Navigate to the Cloud Maker Enterprise Server solution offer in the Azure Marketplace

Click Get It Now and supply the required information.

Choose the plan that you wish to deploy. By default, our CMES Standard plan is selected. If you have a private plan, you can choose this from the Plan drop-down.

Click Create to begin the set-up process.

Ensure you are on the Basics tab of the deployment wizard.

Select the Subscription you wish to deploy the CMES appliance into.

Enter a name for the Azure Resource Group into which you wish to deploy CMES and associated Azure resources or create a new Resource Group if required.

Select the region you wish to deploy CMES into.

Select the Cloud Maker configuration tab.

Enter the Organisation Name for the Cloud Maker organisation you'd like to create in the CMES appliance (this can be changed once the CMES is deployed).

Enter a Provisioning User Name. This is used for initial provisioning and is then discarded. You can enter any name you like in this field.

Enter the Provisioning User Object ID. Details of this can be found in the pre-requisites table above.

Enter the Application Client ID from the App Registration you created as part of the pre-requisites.
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Enter the Application Client secret generated from the App Registration you created as part of the prerequisites.

Confirm the Application Client secret.

Enter the Tenant ID of the Azure Tenant you are deploying into (can be found on the App Registration details you created as part of the prerequisites).

Select the version of CMES you wish to deploy. By default, the latest version number is selected.

Select the number of VM instances you wish to deploy into your CMES VMSS.

Select the Availability Zone option that fits your needs.

Select the Private connectivity via private endpoint from the Cloud Maker Enterprise Server connectivity options drop-down.
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Enter your chosen domain in the Cloud Maker FQDN box.

Enter the custom domain TLS Certificate Public Key. This must be in PEM format. Additional details can be found in the pre-requisites table above. Do not base64 encode the PEM formatted certificate data.
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​NB: Please include the intermediate certificate PEM data if intermediate certificates are required.

Enter the custom domain TLS Certificate Private Key. This must be in PEM format. Additional details can be found in the pre-requisites table above. Do not base64 encode the PEM formatted certificate data.

Select the Network tab.

On the Networking option drop-down, select whether to deploy CMES into an existing vNet or create a new vNet. The default option is to create a new vNet as part of the initial deployment.

Enter the name of the VMSS Instances Application Security Group that will be used to protect the VMSS network traffic.

Enter the name of the Private Endpoint Application Security Group that will be used to protect private endpoint network traffic.

If deploying a new vNet or to an existing vNet which contains a subnet called AzureBastionSubnet, optionally select if you would like an instance of Azure Bastion to be deployed by checking the Azure Bastion box.

Enter the Load Balancer Name.

Enter the NAT Gateway Name.

Enter the Public IP Name for the NAT Gateway.

Enter the Private Link Service name for the private link service that will be used to connect to your private endpoint.

Choose whether to deploy the consumer private endpoint into an existing subnet to connect to CMES by checking the Deploy consumer private endpoint box.

Enter the Private Endpoint Name.

Select the Compute tab.

Enter a Virtual Machine Scale Set Name for the CMES appliance VMSS.

Enter the Virtual Machine Scale Set Instance Name Prefix.

Select the size* of the CMES appliance you wish to deploy. We recommend at least a D2V4 VM size.
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​*Please make sure you check the pricing information for the desired appliance size since CMES appliance pricing is tied to the number of CPU cores.

Enter the Admin User Name for the virtual machine.

Choose the Authentication type, either Password or SSH.

Enter the VM password or generate a new SSH Key pair and enter a key pair name.
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​NB: Please note any SSH Keys, as these are not retrievable later.

Enter a name for the Network Interface Card.

Select the VM Storage SKU.
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Select whether you wish VM Boot Diagnostics to be Enabled or Disabled.

Select the Key Vault tab.

Enter the Key Vault Name.

Enter the Key Vault Private Endpoint Name.

Select the Storage Tab.

Enter the App Storage Account Name.

Enter the Name of private endpoint for app Storage Account.

Enter the Storage Account Name for shared web hosting data.

Enter the Name of private endpoint for shared web hosting data Storage Account.

Select the Security tab.

Enter the User Assigned Managed Identity Name. This new User Assigned Managed Identity will be created during the CMES deployment.

Select the Database tab.

Enter the PostgreSQL Server Name you wish to use. PostgreSQL will be deployed as part of the CMES deployment process.

Enter the PostgreSQL Server Admin Username.

Enter the PostgreSQL Server Admin User Password.

Confirm the PostgreSQL Server Admin User Password.

Select the desired PostgreSQL Server Specification from the drop-down menu.

Select the Backup Retention Days you wish to use for PostgreSQL backups.

Select whether you wish to enable geo-replicated backups of your PostgreSQL database.

Select the maximum storage size for your PostgreSQL database from the drop-down.

Select the Review + Create tab and review the configuration.

When you're happy. Click Create to provision the CMES appliance.