Loblackhawk/UserGuide

Introduction

This is my user guide. There is a simple guide to help you through every step but please don't just use it to complete this course.

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User Guide Stages

Week 1 Virtual Network

How to create a Virtual Network

Step 1 First you will need to login in to Windows Azure, you will then see the portal interface. On the left hand side of the screen you will see this panel, you will need to select Networks from the options. Step 2 In the bottom left-hand column click the NEW button. From the menu selectNetwork Service Next select Virtual Networks Next click on Custom Create Step 3 The wizard will open, Enter a appropriate and logical name, select a location close to your actual location. In the bottom left hand corner of the window click the Next button. Step 4 On this next page you don't need to change anything. In the bottom left hand corner of the window click the Next button. Step 5 On the next page enter starting IP. Change the IP address CIDR to 24 Change the Subnet CIDR to 32 In the bottom left hand corner of the window click the Tick button.

Week 2 Domain Controller Virtual Machine

How to create a Virtual Network

Now that the virtual network is setup, the next step is setup a Virtual Machine for our domain controller. Step 1 On the left hand side of the Azure portal select from the options Virtual Machines Step 2 The next step is to click the New button in the left hand corner of the Azure Portal. Then select Virtual Machine, and click From Gallery Step 3 A new window will have opened to start the virtual machine creation wizard. This page list different operating system (OS) images that can be loaded on to the virtual machine depending on what you require the machine to do. The machine we are building is to be our Domain Controller (DC). Therefore select Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter as the OS image. Click the button in the bottom right hand of this window to go to the next page. Step 4 On this page you need to key in an appropriate and logical machine name. Select a machine appropriate to the machine requirements, as this machine is a DC a D2 machine will be adequate. Key in a username and password, this will be the local administrator user for this machine. Click the button in the bottom left of the window to go to the next page. Step 5 There are a lot of changes on this page. Key in the following (or appropriately similar) changes: Cloud Service select Create a new cloud service. Cloud Service DNS Name key in a appropriate name for your cloud service. Region/Affinity/Group/Virtual Network select the virtual network the you setup in the previous step. Leave Virtual Network Subnets as it is. Storage Account should be left as Use an automatically generated storage account Availability Set select Create an availability set Availability Set Name key in an appropriate name for you availability set. Click the button in the bottom left of the window to go to the next page. Step 6 For this machine no Extensions are required. Click the button in the bottom left of the window to go to the next page.

Week 3 Static IP

Assign a Static IP

Now that the Virtual Machine has been setup it is now time to assign a static IP. Step 1 In the Virtual Machine tab select the newly created machine and at the bottom of the screen there should be a black bar, Click the Connect button on this bar. Step 2 After clicking the Connect button, a file should now download to your downloads folder, this file should be named "YourMachineName.rdp". Double click this file. Step 3 Now a window should have appeared asking if you would like to connect to a Remote Desktop, Click the Connect button. Step 4 A new window should have appeared asking for login credentials, use your physical machines domain and key in the Username and Password you made when creating the machine. Click the OK button. Step 5 A security window may appear saying that the Remote Desktop's identity can not be verified. Click the Yes to carry on. Step 6 You should now be connected to the Virtual Machine. Machine information similar to this can be found in the top right hand corner to the desktop. Step 7 A splash screen for the Server Manager will appear. On the right hand side of the windows click the Local Server tab. Step 8 Now we are on the Local Server screen right click and disable Windows Firewall and the IE Enhanced Security Configuration, NOTE This is not recommended for the real world but for our purposes it will prevent future issues. Step 9 Open up the internet browser on your Virtual Machine and search Install Windows Azure Powershell Step 10 I recommend this link as it will be one of the top links and is easy to use. Step 11 On the webpage under the heading Installing Azure Powershell from WebPI Click the link Azure Powershell Step 12 A installation window will open Click the Install button Step 13 A prerequisites window will open Click the I Acceptbutton. Step 14 Once the installation is complete Click the Finish. Step 15 Now that the installation is complete, Click the windows button and select all programs Start up Windows Azure Powershell Step 16 Once the program has opened up, Key in the command Add-AzureAccount Step 17 A login window will appear Enter your Windows Azure Username and Password Step 18 A successful login will look similar to this. Step 19 Now that your Windows Azure has been added successful, Key in the following command: Get-AzureVM -ServiceName Cloud Service Name -Name Machine Name | Set-AzureStaticVNetIP -IPAddress Desired Static IP Address | Update-AzureVM Step 20 The Virtual machine will disconnect and this is okay. This mean that the static IP assignment was successful. Step 21 Log back into the virtual machine to ensure that the IP Address has changed. You can tell this by looking in the top right hand corner of the desktop.

Week 4 Active Directory Domain Services and Domain Name System

Installing AD DS and DNS

Step 1 Log onto the Domain Controller In the top right hand corner click on Manage and select Add Roles and Features Step 2 This first page is just overview information, you can read it if you wish. Click theNext Button to go to the next page. Step 3 Ensure that Role-based or feature-based installation is selected. Click the Next button Step 4 On this page ensure Select a server from the server pool is selected. From the pool select your domain controller. Step 5 From the list of roles select Active Directory Domain Services and DNS Server Click the Next button. Step 6 No features are required Click the Next button. Step 7 This page has information about Active Directory Domain Services Read this page to gain a better understanding of Active Directory Domain Services. Click the Next button. Step 8 This page has information about DNS Server Read this page to gain a better understanding of DNS Server. Click the Next button. Step 9 This page shows an overview of the selection and setup we are making. Look over this to ensure the correct selections have been made. Click the Install button. Step 10 Once the installation has been completed Click the Close button. Step 11 In the server manager window you will see a new notification Click the notification link Promote this server to a domain controller Step 12 A configuration window will have opened. On the first page ensure Add a new forest is selected. Key in an appropriate and logical Root domain name Click the next button. Step 13 Ensure the Forest functional level is set to Windows Server 2012 R2. Ensure Domain functional level is set to Windows Server 2012 R2. Key in a recovery password. (keeping this the same as the admin password isn't a bad idea). Click the Next button. Step 14 No DNS settings need to be selected on this page. Click the Next button. Step 15 The NetBIOS name will be automatically filled in. Click the Next button. Step 16 The Database folder, Log files folder and SYSVOL folder will be automatically filled in with default directories. Do not change these as you may end up losing files and folders if you do. Click the Next button. Step 17 This page shows you an overview of the settings selected during the setup, Look over this page to ensure the correct settings have been selected. Click the Next button. Step 18 The page completes a prerequisites test, if any prerequisites do not pass it will be shown here. If the prerequisites test is successful it will say this at the bottom of the results view. Click the Install button. Step 19 Once the install is complete the machine will shutdown. Log in to the Domain Controller, but this time log in using the Domain admin and log in to the domain that has just been created. Step 20 Now you will need to go to Networks in the windows azure portal. Select Itelvnet and click Configure. Step 21 Under the header dns servers Add your DC machine name and it's static IP. Step 22 Once the Domain Controller information has been added click the save button at the bottom of the window.

Week 5 Web Server Virtual Machine

Create a Virtual Machine

It is now time to create the second virtual machine. This machine will be our Web Server. Step 1 In the Windows Azure portal select Virtual Machine from the bar on the left hand side. Step 2 Once Virtual Machines has been select click the NEW button at the bottom of the bar. Now from the options that have just opened up select Virtual Machines and then click From Gallery Step 3 A new window will have opened up, From the list of Operating Systems select Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter In the bottom right hand corner of the window, click the Next button. Step 4 On this page you will give the machine a name, Remember this machine will be a Web Server Give the machine an appropriate name. Create a User Name - this will be the local admin user. Create a Password for the local admin In the bottom right hand corner of the window, click the Next button. Step 5 On this page you will select the Cloud Service the machine will be connected to. From the drop-down menu select the Cloud Service you created for the Domain Controller. This will connect you to the same Virtual Network your Domain Controller is on. Select the same Availability Set that you created when setting up your Domain Controller. In the bottom right hand corner of the window, click the Next button. Step 6 For this machine no Extensions are required. Step 7 Once the machine has been created log in to the machine to ensure you can remotely connect. Step 8 On the machine on look at the server manager click on the WORKGROUP link. On the new window click the <b.Change</b> button. A new window will have opened, down the bottom of the window it will say Member of Click the radio Domain button and enter your domain name with .com at the end of the name. Click the OK button. Step 9 If successful a notification window will open saying Welcome

Week 6 Internet Information Services

Installing IIS

Step 1 Log in to the newly created virtual machine. In the top right hand corner of Server Manager click Manage From the drop-down menu click Add Roles and Features Step 2 A new window will have opened. Ensure Select a server from the server pool is selected. At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 3 From the list of Roles select Web Server (IIS) At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 4 This page is information about the Web Server Role Read this to gain some understanding of what the role allows you to do. At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 5 From the list of Role Services select FTP Server and it's sub-roles. At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 6 This page shows an overview of your selection throughout the wizard. Read over this page to ensure you have selected the correct roles before installing them. At the bottom of the window click the Install button. Step 7 The installing with proceed. Once the installation is complete, At the bottom of the window click the Close button.

Week 7 Website

Create a Site

Create a Site in IIS Step 1 In the Server Manager on your Web Server, In the top right hand corner click Tools From the list of Tools select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager Step 2 A window will open this is where you will create your site. Step 3 On the right hand side of the window expand the folder structure until you can see inside the Sites folder. Inside the Sites, Right click and select Add Website. Step 4 A configuration window will have opened. In the Site Name field key in an appropriate and logical site name. Step 5 At the the end of the Physical path field there is a button with... Click the ... button to browse to this directory C:\inetpub\wwwroot Inside the wwwroot folder create a folder for your Site. Step 6 In the Host Name field key in the Site Name with .com on the end. At the bottom of the window click the OK button. Step 7 In the Sites folder you can see your newly created site. Create the HTML file. Step 1 Navigate to the directory you set as the physical path of your site. The path should look something like this: C:\inetpub\wwwroot Step 2 Open up notepad Key in Hello World Step 3 Save the file to the site directory Save the file as Index.html Step 4 You will see the file name at the top of the notepad window will have changed if the file saved correctly. Step 5 I suggest clearing out the other files from your site directory just to prevent issues further down the track. Create Site DNS Step 1 In top right hand corner of the Server Manager on our Web Server click Tools. From the list of tools select DNS Step 2 A window will have opened. On the right hand side of the window navigate so you can see inside the Forward Lookup Zones Once you have navigated to these location right click on the right hand side of the screen. from the options click New Zone Step 3 A Wizard will have opened At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 4 Ensure <Primay Zone</b> is selected. At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 5 Ensure that the option To all DNS servers running on domain controllers in this domain:<YOURDOMAINNAME> is selceted. At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 6 In the Zone Name field key in an appropriate name for the zone. Remember to add .comto the end of the name. At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 7 Select the option Allow both nonsecure and secure dynamic updates. At the bottom of the window click the Next button. Step 8 Look over the summary page. At the bottom of the window click the Finish button. Create Site Host in DNS Step 1 In side the newly created Zone Right click and from the options select New Host(A or AAAA) Step 2 A window will open. In the Name field, key in www Step 3 In the IP Address field key in the IP address of your Web Server. Ensure the Create associated pointer (PTR) record option is selected. At the bottom of the window, click the Add Host button. Step 4 In the Forward Lookup Zone you will be able to see your newly created Host it should be named www Viewing the Site Step 1 The final Step to this Course, Go to an internet browser on your Domain Controller machine. In the URL bar, key in the url of your site it should look something like this: http://www.sitename.com A simple website should open with the words Hello World Congratulations and Well Done your network is complete.