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title: RELIANOID Community v7 Deployment Guide in Azure
description: "**This guide explains how to deploy an instance of the RELIANOID Community Edition Load Balancer on the Azure Cloud Platform using a Free License.** **Why deploy RELIANOID on Azure?** RELIANOID is a powerful and feature-rich load balancer that supports advanced…"
url: "https://www.relianoid.com/resources/knowledge-base/community-edition-v7-administration-guide/relianoid-community-v7-deployment-guide-in-azure/"
updated: "2025-07-30"
category: Community Edition / Administration Guide v7
---

# RELIANOID Community v7 Deployment Guide in Azure

**This guide explains how to deploy an instance of the RELIANOID Community Edition Load Balancer on the Azure Cloud Platform using a Free License.**

**Why deploy RELIANOID on Azure?**
 RELIANOID is a powerful and feature-rich load balancer that supports advanced networking capabilities, including Layer 7 proxying, SSL offloading, content switching, VPN, stateless clustering for high availability, real-time notifications, and more. It brings a robust **Site Reliability Experience** to your cloud infrastructure.

## Create a RELIANOID Community Load Balancer Instance on Azure

**1. Log in to your Azure Portal.**
 Open **portal.azure.com** and log in with your Azure account credentials.

**2. Go to “Virtual Machines” and click “Create”**
 In the left sidebar of the Azure Portal, click on **Virtual Machines**, then click the **+ Create** button at the top left or mid then **virtual machine**.

![relianoid ce v7 create virtual machine azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_create_virtual_machine_azure.jpg)

**3. Basics tab – Fill in required fields**

- **Subscription**: Your active Azure subscription
- **Resource Group**: Select existing or create a new one
- **Virtual machine name**: e.g., `relianoid-ee-vm`
- **Region**: Choose a region close to your users
- **Security type**: Choose Standard

![relianoid ce v7 create instance azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_create_instance_azure.jpg)

- **Image**: under the Image dropdown, click **See all images** or **Browse all public and private images**. In the popup, search for **RELIANOID** and select RELIANOID ADC Community Edition from the Marketplace results.

![relianoid ce v7 select instance image azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_instance_select_image_azure.jpg)

![relianoid ce v7 select image from azure marketplace](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_select_relianoid_image_azure_marketplace.jpg)

- **Size**: Choose **Standard B2s** or higher (min. 2 vCPUs recommended)

![relianoid ce v7 instance size azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_select_instance_size.jpg)

- **Authentication type**: SSH public key
- **Username**: `azureuser`
- **SSH Public Key**: Create key or use your Existing key `.pem` file public key here

![relianoid ce v7 instance ssh key azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_instance_ssh_key_azure.jpg)

**4. Disks – Configure storage**
 Choose **Standard SSD** or **Premium SSD**, minimum 8 GB.

![relianoid ce v7 instance disk azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_instance_disk_azure.jpg)

**5. Networking – Set network and firewall settings**
 Select or create a **Virtual Network** and **Subnet**.

![relianoid ce v7 instance network azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_instance_network_azure.jpg)

Click **Review + create** and see if validation is passed then click **Create**.

![relianoid ce v7 create azure instance](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_select_instance_create_azure.jpg)

**6. Download the key and create resources**

![relianoid ce v7 generate key pair azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_generate_key_pair_azure.jpg)

**7. Wait deployment**.
 After that you will be redirected to **Deployment is in progress**.

![relianoid ce v7 deployment in progress azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_deployment_in_progress_azure.jpg)

Wait for the deployment to be completed.

![relianoid ce v7 deployment completed azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_deployment_completed_azure.jpg)

**8. Connect to your Azure VM**
 Now under the virtual machine tab you can see that you have created RELIANOID CE vm successfully. Make sure its in running state.

![relianoid ce v7 vm listing azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_vm_listing_azure.jpg)

Under VM you can see your public ip address and connect option at the top. You’ll use this for accessing the system via SSH and web browser.

![relianoid ce v7 connect vm azure](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_vm_connect_azure.jpg)

## Initial Setup of RELIANOID Community Load Balancer on Azure

**9. Connect via SSH**
 SSH into the instance using the **azureuser** user:

`ssh -i your-key.pem azureuser@<Public_IP>`

Then switch to the root user and change the **root** password:

`sudo su -
passwd`

It would appear to re-type the password to avoid any mistake.

**10. Access the Web GUI**
 In your web browser, go to:

`https://<Public_IP_or_DNS>:444`

You may see a warning that the connection is not private. Click **Advanced** and **Proceed** to continue.

![relianoid load balancer azure web interface access](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11-access-web_aws_relianoid.webp)

**11. Log in to the web interface**
 At the login page, use:

`Username: root
Password: the one you set in the previous step`

![relianoid ce v7 login web ui cloud](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_web_ui_login_aws.jpg)

**12. Explore the Dashboard**
 Upon successful login, the main RELIANOID Dashboard will appear, where you can begin configuring your load balancer.

![relianoid community v7 web ui dashboard cloud](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/relianoid_ce_v7_web_ui_dashboard_aws-1024x456.jpg)

## Upgrade RELIANOID Community to Enterprise

Finally, please follow this guide to upgrade the Community Edition to Enterprise to get advanced features of your load balancer in cloud: [Upgrade from Community to Enterprise](https://www.relianoid.com/upgrade-from-community-to-enterprise/).

**Enjoy the load balancing experience with RELIANOID Community Load Balancer in the Cloud!**

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