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Deploying vNIOS PayGo Azure from the Marketplace

Owned by Jyothi KP
Sept 20, 2024
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You can easily download and deploy the vNIOS PayGo model for Azure virtual appliances directly from the Azure Marketplace. The vNIOS PayGo virtual appliance is pre-configured for Microsoft Azure, so you only need to follow a few simple steps to complete the deployment.

Before deploying the appliances, ensure that your setup meets the requirements listed in the Prerequisites section. To deploy a vNIOS for Azure virtual appliance directly from Azure Marketplace, complete the following steps:

  1. Log in to your Microsoft Azure account.

  2. In the Microsoft Azure portal, enter "infoblox" as the search filter, and then select one of the Azure PayGo virtual appliances from the search results in the Marketplace section:

    • Infoblox NIOS PayGo 
  3. Click Create, and then complete the steps described in the following topics to deploy vNIOS for Azure:
  4. To deploy vNIOS instances with high availability configuration, perform the steps described in Configuring the vNIOS Instance with High Availability.

    The table below lists the models of vNIOS PayGo for Azure appliances that support the cloud platform feature. Ensure that the selected model meets the minimum requirements of 4 CPU cores and 32 GB memory.

vNIOS 
Appliance

Overall 
Disk Space
 (GB)

Number of
vCPU Cores

Memory 
Allocation
(GB)

Size of Virtual Machine

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate?

IB-V926

500

4

32

Standard_E4s_v3

Yes

IB-V1516

500

8

64

Standard_E8s_v3

Yes

IB-V1526

500

16

128

Standard_E16s_v3

Yes

IB-V2326

500

20

160

Standard_E20s_v3

Yes

IB-V4126

500

32

256

Standard_E32s_v3

Yes

For example, when you select a disk size of 500 GB, with 4 vCPU cores and a memory allocation of 32 GB, the appliance best suited for deployment on a Standard_E4s_v3 virtual machine will be the IB-V926. This appliance is also supported as both a Grid Master and a Grid Master Candidate.

The following is a complete list of licenses that would be installed for PayGo images in Azure: 

  • DNS

  • DHCP

  • GRID

  • NIOS

  • DNS Traffic Control

  • Response Policy Zone

  • Cloud Network Automation

  • MS Management