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5 Prepare Azure subscription

Azure Portal preparatory work the steps.

• Upload management certificates (needs to establish a secure connection between the HEAD node and Azure cloud services)

• Preparing to create Azure cloud services

• Creating a Windows Azure storage account

  5.1 Upload HPC default management certificate

By default, HPC Pack install a self-signed certificate on the head node, called the default Microsoft HPC Azure management certificate (the file is stored in% CCP_HOME% \ Bin \ hpccert.cer in), you can upload it as the Azure management certificate Subscribe to Azure.

Figure 50 position BIN default Microsoft HPC Azure management certificate (hpccert.cer)

Upload hpccert.cer subscription Azure:

1. HPC head node is connected to the computer, open a Web browser and log in to the Management Portal .

2. In the Azure Management Portal, click the "Settings", then click "Manage Certificates."

3. On the command bar, click Upload.

Figure 51 Upload Azure subscription in the default Microsoft HPC Azure management certificate

FIG hpccert.cer certificate HPC 52 selects the head node

Loading subscriptions in Figure 53 Azure default HPC Azure management certificate

We see management certificate list "Default HPC Azure management."

  5.2 Creating a Azure cloud services

The definition of a Azure cloud services to run HPC PaaS computing nodes:

1. Management portal on the command bar, click "New."

2. Click "Calculate", click on "Cloud Services" and then click "Quick Create."

3. Enter the URL of cloud services, cloud services and then click Create.

54 to define a new Cloud Service

For best performance, cloud services and storage accounts created in the same association group.

5.3 Creating a Windows Azure Storage Account

Create a new Azure storage account to run HPC PaaS Compute node:

1. Management portal on the command bar, click "New."

2. Click Data Services, click Storage, and then click to quickly create.

3. Enter the URL of the account, and then click Create storage account.

55 to define a new Azure Storage Account

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