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Installing the Appliance on Azure
Overview
To install the Appliance on Microsoft Azure:
Check the hardware requirements of the virtual machines to request in Azure according to the size of your setup.
Download the Nexthink Appliance VHD image for Azure from the V6 Release Notes:
For CentOS-based appliances, use the CentOS Linux 7-based version links.
For Oracle Linux-based appliances, use Oracle Linux 8-based version links.
Follow the instructions on the Azure-Installation-Instructions-2024-06-11.pdf file.
Azure hardware requirements
More information on the Microsoft documentation website.
Appliance hosting the Portal
Max devices | Max complexity | Data disk size | Details (90 days) | Required Azure VM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5k | 2,000 | 60 GB | 60 GB | Standard_DS3_V2 |
10k | 2,000 | 100 GB | 120 GB | Standard_DS3_V2 |
20k | 4,000 | 200 GB | 220 GB | Standard_E4as_v5 |
50k | 12,000 | 300 GB | 450 GB | Standard_E4as_v5 |
100k | 40,000 | 600 GB | 700 GB | Standard_E8s_V5 |
150k | 60,000 | 1 TB | 1 TB | Standard_E8s_V5 |
Appliance hosting the Engine
Max Events | Max devices / with Web & Cloud | Max entities | Data disk size | Required Azure VM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
20M | 500 / 500 | 20 | 80 GB | Standard_D2s_V5 |
50M | 3k / 2k | 100 | 100 GB | Standard_F8s_v2 |
50M | 5k / 3-4k | 100 | 120 GB | Standard_F8s_v2 |
100M | 10k / 6-8k | 100 | 200 GB | Standard_F16s_v2 |
100M | 10k / 6-8k | 500 | 200 GB | Standard_F16s_v2 |
200M | 10k / 8k | 100 | 200 GB | Standard_F16s_v2 |
200M | 10k / 8k | 500 | 250 GB | Standard_F16s_v2 |
>200M | ask | ask | ask | ask |
Appliance hosting the Portal and the Engine
Max devices | 1000 |
|---|---|
Max complexity | 500 |
Events | 20M |
Required Azure VM | Standard_F8s or Standard_DS4_v2 |
The operations described in this article should only be performed by a Nexthink Engineer or a Nexthink Certified Partner.
If you need help or assistance, please contact your Nexthink Certified Partner.
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