User Guide

Onboarding

Consumers are to fill out the onboarding form and submit their architectures to be vetted by the Architecture Review Board (eau.mita@gov.mt). Once approved and/or modified, they are then handed over… Onboarding

How to Login?

Before proceeding with the below you must ensure that you have a CORP account configured along with Multi-Factor Authentication and a VPN profile. ON-PREMISES CLOUD Browse to https://portal.s1.cloud.gov.mt (or change… How to Login?

Naming Conventions

The following table presents a guideline to how resources are to be named and what their names represent. It is important to follow the correct naming convention when creating resources.… Naming Conventions

Deploy Windows Server Datacenter VM

It is highly recommended that MITA Marketplace templates are used for projects rather than standard Azure templates to make sure that the correct naming convention is applied.  The following custom… Deploy Windows Server Datacenter VM

Deploy Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM

It is highly recommended that MITA Marketplace templates are used for projects rather than standard Azure templates to make sure that the correct naming convention is applied.  The following custom… Deploy Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM

VPN Access

In order to gain access to your resource groups and the backend subnet which contains the private IPs you are required to request a VPN account for the suppliers, contractors,… VPN Access

Configuring the NSG

NOTE: By default, NSGs are configured to block all incoming and outgoing traffic until you create the required rules. This means that you will not be able to connect to… Configuring the NSG

Changing VM Specs

Once you have provisioned the VM of your choice, you can easily upgrade the compute and disk specifications as well as add and remove disks. This can be done by… Changing VM Specs

Create a Public IP

To create and associate a public IP to your VM, you can easily start the process yourself by clicking on the “Create a Resource” button located on the left hand… Create a Public IP

Deploy SQL PaaS DB

Creation of Database MITA will be responsible for the creation of the database. The client needs to raise the necessary eRFS in which the following must be specified: Database name… Deploy SQL PaaS DB

Deploy Windows 2016 SQL VM

Sign in to the Azure Stack user portal. Note: This document is ONLY for demonstration purposes and the settings used in this document may vary with yours Select + Create a… Deploy Windows 2016 SQL VM

Azure AD B2C

Introduction Currently, most applications are federating the authentication to the identity providers in order not to handle any username and passwords. In these cases, each application would have custom code,… Azure AD B2C

Using Update Management Service

Introduction The Update Management solution, accessible under any Automation Account resource, facilitates update scheduling and management for both Azure and non-Azure VMs. This solution can be enabled after linking the… Using Update Management Service

Backup & Transfer of Storage Accounts (CORP)

Whilst MITA provides the full range of storage services provided by Azure and AzureStack it is ultimately up to the consumer to ensure the security of such storage accounts. This… Backup & Transfer of Storage Accounts (CORP)

Networking Information (CORP)

Azure Stack (On-Premise) On Azure Stack we have two Virtual Networks (VNETs), a resource group will be connected to a subnet (subset of a VNET). Resource Groups on the same VNET are directly connected and can communicate (if Network… Networking Information (CORP)

Backup & Restore (CORP)

  Backup Per MITA’s Hybrid Cloud Platform Service Description and Terms & Conditions, the client has full responsibility for the backup of their solutions. To ensure, amongst other: Live Workloads… Backup & Restore (CORP)