The process outlined in this article provides the basic configuration required before creating your virtual machines to run your simulations on Azure. The process shown has been updated for using Lumerical with the Ansys License Manager.
Create your proximity placement group
- On your Azure portal,
- Go to the "Proximity placement group" service.
- Click +Add and add your "proximity group".
- Fill in the required information.
- Take note of the "Resource group" and "Region".
- Click on "Review +create" to deploy.
See: Azure's proximity placement group documentation for details.
Create your network security group
- On your Azure portal,
- Go to the "Network security group" service.
- Click +Add to add your "security group".
- Fill in the required information.
- Ensure that you are using the same "Resource group" and "Region" for your other resources.
- Click on "Review +create" to deploy.
- Once this security group is created, select this group and add following to your Inbound security rules:
Name Port Portocol Source Destination Action
SSH 22 Any #.#.#.#(YOUR IP) VirtualNetwork Allow
RDP 3389 Any #.#.#.#(YOUR IP) VirtualNetwork Allow
AnsysLM 1055 Any VirtualNetwork VirtualNetwork Allow
Daemon 1056 Any VirtualNetwork VirtualNetwork Allow