Deploying a HYCU backup controller to Google Cloud

To deploy a HYCU backup controller to Google Cloud, follow the procedure described in this topic. After you deploy the HYCU backup controller, you must also configure a port in Google Cloud to be able to access the HYCU web user interface. For details, see Accessing the HYCU web user interface.

Prerequisites

  • You must own a valid HYCU license. For details on how to obtain the license, see HYCU documentation.
  • You must have the Administrator role assigned.

  • The Compute Engine default service account must be enabled for the Google Cloud project to which you plan to deploy the HYCU backup controller.

Considerations

  • The recommended requirements for the HYCU backup controller are 4 vCPU cores and 8 GiB of memory.
  • Each HYCU backup controller is by default deployed with the system disk size of 20 GiB and the data disk size of 32 GiB.

To access the HYCU Controller Deployment dialog box, click  Administration, and then select HYCU Controller Deployment.

Procedure

  1. In the HYCU Controller Deployment dialog box, select Google Cloud, and then click Next.

  2. From the Source drop-down menu, select the Google Cloud project to which you want to deploy the HYCU backup controller.

  3. From the Region drop-down menu, select the geographic region for the HYCU backup controller.

    Important  Make sure that at least one virtual network is configured in the selected region.

  4. From the Zone drop-down menu, select the zone for the HYCU backup controller.

  5. Click Next.

  6. In the Instance name field, enter a name for the HYCU backup controller.

  7. In the vCPU cores field, enter the number of virtual CPUs to be assigned to the HYCU backup controller multiplied by the number of cores per virtual CPU. The value that you specify must be a whole number and cannot be higher than 1024.

  8. In the Memory field, enter the amount of memory (in GiB) to be assigned to the HYCU backup controller. The value that you specify must be a whole number and cannot be higher than 4096.

  9. From the Available versions drop-down menu, select the preferred version for the HYCU backup controller. By default, the latest version is selected.

  10. From the Instance type drop-down menu, select the instance type.

    Note  The list of available instance types is based on the number of virtual CPU cores and the amount of memory that you specified. If no instance type corresponds to the specified values, the list is empty, and you need to adjust the values in the vCPU and Memory fields.

  11. Under Network interfaces, you can view the network interface that will be added to the HYCU backup controller. By default, this is the first network interface from the region and zone that you selected for the HYCU backup controller.

    If you want to modify network settings, you can add an additional network interface, edit an existing network interface, or delete a network interface:

    To modify a network interface:

    • Click Add network interface to add a network interface or click Edit Edit next to the network interface that you want to edit, and then follow these steps:

      1. Only if you are adding a network interface. From the Destination Networks drop-down menu, select the destination network.

        Note  The list of available destination networks includes only the ones within the region you selected for the HYCU backup controller.

      2. In the Public address type field, select the public IP address for the network interface. You can select from the following options:

        Option Description
        None

        The network interface does not use a public IP address.

        This option is preselected if the network interface of the original instance did not use a public IP address.
        Ephemeral

        The network interface uses an automatically allocated public IP address.

        This option is preselected if the network interface of the original instance used a public IP address.
        Static (Reserved) The network interface uses a static public IP address that was reserved in Google Compute Engine in advance.
        Static
        (New)        		 The network interface uses a static public IP address that is allocated at the time of the deployment. If the allocation fails, the instance is assigned a temporary public IP address. Such a fallback also sets the deployment task status to Done with errors.

      3. In the Private address type field, select the private IP address for the network interface. You can select from the following options:

        Option Description
        Ephemeral (Automatic)

        The network interface uses an automatically allocated private IP address.

        This option is selected by default for the preselected network interfaces.
        Ephemeral (Custom)

        The network interface uses a private IP address that is defined by you.

        Important  Use of this option might result in IP address conflicts.
        Static (Reserved) Not available for legacy networks. The network interface uses a static private IP address that was reserved in Google Compute Engine in advance.
        Static
        (New)

        Not available for legacy networks. The network interface uses a new static private IP address that is defined by you.

        Note  Allocation of the IP address in Google Compute Engine is performed at the very beginning of the deployment. If the allocation fails, the deployment task is terminated without being logged.

      4. Click Add.

    • Click Delete Delete next to the network interface that you want to delete. Keep in mind that you cannot deploy the HYCU backup controller without a network interface.

  12. Click Deploy.

Accessing the HYCU web user interface

After you deploy the HYCU backup controller, you must configure a port in Google Cloud to be able to access the HYCU web user interface.

Procedure

Create an inbound security rule to allow traffic. Specify the following settings:

  • Source port ranges: 0.0.0.0/0 (to allow any source port)

  • Destination port ranges: 8443

For instructions, see Google Cloud documentation.

You can access the HYCU web user interface by entering the following URL:

https://<HYCUBackupControllerPublicIPAddress>:8443

On the logon page, enter your logon name and password. You can use the default user name and password for initial access:

User name: admin
Password: admin

Important   For security purposes, it is highly recommended that you change the default password.