How to instantiate and launch Zentera zCenter controller from Azure Marketplace

Please follow these steps to launch an zCenter Virtual Appliance VM from Azure Marketplace Image.

1. In Azure portal, under Azure Services, select Virtual Machines

2. Click +Add + Virtual machine

   1. Provide Basic Virtual Machine details - Subscription, Resource Group, Virtual machine Name, Region.  No Infrastructure Redundancy option is sufficient for initial evaluation.

   2. For Image, click "See all images", and search for and select Zentera zCenter 6.5.1

   3. For Size, select one of the sizes under "Recommended by Image Publisher" (smallest in the recommended list is sufficient for initial evaluation)

   4. For Authentication Type, select SSH Public key, Password with strong ssh security.  This will only be needed for certificate installation (not strictly required but recommended).

   5. Use a public IP for external access

   6. Enable input ports - add HTTPS (443) and SSH (22)

   7. Review and Create to launch virtual machine

3. Once the VM is deployed, check the VM details and note the Public IP

4. Launch zCenter web portal using Public IP and default login: admin with password coip2021

5. To request the BYOL license, please reach out to us at: https://www.zentera.net/byol-azure

6. For instructions and reference to use the zCenter administrative portal and to contact us, please visit our support portal: https://support.zentera.net