Create a Broker VM Azure Image

Decompress the downloaded VHD (Azure) image. Make sure you decompress the zipped hard disk file on a server that has more then 512GB of free space.
Decompression can take up to a few hours.
Create a new storage blob on your Azure account by uploading the VHD file. You can use to upload either from Microsoft Windows or Ubuntu.
Uploading from Microsoft Windows.
Verify you have:
Windows PowerShell version 5.1 or later.
.NET Framework 4.7.2 or later.
Open PowerShell and execute
Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted
.
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201-Force
Install azure cmdlets.
Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber
Connect to your Azure account.
Connect-AzAccount
Start the upload.
az storage blob upload -f
<vhd to upload>
-n
<vhd name>
-c
<container name>
--account-name
<account name>
.
Upload can take up to a few hours.
Uploading from Ubuntu 18.04
Install Azure util.
curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
Connect to Azure.
az login
Start the upload.
az storage blob upload -f
<vhd to upload>
-n
<vhd name>
-c
<container name>
--account-name
<account name>
In the Azure home page, navigate to
Azure services
Disks
and
+Add
a new disk.
In the
Create a managed disk
Basics
page define the following information:
Project details
Resource group
—Select your resource group.
Disk details
Disk name
—Enter a name for the disk object.
Region
—Select your preferred region.
Source type
—Select
Storage Blob
. Additional field are displayed, define as follows:
Source blob
—Select
Browse
. You are directed to the
Storage accounts
page. From the navigation panel, select the bucket and then container to which you uploaded the
Cortex
XDR
VHD image.
In the
Container
page,
Select
your VHD image.
OS type
—Select
Linux
VM generation
—Select
Gen 1
Review + create
to check you settings.
Create
your broker VM disk.
After deployment is complete
Go to resource
.
In your created
Disks
page,
Create VM
.
In the
Create a virtual machine
page, define the following:
Instance details
(
Optional
)
Virtual machine name
—Enter the same name as the disk name you defined.
Size
—Select the size according to your company guidelines.
Select
Next
to navigate to the
Networking
tab.
Network interface
NIC network security group
—Select
Advanced
.
Configure network security group
—Select HTTPS to be able to access the Broker VM Web UI, and SSH to allow for remote access when troubleshooting. Make sure to allow these connection to the broker from secure networks only.
Review + create
to check your settings.
Create
your VM.
After deployment is complete
Go to resource
. You are directed to your VM page.
Creating the VM can take up to 15 minutes. The broker VM Web UI is not accessible during this time.