Installation Process for Private Cloud Environment (Azure)

Step-by-step process to launch Gathr on Azure cloud platform, starting with instance launch.

Gathr Production System Specifications

To allow user select a particular configuration in a private cloud. The hardware requirement is as follows:-

Base Platform - 250 users/node, 5% concurrency

Cores	RAM	HDD
8 cores hyper-threaded (16 threads)	64GB	Enterprise grade SSD for Gathr installation – Total 1TB in Raid 5 configuration

Base Platform with AI/ML/Python support - 250 users/node, 5% concurrency

Cores	RAM	HDD
16 cores hyper-threaded (32 threads)	128GB	Enterprise grade SSD for Gathr installation – Total 1.6TB in Raid 5 configuration

Enter virtual machines in the search.
Under Services, select Virtual machines.
In the Virtual machines page, select Create and then Virtual machine. The Create a virtual machine page opens.
In the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the correct subscription is selected and then choose to Create new resource group. Enter myResourceGroup for the name.
Under Instance details, enter myVM for the Virtual machine name, size availability and pricing are dependent on your region and subscription.

Instance type	RAM	CPU	Disk	OS
D16s_v5	64.0 GiB16 vCPUs	Premium SSD 1 TB	1. Linux OEL 7.6	2. RHEL 7.93. Windows
D32s_v5	128.0 GiB32 vCPUs	Premium SSD 1.6 TB

RHEL 7.9 is available in Microsoft Azure marketplace.

D
16
S
v5
Standard general-purpose compute
16 vCPU
Supports premium SSD disk (production and performance workload)
Generation (latest generation 5)

In availability options: No infrastructure redundancy is required.

Under Administrator account, select SSH key (Linux) / provide a username, such as azureuser and a password (Windows). The password must be at least 12 characters long and meet the defined complexity requirements.
A virtual machine (VM) instance requires a fixed external IP address that does not change, you can obtain a Static IP address.
- In the Networking tab, for Public IP click “Create new”.
- Under assign, select Static.
- Click OK.
Under Inbound port rules > Public inbound ports, choose Allow selected ports

Gathr Service
Hosting PortKlera UI Service18080Klera Content Viewer18089Account Management48444File Hosting Server48446SSH / RDP
22 / 3389
SMTP / Custom TCP
465 / 587

Leave the remaining defaults and then select the Review + create button at the bottom of the page.
On the Create a virtual machine page, you can see the details about the VM you are about to create. When you are ready, select Create.
When the deployment is finished, select Go to resource.

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