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Tutorial - Access your private cloud
Learn how to access an Azure VMware Solution private cloud
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03/13/2021

Tutorial: Access an Azure VMware Solution private cloud

Azure VMware Solution doesn't allow you to manage your private cloud with your on-premises vCenter. You'll need to connect to the Azure VMware Solution vCenter instance through a jump box.

In this tutorial, you'll create a jump box in the resource group you created in the previous tutorial and sign into the Azure VMware Solution vCenter. This jump box is a Windows virtual machine (VM) on the same virtual network you created. It provides access to both vCenter and the NSX Manager.

In this tutorial, you learn how to:

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  • Create a Windows virtual machine for access to the Azure VMware Solution vCenter
  • Sign into vCenter from this virtual machine

Create a new Windows virtual machine

  1. In the resource group, select + Add then search and select Microsoft Windows 10, and then select Create.

    :::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-access-private-cloud/ss8-azure-w10vm-create.png" alt-text="Screenshot of how to add a new Windows 10 VM for a jump box." border="true":::

  2. Enter the required information in the fields, and then select Review + create.

    For more information on the fields, see the following table.

    Field Value
    Subscription Value is pre-populated with the Subscription belonging to the Resource Group.
    Resource group Value is pre-populated for the current Resource Group, which you created in the preceding tutorial.
    Virtual machine name Enter a unique name for the VM.
    Region Select the geographical location of the VM.
    Availability options Leave the default value selected.
    Image Select the VM image.
    Size Leave the default size value.
    Authentication type Select Password.
    Username Enter the user name for logging on to the VM.
    Password Enter the password for logging on to the VM.
    Confirm password Enter the password for logging on to the VM.
    Public inbound ports Select None. If you select None, you can use JIT access to control access to the VM only when you want to access it. Alternatively, you can use an Azure Bastion if you want to access the jump box server securely from the internet without exposing any network port.

  3. Once validation passes, select Create to start the virtual machine creation process.

Connect to the local vCenter of your private cloud

  1. From the jump box, sign in to vSphere Client with VMware vCenter SSO using a cloud admin username and verify that the user interface displays successfully.

  2. In the Azure portal, select your private cloud, and then Manage > Identity.

    The URLs and user credentials for private cloud vCenter and NSX-T Manager display.

    :::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-access-private-cloud/ss4-display-identity.png" alt-text="Display private cloud vCenter and NSX Manager URLs and credentials." border="true" lightbox="media/tutorial-access-private-cloud/ss4-display-identity.png":::

  3. Navigate to the VM you created in the preceding step and connect to the virtual machine.

    If you need help with connecting to the VM, see connect to a virtual machine for details.

  4. In the Windows VM, open a browser and navigate to the vCenter and NSX-T Manger URLs in two tabs.

  5. In the vCenter tab, enter the [email protected] user credentials from the previous step.

    :::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-access-private-cloud/ss5-vcenter-login.png" alt-text="Sign in to private cloud vCenter." border="true":::

    :::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-access-private-cloud/ss6-vsphere-client-home.png" alt-text="vCenter portal." border="true":::

  6. In the second tab of the browser, sign in to NSX-T manager.

    :::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-access-private-cloud/ss10-nsx-manager-home.png" alt-text="In the second tab of the browser, sign in to NSX-T manager." border="true":::

Next steps

In this tutorial you learned how to:

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  • Create a Windows virtual machine to use to connect to vCenter
  • Login to vCenter from your virtual machine

Continue to the next tutorial to learn how to create a virtual network to set up local management for your private cloud clusters.

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Create a Virtual Network