Registering a Microsoft Azure Account within PBScloud.io

Overview

Learn how to create a Microsoft Azure account and register it as a cloud account within PBScloud.io. After registration, you can deploy HPC appliances within your Microsoft Azure account.

Prerequisites

• Login credentials for Microsoft Azure account
  • Tenant ID
  • Subscription ID
• Login credentials for PBScloud.io account

Part 1: Obtaining Azure Subscription ID

1. Login in to your Microsoft Azure account
2. In the Azure dashboard panel, click Cost Management + Billing
3. In BILLING ACCOUNT, click Subscriptions, under Other subscriptions
4. Locate and click your subscription to view further details.
5. Hover over the Subscription ID and click the copy button when it appears.
6. Store the Subscription ID value to a file to be used later in PBScloud.io.

Part 2: Obtaining your Tenant ID

1. In the Azure dashboard toolbar, click the Help icon (?) and select Show diagnostics
2. A file called PortalDiagnostics.json will be downloaded
3. Using any text editor, open this .json file and search for tenantId
4. Store the value of the tag to a file to be used later in PBScloud.io

Part 3: Registering PBScloud.io to Your Azure Active Directory

1. In the Azure Dashboard panel, click Azure Active Directory
2. In the Azure Active Directory* panel, under MANAGE, click App registrations
3. Click New application registration
4. In the Create panel, enter the following:
   • Name - enter name of the application (e.g. pbscloud_training)
   • Application type select Web app / API
   • Sign-on URL - enter the PBScloud.io URL, http://app.pbscloud.io
5. Verify the information and click Create
6. The application will be listed under DISPLAY NAME

Part 4: Obtaining Your Keys

1. In the App registrations panel, search for the new application you registered (i.e. pbscloud_training)
2. Click the application name
3. In the Settings panel, click on Keys
4. In the Keys panel, enter the following:
   • DESCRIPTION - enter pclm
   • EXPIRES - select Never Expires
   • VALUE - enter pclm
5. Verify the information and click Save
6. A key value will be created, save this key since it will not be available later

Part 5: Assigning Azure User to a Defined Role

1. In the Azure Dashboard panel, click More services
2. Locate and click Subscriptions
3. In the Subscrptions panel, under SUBSCRIPTION column, select your organization
4. A sub-panel will appear, select Access control (IAM)
5. Click Add
6. In the Add permissions panel, select the following
   • Role = Owner
   • Assign access to = Azure AD user, group, or application
   • Select = search for the application you just created (i.e. pbscloud_training)
7. Click Save

Part 6: Creating a Cloud Account in PBScloud.io

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://app.pbscloud.io website
2. Enter your Username (minimum length of six characters)
3. Enter your Password (must contain at least one digit)
4. Click Sign In
5. Select Infrastructure and select Cloud
6. In the Infrastructure/Cloud Accounts page, click Add Account
7. In the dialog box, select the following:
   • Provider -select Microsoft Azure Cloud Services
   • Account name - enter ‘any name you wish you enter’
     Example: pbscloud_training
   • Client ID - enter ‘Application ID from Azure’
     Example: 1fe8waad-7bdc-473a-9034-2baee5212d46
   • Secret Key - enter ‘key from the one you created from Part Four, step 6’
     Example: XYqHSe/P5z/FR6lxujOXs4kdbxug9ty/qlLEtta86oQ=
   • AD tenant ID - enter ‘enter the tenant id value from Part Two, step 5’
     Example: 2bak2q57-0eb8-48fb-dc21-9908109da89d2
   • Subscription ID - enter ‘enter your Microsoft Azure subscription id’
     Example: 08babcfc-fefc-4571-8203-f6a89412345e
8. Verify all the information and click Create account
9. After creation, the account will appear in the Infrastructure/Cloud Accounts page in the Account Name column

About Your Credentials

PBScloud.io needs credentials with Administrator rights to perform necessary actions.