Before you run the deployment script it helps to have gathered all the parameters needed from Azure into the Parameters.txt file that is provided with the product package
Setup parameters
First are the general parameters that you can get from the Azure portal:
- Azure Subscription – from Azure subscription overview page
- Azure Tenant ID – from Azure subscription overview page
- Azure Resource group – the resource group that was created before
- Azure Login – Azure user login
- Azure Password – Azure user password
Then are the parameter that you need to get from LS Central – please note that these are the actual names of the companies from the companies table not display names.
- List of LS Central companies that you want to include in Analytics setup.
Third we need to create the Azure resource names. If you want to create a new server you can list the values you want to use or if you are using an existing Azure SQL server
- Azure Server Name – name of new server (lowercase only)
- Azure Server Login – Login for admin user e.g. AnalyticsAdmin
- Azure Server Password – Password for admin user
- Make sure that the username is not contained in the password and that your passwords complies to the rules: Length between 8 and 128 chars, cannot startwith '@' or include a single quote mark (') and must have at least one of each of the following: upper case, lowercase, number and special character.
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Azure DataBase Name - A descriptive name for the database if you want to reuse for data factory you need to make sure it is unique
- Cannot use <>*%&:\/? and cannot end with a period. Is 1-63 characters in length.
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Azure DataFactory Name – usually the same as database name but needs to be globally unique
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Use Alphanumerics and hyphens. Must start and end with an alphanumeric. Length is 3-63 characters.
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Azure Storage account – name for the new Azure storage account where data will be exported to.
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Please provide a name for the new Azure Storage Account resource. Use only lowercase letters and digits. Length is 3-24 characters.
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Remember to save the file when you have added these parameters. There are a few more in the file that you will fill in later in the process.
Below you can see an example of a populated Parameters.txt file
When all parameters have been gathered or created you can move on to the installation.