Creating the PKIaaS Virtual Machine on Azure

Set the following configuration when creating the PKIaaS Virtual Machine on Azure.

Basics

Set the following values in the Basics tab of the Create a virtual machine page.

Setting

Value

​Project details / Subscription​

Select your Azure subscription.

​Project details / Resource group

Select the resource group described in Creating an Azure storage account for the PKIaaS Virtual Machine.

Instance details / Virtual machine name

Enter a name for the new virtual machine.

Instance details / Region

Select the region shared by the rest of Azure resources.

Instance details / Image

Select the image described in Creating an Azure image for the PKIaaS Virtual Machine.

Instance details / Size

Minimum recommended size: Standard_B2s.

Administrator account / Authentication type

Select SSH public key.

Administrator account / SSH public key source

Generate a new one or use an existing one.

This step is required by the Azure VM creation process, but the key won't be used at all in PKIaaS VM as there is no SSH connection.

Inbound port rules / Public inbound ports

Select None.

Licensing type / License type

Select Other.

Disk

Set the following values in the Disk tab of the Create a virtual machine page.

Setting

Value

OS disk / OS disk type

Select Premium SSD (locally-redundant storage) or higher.

Networking

Set the following values in the Networking tab of the Create a virtual machine page.

Setting

Value

NIC network security group

Select Advanced.

Configure network security group

Select the network security group described in Creating Azure network rules for the PKIaaS Virtual Machine.