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1. Log in to Azure (you will need to register for an account if you don't already have one)

2. Open the Marketplace menu.

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3. In the marketplace, search for "Yellowfin" under "Everything".

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Here you will see a description of the Yellowfin for Azure offer.

5. Select Create.

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Location

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While in the EC2 Dashboard it's important to select the closest location to your users. This will generally result in the fastest response times.

3. Click on the Location currently in use next to your name at the top right of the page.

4. Select the location closest to you.

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5. While still on the EC2 Dashboard, click on the Launch Instance button under the Create Instance heading.

From here you will be walked through a setup process where you define and configure the instance.

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Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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6. The first step in the process is to select the image you wish to use. Under the Community AMIs section, search for the Yellowfin AMI.

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7. Once you've located the Yellowfin AMI, click on it and press the Select button.

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Choose Instance Type

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From here, you will need to define the type of instance you wish to use. This will define the CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity allocated to the instance.

For evaluation purposes, the t2.micro type is fine, and is free to use. For production purposes the t2.medium or higher options are recommended.

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8. Select the type you wish to use (t2.micro for free use).

9. Click the Review and Launch button.

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Review & Launch

6. Create your Yellowfin for Azure VM by entering the following credentials:

    • Host Name - the name you are calling your VM
    • User Name - this user name is for access to the VM (this is not your Yellowfin user name)
    • Authentication Type - you can select either Password or SSH Public Key, or both, to access the VM. If you select Password then you must provide a password for the VM (this is not your Yellowfin password).
    • Pricing Tier - select which VM hardware you would like Yellowfin installed on
    • Optional Configuration - define further network, storage, or diagnostic settings if required
    • Resource Group - these allow you to manage all your resources in an application together. Create a new Resource Group or choose an existing one.
    • Subscription - this option defaults to Pay-As-You-Go
    • Location - select your preferred location (we recommend choosing the closest option to where your users are located in order to reduce network latency)
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7. Read the Legal Terms and Privacy Policy.

8. Select Buy

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You will now be presented with a range of options to finish configuring the instance to suit your specific needs.

10. Once configured, click the Launch button.

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You Your Yellowfin for Azure VM will now be prompted to define key pairs. For the purposes of this example, we are not going to use a key pair, but you can define them as required for security purposes.

 

Note: if you want to be able to access the log files and other configuration items outside of the UI, or you wish to patch Yellowfin in the future you will need you use a key paircreated and will take 1 - 5 minutes to complete and launch for the first time.

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11. Define key pairs, or select the Proceed without a key pair option.

12 Click the Launch Instance button.

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Your instance will now be launching and should be ready shortly.

13. Click on the View Instances button in order to see a list of your available instances.

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Instance Name

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While your instance is initialising it's a good time to name it.

14. Click on the pencil icon to provide it with a name.

15. Enter a name and click on the tick button to apply it.

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Public IP

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Once the instance is running, you will need to identify the IP address assigned in order to access Yellowfin.

16. Click on the Description tab while the instance is selected and find the Public IP.

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Yellowfin

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Yellowfin on Azure

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