Setting up SystemLink on Azure

[~jiggawax~]

Are there instructions on how to set up systemlink on Microsoft Azure?  Like what azure services do I need to purchase?  Do I set it up the typical way that I would on a local server once I create a VM?  How do I license it? Etc...

Any documentation or help would be greatly appreciated. 

Regards,

[andre.buurman@carya]

Hi,

I only experimented with SystemLink on AWS.

For this I setup an AD (cheapest one up to 500 users).

I used the predefined instance for SystemLink offered in the Marketplace, but in hindsight I could've just as easily used selected a custom system.

The rest is installing SystemLink to the VM, setup DNS and configure firewall rules. (The same as would be needed for an on-premise solution)

You might want to make use of the newest feature to move the database to a separate location (additional virtual disk), so data can be managed separate from the installation disk.

https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/National-Instruments-Corporation-SystemLink/B073PFF3LN

EDIT: Just noticed it can't be bought anymore.

Hope it helps a bit.  

[~jiggawax~]

Thanks for the response Andre.

Yeah I noticed that it couldn't be bought anymore which makes me wonder if it is still supported on AWS and/or Azure.  I prefer to go with Azure because that's what my customer already uses for most of their platforms.   

Looks like I got some trial and error ahead of me... 😉

[ian.yeager]

jigg,

We'll be undertaking this same task in the next 4-6 months. I may ping you later to see how you're coming along with this.

[~jiggawax~]

I got it set up.  The only thing I couldn't do yet was get a client to connect and log data.  I think that's a port issue but I haven't had time to dig into it too much.  I was able to log into the portal remotely which was nice. 

A couple tips:

-Make sure you get a VM with enough memory.  They say 8G but you'll need more.  SystemLink kept crashing with an out of memory error and I had a VM with 8G. 

-Azure VMs don't allow chrome and they don't have edge installed.  You are stuck with IE which SystemLink doesn't support.  I did finally get firefox on there and that seemed to work the best.

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers,

[JoshuaP]

Make sure you open the following ports in the Azure firewall.  Note opening the ports on the Windows OS side isn't sufficient when hosted in Azure or AWS.

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000kKHnSAM&l=en-US

[back2rock]

Did you get this figured out Jiggawax? Very interested in having this hosted in an ITAR cloud service.