Getting started - Creating a virtual machine with an integrated router/firewall
Introduction
This guide will assist in creating a Windows server vm, router and security groups for internet access with our VDC integrated solution.
Prerequisites
To begin this procedure you must have an onboarded Domain, user account with at least Project User access and a created Project.
Logging in
Locate the required Project and select it
Creating a Network
Click on the Compute icon in the left hand menu pane, select Networks and then Create Network
Name the Network and click Next to proceed
Configure a subnet by clicking Add, IPv4 subnet
Enter a CIDR, Gateway, Allocation pool, DNS servers. Click Add
Click Next, review your configuration and then select Create virtual network to apply
Review that your network has been created
Creating a Router
Click on the Compute icon in the left hand menu pane, select Routers and then Add Router
Give your Router a name
In the Network field select public 194.103.192.0/24
In the Add internal interfaces field select the network you created previously
Click Create
Observe that your Router has been created
Click on the Router name and observe the allocated IP addresses
Creating a Security Group
When creating your Project a default Security Group is also created
Click onto the default security group and observe the rule-set. Everything is allowed Inbound and Outbound.
Delete the Inbound rules using the trash can icons to the right of the rules, leaving the Outbound as-is
Creating a Virtual Machine
Click on the Compute icon in the left hand menu pane, select Virtual Machines and then Create virtual machine
Give the virtual machine a Name and select Deploy from: Image
Choose an Image with the edit pen icon to the right of the row
Choose an Image from the list. Images ending in - Cloudist are pre built, licensed and updated by Cloudist. Click Done
Edit the Volume with the edit pen icon to the right of the row
Click on the three dots menu to the right of the row of the Boot volume
You can adjust the Boot volume size if required
Choose one of the ALL-FLASH storage profiles that suits your needs
ALL-FLASH Basic: 250 IOPS
ALL-FLASH Standard: 750 IOPS
ALL-FLASH Premium: Unlimited
Click Save to apply
Click Done
Choose a Flavour with the edit pen icon to the right of the row
Select a Flavour and click Done
Choose a Network interface with the edit pen icon to the right of the row
Click Add
Select the Demo-Network created earlier
Review the Add Network Interface configuration. Since we created a pool on the network earlier an IP Address will automatically be assigned from that. Assign one manually if preferred, within the network CIDR
Choose a Security Group if not using the default group modified earlier, which will allow all outbound traffic, restricting all inbound traffic.
Click Add
Click Done
Review the Create Virtual Machine configuration and click Deploy to proceed
Observe that the Virtual Machine has created, is in an active state and has allocated an IP address
Click onto the Virtual Machine and click Console
Log into the server and test internet connectivity