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Module 08: Post-Deployment Configurations

Level: L300 | Duration: 5 hours | Prerequisites: Module 07 | Hands-on: Lab

Module Status

Framework module — content in development.

Once the cluster-deployment workflow completes (Module 07), a distinct set of operator tasks must be done before the cluster is ready for workloads. This module mirrors Phase 06: Post-Deployment Cluster Configuration in the azurelocal.cloud implementation guide.

Learning Objectives

  • Deploy the Software Defined Networking infrastructure (Network Controller, Software Load Balancer, RAS Gateway)
  • Configure cluster quorum (Cloud Witness, File Share Witness, or Disk Witness)
  • Apply security groups to cluster nodes for RBAC and administrative access
  • Enable SSH connectivity to cluster nodes for remote administration
  • Review the S2D pool and create CSV volumes for VM storage
  • Create storage paths in Azure mapped to CSV volumes
  • Download and stage VM images (Azure Marketplace and custom) to storage paths
  • Configure Network Security Groups
  • Create logical networks for workload VLANs (with VLAN IDs, IP pools, properties)
  • Run post-deployment verification across all tasks

Topics — mirrors implementation Phase 06 tasks

  1. Task 01 — Deploy SDN — Network Controller, Software Load Balancer, RAS Gateway
  2. Task 02 — Cluster Quorum Configuration — Cloud Witness / File Share Witness / Disk Witness
  3. Task 03 — Security Groups Applied to Nodes — RBAC, administrative access control
  4. Task 04 — SSH Connectivity to Nodes — remote administration and troubleshooting
  5. Task 05 — Storage Configuration
    • Review S2D pool (capacity, resiliency, health)
    • Create CSV volumes for VM storage (naming, resiliency, provisioning type)
    • Create storage paths in Azure mapped to the CSV volumes
  6. Task 06 — Image Downloads — Azure Marketplace images and custom images, staged to storage paths
  7. Task 07 — Configure Network Security Groups
  8. Task 08 — Logical Network Creation — workload VLANs, VLAN IDs, IP pools, network properties
  9. Task 09 — Post-Deployment Verification — validate everything across all the above tasks

Hands-on

Lab: Take a freshly deployed cluster (output of Module 07) and bring it to workload-ready state. Apply security groups, configure quorum, create CSV volumes and storage paths, download a Marketplace image, create a tenant logical network with an IP pool, verify.

IaC: Bicep + PowerShell in labs/iac/08-post-deployment-configurations/ (planned).

What this module does NOT cover

  • Cluster deployment itself — Module 07
  • Day-to-day management — Module 09
  • Operational foundations (monitoring, backup/DR, security/governance, licensing/telemetry, ongoing SDN ops) — those map to the Operations track (Modules 10–14) and to Phase 05: Operational Foundations in the implementation guide
  • Workload deployment (VMs, AKS, AVD, IoT, Foundry Local) — the Workloads track (Modules 15–18)