Tembo Azure Single Machine Deployment

Configure The Virtual Machine

You should first create a Azure Virtual Machine within the Azure portal.

https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.VirtualMachine-ARM

• The "Subscription" and "Resource group" project details are up to your discretion. We recommend creating a new Resource Group for Tembo.

• Please fill out "Instance Details" approparitely.

  • The Virtual machine name can be something like "tembo-1" or "tembo-engineering-1", however you see fit.

  • You may pick your Region and Availability Zone.

  • Security type - Standard

    • This is very important otherwise the Virtual Machine will not boot.
    • Do not worry, your deployment is secure.

  • Image - Select "See all images"

    • Select "Community Images"
    • Search for "tembo"
    • Select "base-nixos"

    

• Size - Select the size of your deployment discussed with the Tembo team.

• You may leave the other settings as default.

  

Configure Disks

• Click on "Next: Disks"
  • Adjust the OS disk size to the appropriate amount based on your deployment.
    • We recommend a minimum of 256GB.
    • For assistance, please contact the Tembo team.
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Configure Networking

• Click on "Next: Networking"

  • Configure the appropriate Virtual Network and Subnet for your deployment.
  • Public IP can be set to none.
  • All inbound ports may be disabled.

• Using the Azure Load Balancer

  • If using the Azure load balancer, please select "Application gateway" as the "Load balancing options".

Creating the VM

• Continue to "Review + create"
  • Review the settings and create the VM.
  • You will be prompted to download a keypair, please accept the download to continue.

Tembo Setup - Managed

• Once the VM is created, if Tembo is managing your install, you are completed.
• Please reach out to the Tembo team for the rest of the installation process.

Tembo Setup - Unmanaged

• Once the VM is created, you can navigate to the IP address of the Virtual Machine.
• You will be presented with the Tembo web installer.
• Please follow the instructions to complete the installation.