Install on Microsoft Azure

This page describes how to install Aerospike on a Microsoft Azure VM instance.

Note

Aerospike’s Community Edition transmits anonymous usage statistics. We ask your help in making Aerospike better by leaving this feature enabled. Use the following link to learn about our goals, how we use the data, and how to disable the feature.

Prepare an Azure VM

1. If you have not have already created an Azure account, sign up for one here.

2. In the Azure portal, go to Virtual Machines and add a new VM.

3. Configure the new VM with the following properties:

   Basic

   Property	Value
   Name	aerospike-server
   VM disk type	SSD
   User name	Give it a username.
   Authentication type	Aerospike recommends “SSH public key”
   SSH Public key	The contents of your public key.
   Resource group	Choose to deploy into an existing group or create a new one.
   Location	Choose a location geographically close to you. Azure locations also limit VM type availability.
   Image	Choose the base OS for the VM.

   Size

   We recommend GS or LS instances. DSv2 is supported.

   Settings

   Property	Value
   Storage	Choose whether you’d like to use managed disks.
   Storage account	If you did not choose managed disks, choose the storage account you’d like to use.
   Network	Leave as defaults.
   Extension	Add any extensions you’d like.
   High availability	Aerospike recommends creating an availability zone with the maximum number of update domains and fault
   Monitoring	Leave as defaults.

4. On the summary page, confirm the values you entered and click Create.

5. Create a new Network Security Group (NSG) in the same Resource Group and add the following inbound rules:

   Allow rule

   Property	Value
   Name	Aerospike Server
   Priority	100
   Source	Any
   Service	Custom
   Protocol and Ports	tcp:3000-3003
   Action	Allow

   Deny rule

   Property	Value
   Name	Default Deny
   Priority	900
   Source	Any
   Service	Custom
   Protocol	Any
   Port range	1024-65535
   Action	Deny

6. Attach this NSG to the network interface of your VM.

Install Aerospike Database

1. Select your new VM, then click Connect.

   A connection string to use, like the following, is displayed: azureuser@<Public_IP>

2. After you are connected, run the following command:

   sudo su -
   apt-get update

3. Follow the steps to install Aerospike Database on Ubuntu, then return and continue with the next step.

4. Start Aerospike.

   sudo service aerospike start

Configure network and storage

To learn about getting the cluster up, see Network configuration. To configure storage to persist data, check out Configure namespace storage.