Installing the Appliance on Azure

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.

Overview

To install the Appliance on Microsoft Azure:

1. Check the hardware requirements of the virtual machines to request in Azure according to the size of your setup.

2. 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.

3. Follow the instructions in the following documentation:

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Azure-Installation-Instructions-2024-06-11.pdf

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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