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To fully use this screen, you must have the following permissions assigned to your account:

  • Read Workload(s)
  • Write Workload
  • Read Virtual Machine Stats
  • Read Virtual Machine(s)
  • Write Virtual Machine
  • Scale Virtual Machine
  • Read Location(s)
  • Read Virtual Data Centers
  • Read Tasks
  • Write Tasks
  • Read Storage


Workloads and Tiers are visual tools used in the Armor Management Portal (AMP) to help you organize your virtual machines and corresponding resources. Workload refers to a container of virtual machines that live inside the Armor data center. Tiers are levels within workloads.

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Create a workload with a new virtual machine
Create a workload with a new virtual machine
Create a workload with a new virtual machine

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Note

After you create a virtual machine, Armor recommends that you:

  1. Create a firewall rule
    • By default, outbound and inbound traffic are blocked from virtual machines. To allow traffic, you must create a firewall rule. To learn more, see Firewall Rules.
  2. Download the SSL/VPN client.
    • To access the virtual machine, you must download the SSL/VPN client. To learn more, see SSL VPN - decomission.


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Change the name of a workload
Change the name of a workload
Change the Name of a Workload

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  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.
  2. Click Workloads.
  3. Locate and select the desired workload.
  4. Locate the desired tier, and then click the corresponding vertical ellipses.
  5. Click Add Virtual Machine.
  6. Locate and select the desired operating system and operating system version
    • Ubuntu 1620.04
    • Ubuntu 1822.04
    • Ubuntu 20.04
    • Red Hat 67
    • Red Hat 7CentOS 69
    • CentOS 7
    • Windows Server 20122016
    • Windows Server 2012 R22019
    • Windows Server 20162022
  7. On the right side, use the Region drop-down menu to select the data center to host your virtual machine.
  8. Select the desired virtual machine based on your CPU and memory needs (GB).
    • You can click High CPU or High Memory to filter the list of virtual machines. You can also click Show All Options to see every virtual machine offering.
    • Armor labels virtual machines by CPU and memory features. For instance, 2x4 indicates that the virtual machine has 2 CPU and 4 GB of memory.
  9. In Name, enter a descriptive name for your virtual machine.
  10. Verify the listed Workload, Workload Tier, and Location.
  11. Under Access Credentials, note your username to access the virtual machine.
  12. In Password, enter a secure password to use to access the virtual machine.
    • Your password must contain:
      • An upper-case letter
      • A lower-case letter
      • A number
      • A special character: ! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) { } [ ]
    • You can also click Generate Password to allow Armor to create a password.
  13. (Optional) For additional storage, under Storage Substrate and Disk Size, select your desired storage, and then click AddDisk.
  14. On the right-side menu, review the pricing information, and then click Purchase.
  15. To view the status of your newly created virtual machine, in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure, click Virtual Machines, and then search for your newly created virtual machine.

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