Chapter 2. Configuring an Azure account

Procedure

1. Identify your domain, or subdomain, and registrar. You can transfer an existing domain and registrar or obtain a new one through Azure or another source.

   Note

   For more information about purchasing domains through Azure, see Buy a custom domain name for Azure App Service in the Azure documentation.

2. If you are using an existing domain and registrar, migrate its DNS to Azure. See Migrate an active DNS name to Azure App Service in the Azure documentation.

3. Configure DNS for your domain. Follow the steps in the Tutorial: Host your domain in Azure DNS in the Azure documentation to create a public hosted zone for your domain or subdomain, extract the new authoritative name servers, and update the registrar records for the name servers that your domain uses.

   Use an appropriate root domain, such as openshiftcorp.com, or subdomain, such as clusters.openshiftcorp.com.

4. If you use a subdomain, follow your company’s procedures to add its delegation records to the parent domain.

Procedure

1. From the Azure portal, click Help + support in the lower left corner.

2. Click New support request and then select the required values:

   1. From the Issue type list, select Service and subscription limits (quotas).
   2. From the Subscription list, select the subscription to modify.
   3. From the Quota type list, select the quota to increase. For example, select Compute-VM (cores-vCPUs) subscription limit increases to increase the number of vCPUs, which is required to install a cluster.
   4. Click Next: Solutions.

3. On the Problem Details page, provide the required information for your quota increase:

   1. Click Provide details and provide the required details in the Quota details window.
   2. In the SUPPORT METHOD and CONTACT INFO sections, provide the issue severity and your contact details.
4. Click Next: Review + create and then click Create.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Azure CLI:

   $ az login

2. If your Azure account uses subscriptions, ensure that you are using the right subscription:

   1. View the list of available accounts and record the tenantId value for the subscription you want to use for your cluster:

      $ az account list --refresh

      Example output

      [
        {
          "cloudName": "AzureCloud",
          "id": "9bab1460-96d5-40b3-a78e-17b15e978a80",
          "isDefault": true,
          "name": "Subscription Name",
          "state": "Enabled",
          "tenantId": "6057c7e9-b3ae-489d-a54e-de3f6bf6a8ee",
          "user": {
            "name": "you@example.com",
            "type": "user"
          }
        }
      ]

   2. View your active account details and confirm that the tenantId value matches the subscription you want to use:

      $ az account show

      Example output

      {
        "environmentName": "AzureCloud",
        "id": "9bab1460-96d5-40b3-a78e-17b15e978a80",
        "isDefault": true,
        "name": "Subscription Name",
        "state": "Enabled",
        "tenantId": "6057c7e9-b3ae-489d-a54e-de3f6bf6a8ee", 1
        "user": {
          "name": "you@example.com",
          "type": "user"
        }
      }

      1

      Ensure that the value of the tenantId parameter is the correct subscription ID.

   3. If you are not using the right subscription, change the active subscription:

      $ az account set -s <subscription_id> 1

      1

      Specify the subscription ID.

   4. Verify the subscription ID update:

      $ az account show

      Example output

      {
        "environmentName": "AzureCloud",
        "id": "33212d16-bdf6-45cb-b038-f6565b61edda",
        "isDefault": true,
        "name": "Subscription Name",
        "state": "Enabled",
        "tenantId": "8049c7e9-c3de-762d-a54e-dc3f6be6a7ee",
        "user": {
          "name": "you@example.com",
          "type": "user"
        }
      }

3. Record the tenantId and id parameter values from the output. You need these values during the OpenShift Container Platform installation.

4. Create the service principal for your account:

   $ az ad sp create-for-rbac --role <role_name> \1
        --name <service_principal> \2
        --scopes /subscriptions/<subscription_id> 3

   1

   Defines the role name. You can use the Contributor role, or you can specify a custom role which contains the necessary permissions.

   2

   Defines the service principal name.

   3

   Specifies the subscription ID.

   Example output

   Creating 'Contributor' role assignment under scope '/subscriptions/<subscription_id>'
   The output includes credentials that you must protect. Be sure that you do not
   include these credentials in your code or check the credentials into your source
   control. For more information, see https://aka.ms/azadsp-cli
   {
     "appId": "ac461d78-bf4b-4387-ad16-7e32e328aec6",
     "displayName": <service_principal>",
     "password": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
     "tenantId": "8049c7e9-c3de-762d-a54e-dc3f6be6a7ee"
   }

5. Record the values of the appId and password parameters from the previous output. You need these values during OpenShift Container Platform installation.

6. If you applied the Contributor role to your service principal, assign the User Administrator Access role by running the following command:

   $ az role assignment create --role "User Access Administrator" \
     --assignee-object-id $(az ad sp show --id <appId> --query id -o tsv) 1

   1

   Specify the appId parameter value for your service principal.