Microsoft Azure deploy tasks

 Deploying to Microsoft Azure involves the following tasks:

Topics

• Before you begin
• Microsoft Azure deployment tasks
• Post deployment tasks

Before you begin

• You’re familiar with Azure GUI and CLI, commands and concepts.
  Wherever possible both the UI and CLI instructions are provided.

Microsoft Azure deployment tasks

Process overview

Creating an instance of Access Gateway within Microsoft Azure requires the creation of a VM and then associating that VM with a disk image. Microsoft requires the use of fixed size disk files, as such the Access Gateway disk must be expanded to its full size before being used. Expanding the provided disk locally would require an upload to Microsoft Azure which is greater than 200gb.  To avoid this a second temporary VM is created, and this temporary VM is used to create a disk in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. The Access Gateway Microsoft Azure disk image is then copied directly to the disk associated with the VM, expanded and then attached to the second, actual Access Gateway VM. The original, temporary VM, is then deleted to conserve resources.

Tasks

Task	Description	Related Topic(s)
Install and configure Microsoft Azure CLI	The Microsoft Azure Command line utility is used extensively through the MS Azure deployment process.	Install and Configure Microsoft Azure Command Line interface
Define an resource group	Microsoft Azure uses resource groups to contain related resources. Access Gateway VM and disk must be created within the same resource group.	Define Resource Group
Create Temporary VM	To create a VM in Microsoft Azure we must define a virtual machine and associate it with a previously uploaded disk image.	Create Disk Host VM
Prepare Temporary Disk	The Temporary VM is used for the purpose of creating a disk to contain the OAG image. This task walks through that process.	Prepare Temporary VM Disk
Create and populate managed disk	Upload Microsoft Azure disk to the new disk and decompress. Using the Microsoft Azure CLU and AZcopy create a manage disk and copy the uncompressed image to it.	Upload, create and populate managed disk
Create snapshot and replicate	Create a disk snapshot and then replicate disks as required for clustering. This step is only required if creating an Access Gateway cluster.	Copy Disk
Create Access Gateway VM	Create a virtual machine and attach it to the previously created disk.	Create VM
Open Ports	Open port 80 and 443 to new VM.	Configure Networking
Cleanup	Clean up an the temporary VM and disk.	Cleanup

Post deployment tasks

All deployments of Access Gateway require a set of common tasks including:

Task	Description	Related Topic(s)
First Login	Reset the Access Gateway Management console password. Reset the virtual appliance at the command line.	First login to Command Line Console Initialize Access Gateway Command line
Determine the IP Address assigned and configure DNS	Determine Access Gateway IP address. Configure required /etc/hosts admin entry Configure required DNS entries.	Determine Access Gateway IP address, for non-AWS instances. Configure Admin /etc/hosts entry Configure Access Gateway DNS
Initialize Access Gateway	Initialize the cookie domain and instance hostname.	Initialize Access Gateway Console
Configure an identity provider	Configure Okta tenant as identify provider Setup SAML Access.	Configure your Okta tenant as an Identity Provider
Configure SAML access to Access Gateway from your Okta tenant	Configure Okta Tenant to allow access to Access Gateway using SAML.	Configure Administration Access using SAML