Overview

DryvIQ offers a DryvIQ Platform Trial offer in the Azure Marketplace. Customers who want to use DryvIQ in their Microsoft Azure tenant can install the offer as part of their proof of value to test the platform’s features and capabilities against their business use case(s). Most trials should only take four weeks but can run longer if needed. Contact marketplace@dryviq.com to obtain the license key required to deploy the offer (if a license has not been previously provided).

Infrastructure

The DryvIQ Platform Trial offer requires the following infrastructure:

• Azure Managed Application

• Single-node Linux virtual machines

• Small network with Network Security Groups in place

Deployment

The DryvIQ Trial offering is available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. The only configuration information required from DryvIQ is a DryvIQ license. Ensure you have the license key before you begin the deployment process. Then, use the following information to access and install the offer. Please note that you must sign in to your Microsoft account to access the offer.

1. Navigate to the Azure Marketplace and search for DryvIQ.

2. Click Get it now on the DryvIQ Intelligent Data Management option.
   
   

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3. You are navigated to your Azure Portal to complete the setup. Click Continue to begin.
   
   

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4. You need to select the Azure subscription you want to use. Then, verify DryvIQ Platform Trial displays as the plan and click Create.
   
   

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5. You will be presented with the Azure portal blades. These blades configure the infrastructure and application variables passed to the template for completion. DryvIQ needs to provide only the DryvIQ license as a configuration option. If you do not have a DryvIQ license key, contact marketplace@dryviq.com. Work through the blades from left to right and configure the information.

Basics Blade

Select your subscription preference, resource group, and region on this blade. You must also define a name for the Azure Managed Application and the Managed Resource Group that Azure will create. Once you have provided the required information, click Next to continue.

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General Settings Blade

The managed application's default project name is “dryviq,” but you can edit it if you prefer a different name. The project name ensures that all resources created are generated using this name tag.

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Authentication Settings Blade

This blade provides the option to deploy the Linux virtual machine with either a specified password or a private/public key offering (which you can provide or which can be generated by Azure). This authentication follows the same basic principles as deploying a standalone virtual machine in Azure.

Password

Passwords require an admin username (which defaults to “dryviquser”) and a secure password.

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SSH Key

When using SSH public key authentication, the SSH key can be generated by Azure, reused from your existing pool in Azure, or added directly into the blade prompt.

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DryvIQ Settings Blade

This blade contains the DryvIQ version and license. The version fields default to the latest DryvIQ release version, so you should leave these values. Enter the DryvIQ license key you received from DryvIQ in both the License Key and Confirm License Key fields. Contact marketplace@dryviq.com to obtain the license key if one has not been previously provided.

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Database Settings Blade

This blade is used to set the system passwords. All passwords are internal to the DryvIQ Platform and are not consumed by Azure. The passwords must be at least 12 characters in length to ensure increased security.

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Deployment Settings

The number of tenants must be left at 1.

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Virtual Machine Configuration Blade

By default, the offer requests a Standard D8ads v5 machine type, which provides sufficient performance for a basic trial task. However, DryvIQ supports multiple instance types, allowing the hardware to scale vertically during deployment if needed. 

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If you enabled the Install Monitoring Stack option on the Deployment Settings tab, you MUST use a 16-core virtual machine. Click Change size and select one of the 16 vCPUs options.

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Review + Create

Once you have completed the previous blades, you can proceed with the deployment process on the Review + Create blade. Validation runs are performed to ensure that you have provided the required information. If validation fails, review the information on the flagged tab(s) before attempting again.

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Successful Validation

Once validation is complete, click Create. This process will complete the following actions:

• Launch a new managed application in the selected Resource Group

• Create a new Resource Group as defined on the Basics blade

• Deploy Networking and VM infrastructure

• Install Kubernetes on the VM

• Install the DryvIQ Platform per the configuration settings in the workflow.

Log in to the DryvIQ Platform

1. In the Azure Portal, open the managed resource group created by the deployment named mrg-dryviq-cloud-all-platform-app-of-<datetimestamp>.

2. Inside this managed resource group, locate the Public IP resource created by the DryvIQ managed application. The resource name will end with -ip (for example, dryviq-ip or <your-deploymentName>-ip).

3. Copy the Public IP address.

4. In your browser, navigate to: <https://<PUBLIC-IP>> (Replace <PUBLIC-IP> with the IP address you copied.)

5. On the login page, sign in using tenant1@dryviq.io as the username and the DryvIQ Users Password configured during deployment on the Database Settings blade..

Next Steps

You are now ready to begin your trial. To help you get started with the DryvIQ Platform, we’ve provided links to the relevant documentation in the knowledge base for key activities that should be part of your trial. You can also visit the DryvIQ Platform knowledge base to learn more about all the features available on the platform.

1. Create connections: You must create at least one connection. However, you may need more connections depending on your trial test cases. The information required to create each connection depends on the platform. Refer to the connector documentation for your platforms to ensure you have the required information.

2. Create Content Scans: Content scans enable you to analyze your content, allowing you to make informed decisions based on your business requirements. You control the scan data source, what the scan identifies, how you want the scan to run, and which actions you want to take against the content.

3. Review the scan results: DryvIQ provides multiple ways to view the findings. You can view the full scan results and filter and sort the content as needed, or use the prebuilt insights to review dashboards for File Inventory, Document Categories, Sharing & Access Control, and Stale Data. If you want something more specific, you can build custom insights dashboards to ensure the information you need is always readily available.

The links above represent only a portion of the information available in our knowledge base; please explore further. If you cannot find answers to your questions, we recommend contacting your DryvIQ Trial contact.