/explore_appliance.vhd 
    --size-gb 200

11. Create the VM and attach the managed disk. This command creates the Explore appliance VM with a default network security group and dynamic public IP address.

    az vm create --resource-group <resource group name> --location <Azure region> 
    --name <vm name> --os-type linux --attach-os-disk <disk name> --size <azure machine size>

    For example:

    az vm create --resource-group exampleRG --location westus --name exampleVM --os-type linux 
    --attach-os-disk exampleDisk --size Standard_F4s_v2

12. Log into the Azure portal, https://portal.azure.com, and configure the networking rules for the appliance. The network security group must have the following rules configured:

    Table 1. Inbound Port Rules

    Name	Port	Protocol
    EXA	9443	TCP
    HTTPS	443	TCP
    SSH	22	TCP

    Table 2. Outbound Port Rules

    Name	Port	Protocol
    EXA	9443	ANY
    HTTPS	443	TCP
    SSH	22	TCP

13. Repeat steps 10 - 12 to deploy additional Explore appliances to create your Explore cluster.

    Important:

    Do not create a copy of an existing ExtraHop virtual machine to deploy a new instance. Always start by creating a new managed disk from the original VHD file.

If you are deploying more than one Explore appliance, you can join the appliances together to create a cluster. For the best performance, data redundancy, and stability, you must configure at least three Explore appliances in an Explore cluster.

1. Log into the Admin UI of all three Explore appliances with the setup user account in three separate browser windows or tabs.
2. Select the browser window of node 1.
3. In the Status and Diagnostics section, click Fingerprint and note the fingerprint value. You will later confirm that the fingerprint for node 1 matches when you join the remaining two nodes.
4. Select the browser window of node 2.
5. In the Explore Cluster Settings section, click Join Cluster.
6. In the Host field, type the hostname or IP address of node 1 and then click Continue.

   Note:

   For cloud-based deployments, be sure to type the IP address listed in the Interfaces table on the Connectivity page.

7. Confirm that the fingerprint on this page matches the fingerprint you noted in step 3.
   
8. In the Setup Password field, type the password for the node 1 setup user account and then click Join.
   When the join is complete, the Explore Cluster Settings section has two new entries: Cluster Members and Cluster Data Management.
9. Click Cluster Members. You should see node 1 and node 2 in the list.
   
10. In the Status and Diagnostics section, click Explore Cluster Status. Wait for the Status field to change to Green before adding the next node.
11. Repeat steps 5 - 10 to join each additional node to the new cluster.

    Note:

    To avoid creating multiple clusters, always join a new node to an existing cluster and not to another single appliance.

12. When you have added all of your Explore appliances to the cluster, click Cluster Members in the Explore Cluster Settings section. You should see all of the joined nodes in the list, similar to the following figure.
    
13. In the Explore Cluster Settings section, click Cluster Data Management and make sure that Replication Level is set to 1 and Shard Reallocation is ON.

After you deploy the Explore appliance, you must establish a connection from all ExtraHop Discover and Command appliances to the Explore appliance before you can query records.

1. Log into the Admin UI of the Discover or Command appliance .
2. In the ExtraHop Explore Settings section, click Connect Explore Appliances.
3. Click Add New.
4. In the Explore node field, type the hostname or IP address of any Explore appliance in the Explore cluster.
5. For each additional Explore appliance in the cluster, click Add New and enter the individual hostname or IP address in the corresponding Explore node field.
   
   
   
6. Click Save.
7. Confirm that the fingerprint on this page matches the fingerprint of node 1 of the Explore cluster.
8. In the Explore Setup Password field, type the password for the Explore node 1 setup user account and then click Connect.
9. When the Explore Cluster settings are saved, click Done.