Deploying a virtual server

You can deploy a virtual server on which services of your choice can be hosted. This server will be deployed in the network that the SNS EVA virtual firewall protects.

This chapter briefly explains the steps involved in deploying the virtual server. In this example, we will install Ubuntu Server to set up a custom backup server. Since there are many possibilities, adapt these examples to your own requirements.

Deploying the server in a resource group

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Azure portal.
2. Search for the resource that you want to install and go to its page.
3. Click on Create.
4. Assign a name to this machine (Web-Documentation-Server in the example).
5. Create a user and password.
6. Select the geographical location in which the server is hosted.
7. Select the firewall's resource group (SNS-Documentation in the example).
8. In the options, select the virtual network associated with the resource group as well as the private sub-network.
9. Confirm.

Retrieving the public IP address of the virtual server

1. In the Microsoft Azure portal once again, click on Resource group.
2. Select the resource group in question (SNS-Documentation in the example).
3. Click on the Public IP address entry (Web-Documentation-Server in the example).
4. Take note of the public IP address.

Installing the desired service on the server

1. Log in to your server.
2. Install the desired service and its dependencies. In the example, we installed Apache.