Step 4: Create the Virtual Machine

  1. Open the Microsoft Azure portal, and navigate to Virtual Machines. (Azure Services > Virtual Machines).
  2. Click Create > Azure Virtual Machine.
  3. In the Basics section:
    • Subscription: select the FireMon subscription.
    • Resource Group: Click Create new or select an existing group from the list.
    • Virtual machine name: Type a name for the VM.
    • Region: Select your location.
    • Image: Select the FireMon VMI from the list.
    • Size: Select from the list recommended by image publisher.

Recommendation is a minimum of 32 GB of RAM.

  • Authentication type: Select Password. This information will be used to log in to the FMOS Initial Setup form.
    • Username
    • Password
    • Confirm password
  • Public inbound ports: Select Allow selected ports.
  • Select inbound ports: Select 443 (HTTPS) and 22 (SSH) from the list.

Port 443 is used to access web-based applications, port 22 is for admin access.

  1. Click Next: Disks to continue to add disks.
  2. In the Disks section:
    • OS disk type: Select Premium SSD.
    • Encryption type: Select the default value.
    • Click Create and attach a new disk and add a data disk size of at least 1024 GiB.
      • Name: Use the default name provided or enter a new name
      • Source type: Select None (empty disk)
      • Size: Click Change size to select 1024 GiB if not already selected.
      • Encryption type: Select Default
      • Enable shared disk: Select No
      • Click OK

An additional empty disk size of 1024 GiB must be added to prevent a setup process failure.

  1. In the Network Interface settings, disable the Enable Accelerated Networking option to prevent a second network interface from being created to avoid an FMOS deployment failure.
  2. Click Review + Create to review the settings entered.
  3. Click Create to begin the virtual machine creation process. This process may take several minutes.