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Simplified Machine Provisioning (Preview)

About the lab

In this lab you will learn about Simplified Machine Provisioning

Simplified provisioning creates .pem file (ownership voucher) if booted from USB. In this scenario (just to test it) we will boot from iso and pick up ownership voucher using scp or/and with Configurator App for Azure Local

Prerequisites

As prerequisite, download provision-os.iso that is part of provisioning package. You can download up-to-date version at https://portal.azure.com/#servicemenu/Microsoft_Azure_ArcCenterUX/AzureArcCenterHub/provisioningGetStarted

The ISO needs to be placed in your ParentDisks folder

Labconfig

This labconfig will provision two SMP (Simplified Machine Provisioning) servers with memorystartupbytes 4GB (if you plan to deploy Azure Local instance, increase it to at least 16GB)

Notice, that secureboot is disabled

$LabConfig=@{AllowedVLANs="1-10,711-719" ; DomainAdminName='LabAdmin'; AdminPassword='LS1setup!';  DCEdition='4'; Internet=$true ; AdditionalNetworksConfig=@(); VMs=@()}

#labconfig for nested virtualization (enough RAM to create ARC RB).
$LABConfig.VMs += @{ VMName = "SMPNode1" ; Configuration = 'S2D' ; AttachISO = 'provision-os.iso' ;SecureBoot="Disabled"; HDDNumber = 4 ; HDDSize= 2TB ; MemoryStartupBytes= 4GB; VMProcessorCount="Max" ; vTPM=$true ; NestedVirt=$true }
$LABConfig.VMs += @{ VMName = "SMPNode2" ; Configuration = 'S2D' ; AttachISO = 'provision-os.iso' ;SecureBoot="Disabled"; HDDNumber = 4 ; HDDSize= 2TB ; MemoryStartupBytes= 4GB; VMProcessorCount="Max" ; vTPM=$true ; NestedVirt=$true }

#Management machine
$LabConfig.VMs += @{ VMName = 'Management' ; ParentVHD = 'Win2025_G2.vhdx'; MGMTNICs=1 ; AddToolsVHD=$True }

Scenario

Task01 - collect ownership vouchers

Step01 - connect to SMB Nodes console

Once lab will start, open console to each of the SMP node and note the IP Address

![](./media/hvconnect01.png)

In this case, Servers have IP addresses 10.0.0.13 and 16. Let's use it in below script to pull ownership vouchers

Step02 - connect to Management machine

Log in into management machine (LabAdmin/LS1setup) and run following command from PowerShell to collect ownership vouchers to download folder.

Modify IP addresses as needed.

    $Servers="10.0.0.16","10.0.0.18"
    $username="edgeuser"
    #password Password1
    foreach ($Server in $Servers){
        #create folder to download key
        new-item -ItemType directory -name $server -Path $env:userprofile\Downloads -ErrorAction Ignore
        scp -r $username@$server`:/var/staging/export/vouchers/**/*.pem  $env:userprofile\Downloads\$server
    }

The shell will ask if you trust the fingerprint. Simply type yes

Once asked for password, type Password1

Step03 - validate if vouchers were downloaded

If pem files were successfully downloaded, you should be able to see it in Downloads folder

Step04 - download vouchers using Configurator App for Azure Local

In management machine, navigate to https://aka.ms/ConfiguratorAppForHCI and open the package to install Configurator app. It will also ask you to install .Net 9.0 Desktop runtime

In Configurator App, specify the IP Address into the Machine Name.