Getting Started
Introduction
1. Logging into the Management Portal
To log into the Hyper-V Cloud Servers management portal, follow the link Service Management Portal and enter the email and password used when registering your account into the corresponding fields.
2. Adding a Subscription (Mandatory)
To add a subscription, click on Create, select My Account > Add subscription. In the Add Subscription menu you will see a list of subscriptions available for your account, click the checkmark. Upon completion of the process, you will be able to create Virtual networks and Machines.
3. Main Azure Pack elements
- Account – your registration data for logging into the system: email and password. For more details, see the My Account section
- Administrators – an account with the right to manage the subscription.
- Plan – a template with a set of services, based on which a subscription is created.
- Subscription – services with a pre-configured resource pool according to the selected plan and add-ons purchased additionally.
- Add-ons — resources purchased in addition to the standard subscription pool.
- Management certificates – certificates for managing the Cloud-V portal using Azure Powershell.
3.1 Account elements
The main account page displays all the elements connected to your account.
- Virtual Machines — these are servers in the Cloud24 cloud that you can manage. You can configure and maintain virtual machines according to your business needs.
- Standalone Virtual Machines – virtual machines from the gallery with a pre-installed OS.
- Virtual Machine Role – a virtual machine with a pre-installed operating system and software to perform specified computing processes.
The following virtual machine roles are available: Windows Server 2012 Domain, Windows Server 2012 Standalone, Korus Consulting CRM Server 2015, Windows 2012 Domain Controller
- Disk Image – a master disk with the operating system from which a virtual machine role is deployed
- Virtual Machine Role Instance – the number of permitted software users for the virtual machine role.
- Virtual Machine Role Configuration* – a software package of a virtual machine role with a specified set of tasks.
- Networks – private isolated virtual networks for data exchange between the virtual machines of the account. When a virtual network is created, it is automatically assigned an Address Space
3.2 Administrators
In the Administrators section, you can view and assign additional administrators for a specific subscription who will be able to manage the resources in this subscription. To assign a subscription Co-administrator, click the Add button in the command bar, assign the co-administrator's name in the format "username@domain.com" for individual users and "domain\groupname" for groups and select the subscriptions for which the co-administrator is being assigned.
3.3. Add-ons
The Add-ons tab contains information about all additional add-ons connected to your account. You can remove an add-on by clicking the Delete button on the command bar.
3.4. Subscriptions
The Subscriptions tab contains information about all connected subscriptions. You can change the displayed name of a subscription or delete a subscription by clicking the corresponding button on the command bar.
3.5. Management Certificates
The Management Certificates tab contains information about installed certificates for remote portal management via REST API and Azure PowerShell. To add a management certificate, click the Upload button on the command bar and upload the certificate.