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Note

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

  • Read product catalog

  • Read Network IP

  • Read Network NAT

  • Read Entity Metadata

  • Read Log Management Plan Selection

  • Write Orders

  • Read Orders

  • Read Notification(s)


Note

The Virtual Machine screen also displays:

  • Load Balancer

  • Backup & Recovery Server

  • Persistent Data Encryption Manager

  • Advanced WAF


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Operating system

  • Windows

Version

  • 2016 Standard

  • 2019 Standard

  • 2022 Standard

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The Virtual Machines screen provides a high-level view of all of your virtual machines.

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Column

Description

Name

This column displays the name of the virtual machine.

Primary IP

This column displays the primary IP address associated with the instance.

Type

This column display the type of instance.

More common types are VM and Log Relay.

Date Created

This column displays the date the virtual machine was created in AMP.

State

The security status of the instance, in relation to the installed agent. There are three states:

  • Unprotected indicates the agent is not installed in the instance.

    • Instances without an agent will be labeled as Unprotected. All instances from the public cloud account will be displayed.

  • Needs Attention indicates that the agent is installed, but has not properly communicated (heartbeated) with Armor.

  • OK indicates that the agent is installed and has communicated (hearbeated) with Armor.

Power

This column displays the power status of the virtual machine:

  • A green icon indicates that the virtual machine is powered on.

  • A red icon indicates that the virtual machine is powered off.

  • An orange icon indicates that the virtual machine is in a different (inconsistent) power state than the other virtual machines in the same vApp.

  • An infinite loop icon indicates that the virtual machine is pending installation.

Tags

This column displays any tags that have been added to the virtual machine on the Tags + Notes screen.

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  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click Virtual Machines.

  3. Locate and select the desired instance.

Overview

This section displays detailed information for the virtual machine.

Field

Description

Type

This entry displays the type of instance, specific to the offerings offered by your public cloud provider, such as EC2 instance for AWS.

  • More common types are VM and Log Relay.

Provider

This entry displays Armor's private cloud, the provider for the instance.

Instance ID

This entry displays the ID associated with the virtual machine.

Instance State

This entry displays the security status of the virtual machine.

Region

This entry displays the data center that hosts the virtual machine.

Availability Zone

This entry displays the available zone within the specified region.

Workload

This entry displays the workload associated with the virtual machine.

Storage

This entry displays the disk storage amount.

Original OS Version

This entry displays the original operating system for the virtual machine.

Current OS Version

This entry displays the current operating system for the instance or virtual machine.

Public IPS

This entry displays the public IP address(es) associated with the virtual machine.

Primary Private IP

This entry displays the private IP address associated with the virtual machine.


Sub-Agent Health Table

This section displays the sub-agent health related to your Armor-protected virtual machines.

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Review Sub-Agent Health Details for a Virtual Machine

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For each of your virtual machines, you can view sub-agent health details. You can use this information to troubleshoot agents that may be in a bad state.

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click Virtual Machines.

  3. Locate and select the desired instance.

  4. Locate and hover over the sub-agent that you want to view.

  5. Click the name of the desired sub-agent. Or, click the vertical ellipses, then click View Details.

  6. On the left-side of the screen, select the sub-agent that you want to view.

    1. The information that displays on the right-side of the screen will change based on the sub-agent that is selected.

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SECTION

DESCRIPTION

Trend to Armor Sync

Trend

  • Host ID

  • Status

  • Last Communication

Armor

  • Host ID

  • Status

  • Last Communication

Steps to Remediate

Connectivity

This section displays the script(s) to check connectivity, along with steps to remediate.

Errors

This section displays any known errors, along with steps to remediate.


Vulnerability Scanning

Review specific information and troubleshooting steps for the Vulnerability Scanning service.

SECTION

DESCRIPTION

Registered

This section displays the following information for the Armor agent that is registered:

  • Agent ID

  • Asset ID

  • Status

  • Steps to Remediate

Scan Import

This section displays the following scan import information for the Armor agent:

  • Report Date

  • Expected Window

  • Status

  • Steps to Remediate

Connectivity

This section displays the script(s) to check connectivity, along with steps to remediate.

Last Scan Time

This section displays the following information regarding the most recent scan:

  • Scan Time

  • Expected Window

  • Status

  • Steps to Remediate

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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.



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Note

If you create a virtual machine with an existing workload, then your Location and Virtual Data Center will be automatically selected.

  1. In the Armor Management Portal, in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click Virtual Machines.

  3. Hover over the plus ( + ) icon, and then click the virtual machine icon.

  4. Locate and select the desired operating system and operating system version.

  5. 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 More 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.

  6. In Name, enter a descriptive name for your virtual machine.

  7. In Workload, select an existing workload.

  8. In In Workload Tier, select an existing tier.

    • To create and use a new tier, select New Tier, and then in New Tier Name, enter a descriptive name.

  9. Under Access Credentials, note your username to access the virtual machine.

  10. 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.

  11. (Optional) For additional storage, under Storage Substrate and Disk Size, select your desired storage, and then click Add Disk.

  12. On the right-side menu, review the pricing information, and then click Purchase.

    • When you order a virtual machine, you are also ordering Intelligence Security Model (ISM ) for the virtual machine. Based on the number of virtual machines that you order, the price of ISM may change.

  13. 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.

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.


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  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click Virtual Machines.

  3. Locate and select the desired virtual machine.

  4. Click Tags + Notes.

    1. In the Tags section, enter the desired tag, then click the ( + ) symbol to add.

      1. Multiple tags may be added.

    2. In the Notes section, enter the desired note.

  5. Click Save Changes.


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Remove Tags and Notes from a Virtual Machine

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  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click Virtual Machines.

  3. Locate and select the desired virtual machine.

  4. Click Tags + Notes.

    1. In the Tags section, click the "X" next to the tag that you want to remove.

    2. In the Notes section, delete or edit the note.

  5. Click Save Changes.


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  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), on the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click Virtual Machines.

  3. Hover over the plus ( + ) icon, and then click the Virtual Machine Settings icon.

  4. In the window on the right-hand side of the screen, enable the Auto Remove VM's Option.

    1. Use the Remove VM's After drop-down menu options allows users to automatically remove Virtual Machines from AMP after a machine shows offline for a predetermined time frame.

    2. Select your desired time frame.

  5. Click Save.

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