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Downloading VHD Packages

To download the .vhd package, complete the following:

1. Log in to the Cloud Services Portal.

2. Go to Administration -> Downloads.

3. On the Downloads page > Hosts section, select Download Package for Azure (60 GB Disk) for the regular image or Download Package for Azure (750 GB Disk) for the high-capacity image.

4. Click Download Package and save the .vhd file on your system.
   
   
   
   

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1. If you haven't already done so, install the Azure CLI. For information, see see How to install the Azure CLI.
2. Run the az login command in the Azure CLI to generate an authentication token. 
3. The CLI opens your default browser and loads the sign-in page. If the CLI does not open the browser for you, open a browser window and log in to https://microsoft.com/devicelogin using the authentication token you obtained from Azure. For more information, see Sign in with Azure CLI.
4. Sign in using your account credentials.
5. Create an image using the uploaded VHD from the storage account.
   For Gen 1;
   

   az

   image

   create

   -g

   “resource

   group

   name”

   -n

    “Image

   name”

    --os-type

   Linux

   --source

    “VHD path”

    “VHD path”
   
   For Gen 2:
   az image create -g “resource group name”   -n “Image name”'  --os-type Linux --hyper-v-generation V2  –source “VHD path”
   

6. Deploy the VM from the image.
   

   az vm create --resource-group <> --name <> --location <>  --nics <> --image <>  --admin-username <> --public-ip-address "" --custom-data <> --size  <>

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1. Log in to your Azure Portal.
2. Go to Images, and click Create to create an image from the .vhd package in the storage account.
3. Enter all the relevant fields. Select either Gen 1 or Gen 2 VM generation. In the Storage blob field, ensure that you navigate to and locate the .vhd file you uploaded to the storage account.
4. Click Review + Create to review the image before you create it.
   
   
   
   
5. Create a virtual machine using the image you created. In the Size field, ensure that you select the supported flavor, which is Standard_F4S.
   
   
6. In the Custom data field, ensure that you add the parameters that are specific to your host. You can download a YML file and customize your user data file. You can then copy the information and paste it here. For information about the YML file and supported parameters, see YML and JSON Templates.
   Note that when you enter the following schema in the Custom data field, ensure that you add a space before the keys you want to include for host_setup. In this case, you must include a space before jointoken, and then enter the join token value you obtained from the Cloud Services Portal. For information about how to obtain a join token, see Creating Join Tokens.
      #cloud-config
   host_setup:
    jointoken: your BloxOne join token
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   Optionally, you can use custom data with http proxy as shown below.
   Note that when you enter the following schema in the Custom data field, ensure that you include a space before any keys you want to include for host_setup. In this case, you must include a space before jointoken and access_https_proxy, and then enter the values for the respective keys. For information about how to obtain a join token, see Creating Join Tokens.
      #cloud-config
   host_setup:
    jointoken: your BloxOne join token
         access_https_proxy: 'URL of your proxy server'
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   For information on all supported parameters in the userdata file, see Appendix B: YML and JSON Templates.
     
7. Optionally, you canresize the disk size above 64 GB. In the Disk tab of the Azure Portal, select the desired disk size from the OS disk size drop-down list.
   
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8. Click Review + Create to launch the host.

9. To check the current status of the host, you can go to Manage > Hosts in the Cloud Services Portal. For more information about the host status, see Viewing Host Status.

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