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August 14, 2017

KB-1399 How to deploy Appian on Microsoft Azure Cloud

  • August 14, 2017
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Introduction

Deploying Appian on Azure is easy. Once you have selected the target environment, the installation instructions are no different that running through an Self-managed installation. The same recommendations and best practices apply.

There are many online resources that cover in detail how to create, manage, and configure Virtual Machines in Microsoft Azure, including samples. A few of note are listed below:

Note: The steps to create a new VM are subject to change at any time. Please consult Microsoft for assistance with creating a virtual machine within Azure.

Creating a new virtual machine

Like other cloud providers, Microsoft Azure makes it easy to deploy virtualized environments. They support both Linux- and Windows-based systems and can be available to you in just a few clicks. To get started:

  1. Login to https://portal.azure.com
  2. Click on the New button found on the upper-left hand corner of the portal.
  3. Select Compute, and then select one of our supported OS platforms, such as Windows Server, Red Hat Linux or Ubuntu. For more details, please review the System Requirements page for the version of Appian you wish to install on Azure.
  4. Run the following command to create an SSH session. Replace the connection string with the one you copied from the Azure portal.
ssh azureuser@X.X.X.X

Open port 80 for web traffic (optional)

If you wish your server to be accessible from the internet, please follow these steps.

A Network security group (NSG) secures inbound and outbound traffic. When a VM is created from the Azure portal, an inbound rule is created on port 3389 for RDP connections. Because this VM hosts a webserver, an NSG rule needs to be created for port 80.

  1. On the virtual machine, click the name of the Resource group.
  2. Select the network security group. The NSG can be identified using the Type column.
  3. On the left-hand menu, under settings, click Inbound security rules.
  4. Click on Add.
  5. In Name, type http. Make sure Port range is set to 80 and Action is set to Allow.
  6. Click OK.

Install Appian

Once your VM has been setup, you’re ready to Install Appian. Please be sure to check the Prerequisites page and then follow the Linux Installation Guide.

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