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EventTracker Azure VM-v9.1 Quick Start Guide
Publication Date: March 13, 2019
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Abstract This document provides the steps to Start up EventTracker on Azure VM environment.
Audience User(s) who wish to use EventTracker on Azure.
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Table of Contents Abstract ............................................................................................................................................................. 1
Audience ............................................................................................................................................................ 1
EventTracker Azure VM image .......................................................................................................................... 3
Launching EventTracker VM in Azure ............................................................................................................... 3
Initial Configuration of EventTracker on Azure VM environment .............................................................. 12
Additional Considerations ........................................................................................................................... 14
Performance Considerations within Microsoft Azure ................................................................................. 14
Launching EventTracker VM in Azure Stack .................................................................................................... 15
Initial Configuration of EventTracker on Azure Stack VM environment ..................................................... 24
Azure Stack Log Integration with EventTracker .......................................................................................... 25
Additional Considerations ........................................................................................................................... 26
Performance Considerations within Microsoft Azure Stack ....................................................................... 26
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EventTracker Azure VM image EventTracker Enterprise offers on the Azure Marketplace a public offering with pre-installed EventTracker
Enterprise evaluation version on top of 64-bit 2016 Datacenter Edition for Microsoft Azure.
The recommended EventTracker Azure VM size is DS3_V2 Standard and DS4_V2 Standard. However, the
user(s) can select the size as per the requirement.
Launching EventTracker VM in Azure
Login to Microsoft Azure (https://portal.azure.com) with your azure credentials. If you do not have a
Microsoft Azure subscription, please create one.
Click on the icon.
Figure 1
Search for “EventTracker” in the Search Box and select from the dropdown offerings of EventTracker
as per requirement.
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Figure 2
In the below example, we have selected “EventTracker Security Center”.
Double-click “EventTracker Security Center”.
It will display the details related to the EventTracker Security.
For more information on the EventTracker Azure VM configuration, please refer the Quick Start
Guide.
Figure 3
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Click on Create.
Please note that you must have subscription to the Microsoft Azure.
Select the Subscription type and the Resource Group from the dropdown list. If you do not have a
resource group, create a new one by clicking the Create New option.
In the Instance details, enter the Virtual machine name
For example, we have entered the Name as “EventTracker”.
Enter the Region, Availability option and Image as per requirement, and then select the Size.
Please note that is recommended to choose a size with 16 GB of RAM.
In the Administrator Account, Enter the User Credentials.
NOTE 1
The user(s) should note down or the user name and password entered here. It will be required later to login to the virtual machine, after it gets created.
Figure 4
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Click on Next and then select the OS disk Type from the dropdown options.
Figure 5
Click Next and in the Networking tab, configure the Virtual Network.
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Figure 6
Click Next and in the Management tab, configure the management options for your VM.
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Figure 7
In the Next Tab, i.e. Guest Config, you can make any further configuration, if required.
Figure 8
Click Next and in the Tags tab, you can tag to categorize resources and view consolidated billing by applying the same tag to multiple ones.
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Figure 9
Click the next button, verify the changes and then click on Create.
Figure 10
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It will start deploying the Virtual Machine and display the VM created with the Status.
Figure 11
Double-Click the Name and it will display the details of the Virtual machine.
Click on Properties.
Figure 12
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By default the Public IP Address/DNS Name Label is “<none>”. Double-click it, to change the DNS
Name.
Enter the User preferred DNS name and click the Save icon.
Here, we have given the DNS name as “eventtrackervm”.
Figure 13
Click on Properties again to verify the DNS name label.
It gets changed.
Figure 14
NOTE 2
Please note down the DNS name which will be required later when you connect to the VM.
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Now to login as RDP to the VM, click the Connect option in the Overview page.
Figure 15
Initial Configuration of EventTracker on Azure VM environment
Login as RDP to Azure server. Enter the created DNS Server name (Refer NOTE: 2) and the user credentials (Refer NOTE 1)
Download the file from the below link. https://downloads.eventtracker.com/downloads/utils/AzureETVMUpdateSystemNamev91.zip
Extract the content of AzureETVMUpdateSystemName.zip to c:\.
Figure 16
Right click on the UpdateSystemName.bat and Run it as administrator.
Run EventTracker Configuration and update the credential. For this, go to Start and search for EventTracker Configuration.
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Figure 17
NOTE: If you are using Local Account authentication for EventTracker, then kindly use the credentials which was provided while creating the Virtual Machine. Refer (Figure 4).
Change start up to Automatic for following EventTracker Services and start the service.
EventTracker Agent
EventTracker Alerter
EventTracker EventVault
EventTracker Indexer
EventTracker Receiver
EventTracker Remoting
EventTracker Reporter
EventTracker Scheduler
StatusTracker
TrapTracker Receiver
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WcwService
elasticsearch-service-x64
EventTracker Elasticsearch Indexer
EventTracker Monitoring Daemon
EventTracker Active Watchlist
Now,
Reboot the server.
Launch EventTracker Web Console.
Login to EventTracker web using the credential that was set while creating the virtual machine.
Additional Considerations
1. Deployment in high availability and high bandwidth is not applicable for EventTracker.
2. All the latest security patches are installed.
3. The application is compliance with Microsoft Software Licensing and Redistribution. The VHD doesn’t include application such as Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, System Center and Dynamics CRM.
Performance Considerations within Microsoft Azure
There are several performance factors that affect EventTracker software deployment on Microsoft Azure.
These considerations are Azure Virtual Machine (VM) image and size, and underlying Azure Storage.
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Launching EventTracker VM in Azure Stack
Login to Microsoft Azure Stack admin portal (https://adminportal.local.azurestack.external/) with
your azure stack credentials.
Click on the icon.
Figure 18
In the Marketplace management, click .
Figure 19
Search for “EventTracker” in the Search Box and select from the dropdown offerings of EventTracker
as per requirement.
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Figure 20
In the below example, we have selected “EventTracker Security Center”.
Double-click “EventTracker Security Center”.
It will display the details related to the EventTracker Security.
Click on Download.
Figure 21
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Once it gets downloaded, you can check the status in the Marketplace Management page.
Figure 22
Now, in the left pane, select Virtual machines and then select .
Figure 23
Select the EventTracker offering. Here we have selected EventTracker Security Centre.
Figure 24
Click on Create.
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Figure 25
In the Basic Settings page, enter the Virtual machine name.
For example, we have entered the Name as “ETSC-VM”.
Provide the VM Disk Type from the dropdown option and then provide User Credentials.
NOTE 3
The user(s) should note down or the user name and password entered here. It will be required later to login to the virtual machine, after it gets created.
Please note that you must have subscription to the Microsoft Azure.
Select the Subscription type and the Resource Group from the dropdown list. If you do not have a
resource group, create a new one by clicking the Create New option.
Enter the Region and then click OK.
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Figure 26
In the Next page, choose a size from the options.
It is recommended to choose an 8 core and 16 GB RAM size.
In our example, we are choosing “F8s” and then click Select.
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Figure 27
In the next step, keep the default settings and proceed.
Figure 28
Validate the summary details and then click OK.
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Figure 29
Next, read the Terms and Conditions and then click Create.
Figure 30
It will start deploying the Virtual Machine and display the VM created with the Status.
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Figure 31
Double-Click the Name and it will display the details of the Virtual machine.
Click on DNS Configure.
Figure 32
By default the Public IP Address/DNS Name Label is “<none
Enter the User preferred DNS name and click the Save icon.
Here, we have given the DNS name as “eventtrackervm”.
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Figure 33
NOTE 4
Please note down the DNS name which will be required later when you connect to the VM.
Now to login as RDP to the VM, click the Connect option in the Overview page.
Figure 34
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Initial Configuration of EventTracker on Azure Stack VM environment
Login as RDP to Azure server. Enter the created DNS Server name (Refer NOTE: 4) and the user credentials (Refer NOTE 1)
Download the file from the below link. https://downloads.eventtracker.com/downloads/utils/AzureETVMUpdateSystemNamev91.zip
Extract the content of AzureETVMUpdateSystemName.zip.
Figure 35
Right click on the UpdateSystemName.bat and Run it as administrator.
Run EventTracker Configuration and update the credential. For this, go to Start and search for EventTracker Configuration.
Figure 36
NOTE: If you are using Local Account authentication for EventTracker, then kindly use the credentials which was provided while creating the Virtual Machine. Refer (Figure 26).
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Change start up to Automatic for following EventTracker Services and start the service.
EventTracker Agent
EventTracker Alerter
EventTracker EventVault
EventTracker Indexer
EventTracker Receiver
EventTracker Remoting
EventTracker Reporter
EventTracker Scheduler
StatusTracker
TrapTracker Receiver
WcwService
elasticsearch-service-x64
EventTracker Elasticsearch Indexer
EventTracker Monitoring Daemon
EventTracker Active Watchlist
Now,
Reboot the server.
Launch EventTracker Web Console.
Login to EventTracker web using the credential that was set while creating the virtual machine.
Azure Stack Log Integration with EventTracker
To integration Azure stack logs with EventTracker, please refer the Integration Guide.
https://www.eventtracker.com/EventTracker/media/EventTracker/Files/support-docs/Integration-Guide-
Azure-Stack.pdf
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Additional Considerations
4. Deployment in high availability and high bandwidth is not applicable for EventTracker.
5. All the latest security patches are installed.
6. The application is compliance with Microsoft Software Licensing and Redistribution. The VHD doesn’t include application such as Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, System Center and Dynamics CRM.
Performance Considerations within Microsoft Azure Stack
There are several performance factors that affect EventTracker software deployment on Microsoft Azure.
These considerations are Azure Virtual Machine (VM) image and size, and underlying Azure Storage.