Step 2: Deploying Automation Suite to Azure

Once you have the Azure environment set up, navigate to this link to install Automation Suite in your Azure environment.

The following table provides an overview of the parameters used in the deployment:

Parameter name	Description
Subscription	The Azure subscription.
Resource Group	The Azure Resource Group, under the subscription.
Resource Group Name	The name of the resource group where the cluster is deployed.
Region	The default region of the Resource Group.
Location	A valid Azure Region where the infrastructure is deployed. Make sure that the region has enough cores for the instance types used. You can use the [resourceGroup().location] if this is the same as the Resource Group’s region.
Automation Suite version	The version of Automation Suite. Example: 21.10.2
Run Automation Suite Install	Choose whether Automation Suite should be installed after the infrastructure is provisioned.
Accept License Agreement	By setting the parameter as true, you agree to the applicable license agreement.
DNS Load Balancer	The prefix used for the load balancer subdomain. If you use a custom domain you will only be able to access the cluster through the custom domain, not directly using the load balancer's domain (eg. <prefix>.<region>.cloudapp.azure.com).
Virtual Network New Or Existing	Parameter indicating whether the Virtual Network used for the deployment should be created or if it already exists.
Existing Virtual Network Resource Group	Resource group where the existing Virtual Network you want to use is deployed. Parameter used only if the Virtual Network New Or Existing parameter is set to existing.
Existing Virtual Network Name	Name of the existing Virtual Network used for deployment. Parameter used only if the Virtual Network New Or Existing parameter is set to existing.
Existing Subnet Name	Name of an existing subnet inside the previously mentioned Virtual Network. The subnet must satisfy these requirements. Parameter used only if the Virtual Network New Or Existing parameter is set to existing.
Deploy Bastion Host	Deploy a Bastion Host on the Virtual Network. Parameter used only if Virtual Network New Or Existing is set to new.
Enable Custom Domain	Set to true if you want to use your own custom domain. The needs post-install configuration.
Custom domain	This is the domain you want to use for the cluster. Post-installation, create two CNAME/A records that will point to the public load balancer. See DNS configuration.
Enable Custom Certificates	Set to true if you want to use your own custom certificates for your own domain. Make sure to use this together with the Enable Custom Domain parameter set to true.
Custom Server Certificate	This is a base64 encoded string. Encode the contents of the .crt server certificate to a base64 string. The server certificate should have the following properties.
Custom Server Cert Key	This is a base64 encoded string. Encode the contents of the .key server certificate key, to a base64 string. This is the private key from the Custom Server Certificate parameter.
Custom Server Cert Authority Bundle	This is a base64 encoded string. Create a .crt file containing all public certificates (.crt) from all of the CA certificates in the Server Certificate chain (excluding the server certificate). Create a base64 string from the contents of this file.
Automation Suite Installer URL	Optional: The link to the Automation Suite installation package. Changing this parameter will overwrite the Automation Suite version parameter above and install the version specified in this URL. Keep set to None if not used.
Automation Suite Advanced Config	This is a valid json string that will be merged in the cluster_config.json file that is being built by the template. Will overwrite existing settings. See advanced installation experience for details.
Server Node Count	The number of VMs created to work as the servers for the cluster. Should be an odd number.
Server Node Instance Type	The instance type for the server nodes. Example: Standard_D16s_v3
Server Node Hostname	Server node hostname/computer name prefix. For details on the appended sequence, see Azure documentation.
Enable Ultra Disks	Enable to use ultra disks for etcd (server nodes). Should only be disabled if the region you are deploying to does not have zones support.
Agent Node Count	The number of VMs created to serve as the agent nodes for the cluster. If 0, an empty agent scale set is still created.
Agent Node Instance Type	The instance type for the agent nodes. Example: Standard_D16s_v3
Agent Node Hostname	Agent node hostname/computer name prefix. For details on the appended sequence, see Azure documentation.
Gpu Node Count	The number of VMs with GPU created to be the agents for the cluster. Designed for ML workloads. If 0, no GPU scale set is created.
Gpu Node Instance Type	The type of instances with GPU to be provisioned and to be the agents for the cluster. Example: Standard_NC12s_v2
Gpu Node Hostname	GPU node hostname/computer name prefix. For details on the appended sequence, see Azure documentation.
Task Mining Node Type	Optional: Instance type of the task mining node. This will only be used if you enable the Task Mining service. Example: Standard_B20ms
Task Mining Node Hostname	Task Mining node hostname/computer name.
AS Robots Node Count	The number of dedicated Automation Suite Robots nodes. If 0, the scale set is still created.
AS Robots Node Instance Type	The instance type for the dedicated Automation Suite Robots nodes. Example: Standard_D16s_v3
AS Robots Node Hostname	Automation Suite Robots node hostname/computer name prefix. For details on the appended sequence, see Azure documentation.
SQL new or existing	Parameter indicating whether the SQL Server used for the deployment should be created or it already exists. For SQL server requirements, see our documentation .
SQL Server FQDN or IP	FQDN or IP associated with the SQL Server. This is only used if the SQLNewOrExisting parameter is set to existing.
SQL Server Username	SQL Server user login. If the SQL new or existing parameter is set to existing, this is the user for the existing SQL server. Otherwise, this username will be set on the SQL server created. For details on the required permissions, see our documentation for permissions.
SQL Server Password	SQL Server user password. If the SQL new or existing parameter is set to existing, this is the user password for the existing SQL server. Otherwise, this password is set on the created SQL server.
SQL Server Port	SQL Server port. If the SQLNewOrExisting parameter is set to existing, this port is used.
WarehouseSQLServerFqdnOrIP	FQDN or IP associated with the Warehouse SQL Server. This is only used if the SQLNewOrExisting parameter is set to existing, and you want to install Process Mining.
WarehouseSQLServerUsername	Warehouse SQL Server user login. This is only used if you want to install Process Mining. If the SQLNewOrExisting parameter is set to existing, this is the user for the existing SQL server. Otherwise this username is set on the created SQL Server. For details on permissions, see Configuring Microsoft SQL server.
WarehouseSQLServerPassword	Warehouse SQL Server user password. This is only used if you want to install Process Mining. If the SQLNewOrExisting parameter is set to existing, this is the user password for the existing SQL server. Otherwise this password is set on the created SQL server.
WarehouseSQLServerPort	Warehouse SQL Server port. This is only used if you want to install Process Mining. If the SQLNewOrExisting parameter is set to existing, this port is used.
UiPath Admin Username	The admin username to be set on all nodes. This is also used as the host tenant admin.
UiPath Admin Password	The password for the node admin user. This is also used as the host tenant admin password.
Vm Admin Username	The admin username to be used in the virtual machine instances.
Vm Admin Password	The admin password to be used in the virtual machine instances.
Enable Cluster Backup	Set to true if you want to deploy the external NFS file share. Also, the backup will be enabled at cluster level if the Run Automation Suite Install parameter is set to true.
Services Install flags (multiple)	Choose if the specific service is installed in the cluster.
AI Center Connect To External Orchestrator Flag	Flag which determines whether AI Center connects to an external Orchestrator. Only works if AiCenterInstallFlag is set to 'true'. You need to specify how AI Center connects to the Orchestrator in the following parameters.
OrchestratorUrl	The URL for Orchestrator to which AI Center connects. Fill this in only if you want to install AI Center and connect it to an external Orchestrator and Identity Service.
IdentityUrl	The URL for the Identity Service to which AI Center connects. Fill this in only if you want to install AI Center and connect it to an external Orchestrator and Identity Service.
OrchestratorCertficate	The Certificate in Base64 for the Orchestrator to which AI Center connects. Fill this in only if you want to install AI Center and connect it to an external Orchestrator and Identity Service.
IdentityCertificate	The Certificate in Base64 for the Identity Service to which AI Center connects. Fill this in only if you want to install AI Center and connect it to an external Orchestrator and Identity Service.
Tags by resource	Optional: Tags per resource. Can be empty or have the following format: { "Microsoft.Web/serverFarms": { "<TagName>": "<TagValue>" }, "Microsoft.Insights/components": { "<TagName>": "<TagValue>" } }