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Module 02: Deployment

Level: L200 | Duration: 4 hours | Prerequisites: Modules 00–01 | Hands-on: Lab

Module Status

Framework module — content in development.

Learning Objectives

  • Complete all prerequisites for a cloud Azure Local deployment
  • Register Azure Local nodes with Azure Arc
  • Deploy an Azure Local cluster via the Azure Portal
  • Perform post-deployment validation
  • Diagnose and resolve common deployment failures

Topics

  1. Deployment Architecture — Portal → Arc → on-premises
  2. Hardware Prerequisites — node validation
  3. Network Prerequisites — firewall rules, required endpoints, DNS
  4. Identity Prerequisites — Entra ID, deployment user, permissions
  5. Pre-Deployment Validation
  6. Cloud Deployment via Azure Portal — end-to-end walkthrough
  7. Arc Registration — node onboarding
  8. Post-Deployment Validation
  9. Common Deployment Failures and How to Diagnose

Hands-on

Lab: Deploy a cluster via the Azure Portal (using HCIBox or a customer cluster). Run cluster validation. Confirm Arc registration.

IaC: Bicep templates for sandbox cluster preparation in labs/iac/02-deployment/.