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Creating a cluster on Azure

We have discussed quite a few concepts by now. Let's create a Service Fabric cluster in Azure and map the concepts that we learnt with the components. These steps to create a Service Fabric cluster on Azure are also documented on the Microsoft Azure documentation site at: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-fabric-cluster-creation-via-portal/.

Although you can work with almost all the samples in this book on your system, you would need a Microsoft Azure subscription to deploy your production workload. We recommend that you get a Microsoft Azure subscription now. You can get started with a free one month trial at: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.

Perform the following steps to create a Service Fabric Cluster:

Sign in to the Azure Management Portal at: https://portal.azure.com.
Click New to add a new resource template. Search for the Service Fabric Cluster template in Marketplace under Everything:

Service Fabric cluster template

Select Service Fabric Cluster from the list.
Navigate to the Service Fabric Cluster blade and click Create.

The Create Service Fabric cluster blade has the following four steps: