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Active Roles 7.5 - Active Roles on Azure and AWS User Guide

Creating Azure virtual machine

  1. Log on to the Azure portal with appropriate credentials.

  2. On the search bar, enter Marketplace.

  3. In Marketplace, search for the One Identity Active Roles offer.

  4. Select the required Active Roles component configuration image.

    • Service Only

    • Web Only

    • Service + Web

  5. Create an Azure virtual machine by providing appropriate inputs.

    For Active Roles Service only or Web only Components, the recommended configuration F4s series or any other equivalent configuration.

  1. After the virtual machine is created and running, join the virtual machine into your already configured domain as mentioned in the prerequisites topic. For more information on joining a virtual machine to a domain, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-fs/deployment/join-a-computer-to-a-domain.

    NOTE: You can also use Azure artifact to join virtual machine to a domain.

  2. Refer the Active Roles Administration Guide and the Active Role Quick Start Guide to proceed further with the configuration steps, as the process is similar to that of the on-premises environment.

Creating EC2 instance on AWS cloud platform

CAUTION: Currently, AWS EC2 instances that are preinstalled with Active Roles are not available on AWS Marketplace. However, with the AWS subscription you can create virtual machines or EC2 instances, install Active Roles, and configure them using the prerequisites and the procedure provided in the document.

  1. Log on to the AWS Console with appropriate credentials.

  2. On the search bar, enter AWS Marketplace and click Discover Products..

  3. Search for the One Identity Active Roles offer.

  4. Select the required Active Roles component configuration image.

    • Service Only

    • Web Only

    • Service + Web

  5. Launch an AWS EC2 instance with required configuration.

  6. For Active Roles Service only, Web only, or Service + Web Components, the minimum recommended configuration is General purpose t2.xlarge – 4vCPUs, 16 GB RAM with Moderate Network Performance or any other equivalent configuration.

  1. After the virtual machine is created and running, join the virtual machine into your already configured domain as mentioned in the prerequisites topic. For more information on joining a virtual machine to a domain, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/join_windows_instance.html.

  2. Refer the Active Roles Administration Guide and the Active Role Quick Start Guide to proceed further with the configuration steps, as the process is similar to that of the on-premises environment.

Supported environment configurations

Active Roles support the following environment configurations.

  • Cloud only- All required resources for Active Roles to function exist on the same cloud platform.

  • Cross-cloud- Some of the resources for Active Roles to function can be on another cloud platform. For example, AWS with Azure.

    NOTE: Currently, Active Roles support AWS with Azure or Azure with AWS cloud platforms.

  • Hybrid on-premises- Some of the resources for Active Roles to function can be on cloud and on the on-premises environment.

CAUTION:

  • One Identity does not support or assist in configuring or troubleshooting network connectivity or performance issues related to network.
  • Currently, AWS EC2 instances that are preinstalled with Active Roles are not available on AWS Marketplace. However, with the AWS subscription you can create virtual machines or EC2 instances, install Active Roles, and configure them using the prerequisites and the procedure provided in the document.

Cloud-only setup

In the cloud-only setup, all the resources required for Active Roles must be on same cloud platform.

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