You can install and run the Bold BI server on Microsoft Azure virtual machine by following the below steps.
Sign into the Azure Portal.
Click Create a Resource
option.
Azure Market place
choose Compute
option and Click the See all
featured.Windows Server
option.Windows Server
as a Software plan that meet our system requirement and then Click Create
.Basics
blade requests administrative information for the virtual machine.Virtual Machine Name: Enter a name for your virtual machine (VM). The name must be 15 or fewer characters.
VM disk type: choose SSD/HDD for your convenience(We recommend using SSD for better performance).
Size: Choose the VM size that meet our system requirement. For example, choose the D2s_V3
size, and then click Select
.
Username: Enter your username. You will use this username to log in to the VM using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
Password: Enter your password. You will use this password to log in to the VM using RDP.
Subscription: The Azure subscription this VM should be associated with.
Resource group: Choose Create new
and then enter the name of a new resource group to host the VM’s resources.
Region: Choose your convenient region for your VM.
Disks
blade, you can choose the VM OS disk type based on your convenience. (We recommend using SSD
for better performance).Networking
blade, select Advanced
option in NIC network security group
.Create new
on the NIC network security group
option to add inbound security rule. Creating an inbound rule that allow specific types of internet traffic to reach your VM.On the Add inbound security rule
blade, in the Service
drop-down list box, chooseHTTP
.
In the Priority box, give the rule a priority, for example, 100. Lower numbers are processed first. For example, a rule priority of 100 will be processed before a rule priority of 110.
In the Name box, enter a name for the inbound rule, for example HTTP Port-80, and then click OK.
Repeat steps to create a Add inbound security rule for the HTTPS service with a priority of 101.
When complete, the Create network security group dialog should include three rules to allow RDP, HTTP, and HTTPS
access. Click OK.
On the Create
blade, under Summary, review your settings and click Create
.
Follow the below steps to connect to the virtual machine.
Connect
on the virtual machine overview window. A Remote Desktop Protocol (.rdp
) file will be downloaded from the Azure portal.Connect
for the unknown publisher warning.OK
to accept the certificate problems and connect to the virtual machine.This section explains how to install and run the Bold BI server in VM.
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