# Installing OpManager in Microsoft Azure

Businesses are moving towards Cloud-based virtual machines since they not only clear up your office space but your disk space too. Hence it must be possible to install network monitoring tools in Cloud-based Virtual Machines. Azure is one such Cloud-based VM that allows users to create Virtual machines remotely. Follow the given steps to install OpManager in Azure.

## OpManager installation in Microsoft Azure

### 1. Creating a VM in Azure

- Log in/Sign up to the Microsoft Azure portal [link](https://portal.azure.com/#home).
- Create a new Virtual machine. For a detailed guide on VM creation, click [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-portal).
- **Resources group:** Under this option, enter a value of your choice. For example, you can use "OpManager" as a value. (Resource group is a folder that allows you to group your resources)
- **Name:** Assign a name to your virtual machine.
- **Region:** The region will be mentioned as East US by default. Choose your region.
- **Image:** Select the server as "Windows Server 2016-2019 DataCenter -Gen 1" for better performance. You can also add your desired server. For detailed information regarding software requirements, click [here](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/hardware-and-software-requirements.html#software_requirements).
- **Server sizing:** The required size varies based on the number of devices you use in OpManager. You can check your required size by clicking [here](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/hardware-and-software-requirements.html#hardware_requirements). After checking the required size, you can select its corresponding series in Azure by clicking [here](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/virtual-machines/sql-server-standard/index.html). For example, if you have to manage up to 250 devices, your required size would be 4 GB and its corresponding Azure series will be Standard_D1_v21.
- **Administrator Account:** Assign a username and password for your virtual machine.
- **Inbound port rules:** Under Inbound port rules, select "RDP (3389) port" for Remote Connection. Additional ports can be added later under the network tab.

#### NOTE:

- The above-mentioned configurations are the minimum requirements. You may have to change the configurations depending on the number of devices and the additional integrations/modules you use.
- The instance's public IP/DNS must not be blocked by any firewall. It must be accessible to all the devices in your network.
- Ensure that the [required security ports](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/hardware-and-software-requirements.html#port_requirements) are available for use. Also, kindly make sure that the required ports are not blocked in the VM Network tab after launching VM.
- You can add additional available ports by any one of the following two ways:
  1. You can create a new security group with required ports and select that group while creating the VM. Click [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/nsg-quickstart-portal) for detailed steps.
  2. You can add ports in the network tab after creating VM. Click [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/tutorial-filter-network-traffic) for detailed steps.
- If the monitored devices are inside your on-premises network or in a separate data centre, there would be a need to create a site-to-site gateway connection between the on-premises network and virtual network. This is done so that OpManager can poll the devices using its internal IP addresses. For detailed information regarding this, click [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/tutorial-site-to-site-portal).

### 2. Running OpManager from Virtual Machine

- Connect to your virtual machine remotely and open the web browser.
- [Download](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/download.html) and [install](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/installing_opmanager.html) OpManager.
- It's all set now. You can now add, monitor and even set alarms and notifications for your devices at your convenience.