QuickStart Guide
Installation and Deployments
Manual Deployment from the Azure Marketplace
12min
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 before you begin obtain an azure account see the microsoft azure portal https //azure microsoft com/en us/features/azure portal/ 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 step 1 select the deployment application 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 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 step 2 create a virtual machine 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 step 3 configure the resource group 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 click the virtual machine link the named virtual machine pane appears 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 step 4 initialize and log in to the virtual machine 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 issues docid\ f 4fuf7kbozitsh lmxp4 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 access to litmus edge manager docid\ w3uhzq4tsrh7oljhult0a for more information the litmus edge manager admin console application appears step 5 configure the domain name settings 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 issues docid\ f 4fuf7kbozitsh lmxp4 for more information the admin console application re initializes and the application appears step 6 configure the ssl settings 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 click reload page the settings pane reloads step 7 log in to litmus edge manager (lem) ui 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 issues docid\ f 4fuf7kbozitsh lmxp4 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 access to litmus edge manager docid\ w3uhzq4tsrh7oljhult0a for more information the litmus edge manager application appears step 8 verify trial license and register a litmus edge manager license 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 docid\ jvibd0mbsj97zcpdfhab9