Create a scaling profile for Azure

Creating a scaling profile for Azure includes specifying credentials for the Azure account, a scaling manager node, and the region to scale access nodes in.

Start the scaling profile wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Manage > Environment > Infrastructure.

2. Click the Scale configuration tile.

3. Click Add.

4. Select Microsoft Azure, and then click Next.

General page

1. In the Name box, enter a name for the Azure scaling profile configuration.

2. In the Description box, enter a description for the Azure scaling profile.

3. Click Next.

Authentication and Access page

1. Select or add a credential for Azure application.

   For more information, see Configuring Access to Azure Resources.

2. From the Scale manager node list, select the primary scale manager node.

3. From the Standby scale manager list, you can select the secondary manager node when the primary scale manager node is offline.

4. Click Next.

Region Configuration page

Specify the regions to scale the access nodes in. You can add multiple regions.

1. From the Resource group list, select the resource group where you want to create the compute nodes in.

2. To add more regions, do the following:

   1. Click Add.

      The Add region dialog box appears.

   2. From the Region list, select the region to the create the access nodes in.

      If you add multiple regions, the additional access nodes will be created in the same region as the workload VMs. Access nodes will not be created in a different region from the workload VMs.

   3. From the Virtual network list, select a virtual network (VNet) for the access nodes.

   4. From the Subnet list, select a sub network of the virtual network.

   5. Click Save.

      Note

      If you add multiple regions, the additional access nodes will be created in the same region as the workload VMs. Access nodes will not be created in a different region from the workload VMs.

3. Click Next.

Node Settings page

1. Assign a public address for the scaling profile configuration and specify other settings, such as tags and maximum number of access nodes.

   Enable the Public IP toggle key for the scaling configuration to create public IPs for provisioned access nodes using a public IP prefix. The public IP prefix must be tagged with cvscale-cc:<cs guid> and available in the same resource group set in the scale configuration.

2. Click Next.

Summary page

1. Review the summary.

2. Click Submit.