Microsoft Azure

Azure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform allowing users to create and run Virtual Machines. We have a Tillered VM Image hosted in the Azure Marketplace allowing for a easy cloud node setup.

Prerequisites

• Have an Microsoft Azure account and access to the Azure Console.
• Create an account on the Tillered Hub.

Setting Up a Tillered Node

1. Log into Azure and choose Virtual Machines.
2. Create a Virtual Machine. In the Images section, select See all images to go to the marketplace and search for Tillered.
3. Select a VM size that has at least 2 vCPUs and 4GB RAM like a Standard B2s.
4. Boot the VM with this Image.
5. The VM may take between 10-12 minutes to initialise, Azure will alert you when the deployment is sucessful.

Enable IP Forwarding

Tillered CEN nodes forward network traffic that is not addressed to the VM itself. By default, Azure drops any traffic where the VM is not the source or destination. You must enable IP forwarding on the VM's network interface so tunneled traffic is not silently dropped.

Using the Portal

1. Go to Network interfaces and select the NIC attached to your Tillered VM.
2. Under Settings, select IP configurations.
3. Set IP forwarding to Enabled and click Save.

Using the CLI

az network nic update \
    --name <nic-name> \
    --resource-group <resource-group> \
    --ip-forwarding true

Replace <nic-name> and <resource-group> with the NIC name and resource group of your deployed VM.

Register Your Node

After deploying the VM, register it with your Tillered account.

The node will configure itself to the virtual Tillered network. It may reboot during this phase, but it will be ready to use when the Tillered Hub node page shows the node as "Provisioned".