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  2. Cohesity Cloud Scale Technology Deployment Guide Using Terraform for Microsoft Azure
  3. Getting started steps for deployment
  4. Steps for getting started with deployment
Cohesity Cloud Scale Technology Deployment Guide Using Terraform for Microsoft Azure

Steps for getting started with deployment

The topic helps you to understand the initial configuration for deploying the Cloud Scale Technology. The following table shows the steps involved in setting up the configuration.

Table: Getting started using Terraform scripts for deploying Cloud Scale Technology on Azure

Steps

Description

1. Ensure the prerequisites for creating Terraform Management Server are met.

Ensure that the Terraform Management Server prerequisites and networking requirements are met.

Refer See Terraform Management Server requirements.

2. Configure Terraform Management Server

Refer See Creating and configuring Terraform Management Server.

Refer See Installing the packages for Terraform Management Server.

3. Authentication with Azure

User / role which you will be using for deployment should have minimum permissions. Refer

See Azure subscription permission requirements.

4. Execute the PreFlight checker script.

This checklist is executed to verify the environment readiness before deploying theCloud Scale Technology. Refer to the section See About PreFlight checker (checklist) script.

5a. Learn about the stages involved in the Terraform deployment

5b. Installation instructions for deploying the Cloud Scale Technology

See Stages of deploying Terraform scripts on Azure.

See Installation instructions for deploying the Cloud Scale Technology on Azure.

6. Access Cloud Scale Technology UI after deployment

See Accessing the Cloud Scale Technology environment after deployment.

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