Manual Deployment from the Azure Marketplace
You can manually deploy Litmus Edge Manager from the Azure Marketplace.
Caution: The Azure subscription ID must be added to an internal Litmus list before Litmus Edge Manager can appear in the Azure Marketplace. Please contact your Litmus representative to add the subscription ID.
Important for Cloud Deployment:
Before activating the license, ensure all hardware / VM configuration steps that can modify the MAC address (add/replace a Network Interface Controller (NIC) card) are finalized.
The license Host ID depends on the Media Access Control (MAC) address for the device. The MAC address identifies the devices on a network. Changing the MAC address will invalidate the license.
- From Azure, create an IoT Hub and add a VM deployment to the Azure Marketplace.
- From Azure, create a SSH Public Key.
To manually deploy Litmus Edge Manager using Azure Marketplace, you will need to do the following.
- Step 1: Select the Deployment Application
- Step 2: Create a Virtual Machine
- Step 3: Configure the Resource Group
- Step 4: Initialize and Log in to the Virtual Machine
- Step 5: Configure the Domain Name Settings
- Step 6: Configure the SSL Settings
- Step 7: Log in to Litmus Edge Manager (LEM) UI
- Step 8: Verify Trial License and Register a Litmus Edge Manager License
To jump to a specific section, refer to the Table of Contents on the right side and click the corresponding step.
You will first need to select Litmus Edge Manager (LEM) application from Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
To select LEM from Microsoft Azure Marketplace:
Open the Microsoft Azure home page and click Marketplace.
Microsoft Marketplace- Enter your Azure account name, and then click See All. The Marketplace pane appears.
Select the Litmus Edge Manager application. The Application Preview pane appears.
Microsoft Marketplace Litmus Edge Manager Application
After selecting Litmus Edge Manager (LEM) from Microsoft Azure Marketplace, you will need to create a virtual machine for LEM.
To create a virtual machine:
- From the Application Preview pane, click Create. The Create a Virtual Machine dialog box appears.
- Navigate to the Basics tab.
- Next to Subscription Resource Group, click Create New. The Name field appears.
- Enter a name for the resource group in the Name field, and then click OK. The name appears in the Subscription Resource Group field.
- In the Virtual machine name field, enter a name for the instance.
- Select an option from the Region drop-down list.
- (Optional) Change the name in the Username field.
- Paste a public key in the SSH Public Key field.
- Click Review and Create. The Review pane appears.
- Click Create. The deployment completes and the Create VM Overview pane appears.
After creating a virtual machine for LEM, you will need to configure a resource group for the created virtual machine.
To configure the Resource Group:
- From the Create VM Overview pane, click the resource group link. The named Resource Group pane appears.
From the Resource list, click the Public IP Address link. The public IP address for the named resource pane appears.
Resource Group paneClick the Virtual machine link. The named Virtual Machine pane appears.
Virtual Machine pane- Click the Configure link next to DNS Name. The named Configuration pane appears.
- Enter the name for the instance in the DNS name label field, and then click Save. The DMS name for the public IP address is saved.
- Click the named Resource Group link in the breadcrumbs. The named Resource Group pane appears and the new DNS name displays for the Public IP address.
- From the Resource list, click the Virtual Machine link. The named Virtual Machine pane appears.
- Click the Copy icon next to the DNS Name link. The full DNS name is copied to your clipboard.
After creating a resource group for the LEM virtual machine, you will need to initialize and then log in to the virtual machine.
To initialize and log in to the virtual machine:
- Open an additional browser tab, and enter https://<instance-name>.<location>.cloudapp.azure.com:8446. For example: https://em.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com:8446 The Not Secure Warning dialog box appears.
- Follow the browser guidelines for how to bypass a self-signed security error message. See Browser Access Restrictions for more information. The Litmus Edge Manager Admin Console application initializes and the Log In window appears.
- Log in to the Litmus Edge Manager Admin Console application, and then change your password. See Login to Litmus Edge Manager for more information. The Litmus Edge Manager Admin Console application appears.
After logging to the virtual machine, configure the Domain Name Settings.
To configure the Domain Name Settings:
- From the Navigation panel in the Admin Console, select Settings. The Settings pane appears.
- From the Domain section, paste the full DNS name in the Base Domain Name field.
- Paste the full DNS name in the Minio Domain Name field.
- Click Save. The Confirmation dialog box appears.
- Click Yes. The domain names are saved and a green check mark appears next to each domain name and the services re-initialize. The Application Not Secure dialog box appears.
- Follow the browser guidelines for how to bypass a self-signed security error message. See Browser Access Restrictions for more information. The Admin Console application re-initializes and the application appears.
After configuring Domain Name Settings, configure the SSL settings.
To configure the SSL settings:
- From the Navigation panel in the Admin Console, select Settings. The Settings pane appears.
From the SSL Settings section, select Let's Encrypt Webroot mode, and then click Save. The SSL settings are saved.
SSL Settings saved confirmation message.- Click Reload Page. The Settings pane reloads.
After configuring the SSL settings, you can then login to Litmus Edge Manager UI using a browser.
- Open an additional browser tab, and enter https://<instance-name>.<location>.cloudapp.azure.com. For example: https://em.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com The Not Secure Warning dialog box appears.
- Follow the browser guidelines for how to bypass a self-signed security error message. See Browser Access Restrictions for more information. The Litmus Edge Manager Log In window appears.
- Log in to the Litmus Edge Manager application, and then change your password. See Login to Litmus Edge Manager for more information. The Litmus Edge Manager application appears.
After the Litmus Edge Manager is successfully installed, it will automatically be installed with a trial license.
To verify the trial license:
- From the Navigation panel, select Settings. The Settings pane appears.
- From the Settings pane, select Licenses.
- From Licenses' Available Licenses section, view the license list. Initially, the device operates on a trial license.
You will eventually need to register a Litmus Edge Manager license once the trial license expires. To register a Litmus Edge Manager license, see Site and Node-Locked License Overview for Litmus Edge Manager.