Cisco Cloud Network Automation Provisioner for the Microsoft Cloud Platform-Tenant Portal Guide, Release 2.1

Onboarding an Application from a Subscription

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Note Use only standalone VM creation.

To onboard an application from a subscription:

Step 1 Subscribe to a plan with a network and Virtual Machine Cloud.

For information on subscribing to a plan, see Subscribing to a Plan in Chapter1, “Introduction” For information on the plans to which you can subscribe, contact your cloud provider.

On the main Tenant Portal screen you should see Virtual Machines in the left column, as shown in the following screen.

Figure A-1 Main Tenant Portal Screen

Step 2 Click + New, Standalone Virtual Machine, then From Gallery, as shown in the following screen.

Figure A-2 Create Virtual Machine Screen

You see the following screen.

Figure A-3 Virtual Machine Configuration

Step 3 In this example we selected CentOS6.4x64. Click the right arrow (−>).

You see the following screen.

Figure A-4 Virtual Machine Settings

Step 4 Enter a Name for the virtual machine, create a New Password, and Confirm it, as shown in the following screen.

Figure A-5 Name and Password Screen

Step 5 Click the right arrow (−>).

You see the following screen.

Figure A-6 Network Adapter Screen

Step 6 Select an adapter from the drop-down menu, as shown in the following screen.

Figure A-7 Network Adapter Selection

Step 7 Click the check mark.

You should be able to see your virtual machine being created from your dashboard, as shown in the following screen, where the virtual machine has a Status of Creating.

Figure A-8 Virtual Machine Creation in Process

Virtual machine creation takes a few minutes as the virtual machine is created, boots, and is configured. When the virtual machine has been created, you see a screen like the following.

Figure A-9 Virtual Machine Created

Step 8 When creation is complete, the Status will change to Running. Click on the plan name, then click Dashboard.

You see the following screen, which shows you information about your virtual machine.

Figure A-10 Virtual Machine Information