Important

You are browsing the documentation for version 4.2 of OroCommerce, OroCRM and OroPlatform, which is no longer maintained. Read version 5.1 (the latest LTS version) of the Oro documentation to get up-to-date information.

See our Release Process documentation for more information on the currently supported and upcoming releases.

Azure Cloud Platform

Azure Marketplace enables you to deploy pre-configured demo instances of the latest LTS releases of OroCRM and OroCommerce Community Editions with or without demo data.

To proceed with the installation, make sure you have registered with Azure marketplace and have a valid Azure portal account.

Deploy the Solution

To deploy the solution, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to Azure Marketplace and search for the required Oro application (OroCRM VM or OroCommerce VM) in the search bar.

    OroCRM VM or OroCommerce VM in Azure Marketplace search dropdown

  2. Once you selected the type of the application to deploy, click GET IT NOW under the application logo on your left.

  3. In the pop-up dialog, select the software plan – an instance with or without demo data. The application with demo data provides all the necessary information for you to test the application, such as a preconfigured list of customers, products, submitted orders, quotes, the structured master and web catalogs.

    Select the software plan pop up dialog

  4. Click Continue.

    You are redirected to Azure Portal to complete the installation. At this point, you are asked to log into Azure Portal if you have not already done so.

  5. Once again, select the type of the application to deploy.

  6. Click Create.

    Create a virtual machine of the selected type

  7. Complete the required fields in the Basics tab:

    • Subscription - Select your subscription type

    • Resource Group - Create a new resource group, or select an existing one.

      A resource group is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution. Resource group names only allow alphanumeric characters, periods, underscores, hyphens and parenthesis and cannot end in a period.

    • Virtual Machine Name - Provide a virtual machine name.

      Virtual machines in Azure have two distinct names: a virtual machine name used as the Azure resource identifier and in the guest host name. When you create a VM in the portal, the same name is used for both the virtual machine name and the host name. The virtual machine name cannot be changed after the VM is created. You can change the host name when you log into the virtual machine.

    Creating a VM - Basics tab

    • Region - Choose your region, e.g., (US) East US

    • Availability Options - Set to No infrastructure redundancy required

    • Image - Choose the base operating system or application for the virtual machine, e.g. OroCommerce with demo data VM

    • Size - Select a VM size to support the workload that you want to run. The size that you choose then determines factors such as processing power, memory, and storage capacity.

    • Authentication type - Choose whether to use password or SSH public key for authentication.

      • For password, complete fields Username, Password, Confirm password

      • For SSH public key, complete fields Username and SSH public key

    Creating a VM - Basics tab (continued)

  8. Click Next:Disks. The fields in the next step are predefined with demo data.

    Creating a VM - Disks tab

  9. Click Next:Networking. The fields in the next step are predefined with demo data.

    Creating a VM - Networking tab

  10. Click Next:Management. The fields in the next step are predefined with demo data.

    Creating a VM - Management tab

  11. Click Next:Advanced. The fields in the next step are predefined with demo data.

    Creating a VM - Advanced tab

  12. Click Next:Tags. The fields in the next step are predefined with demo data.

    Creating a VM - Tags tab

  13. Click Next:Review+create. The fields in the next step are predefined with demo data.

    You should see Running Final Validation, followed by Validation Passed.

    Creating a VM - Validation

  14. Click Create at the bottom.

  15. Track the deployment process in the notification dialog.

    Tracking deployment progress in the notifications bar

  16. Make sure that the deployment is completed successfully, and click Go to resource.

    Deployment complete notification

  17. Click DNS name: Configure, and fill DNS name label.

    Configure DNS

  18. Click Save.

    Save DNS config

  19. Return to the virtual machine and refresh the page.

    Click on the VM name to return to its details page

  20. Next to the DNS Name, click Copy to Clipboard.

    Copy DNS to clipboard

  21. Paste the DNS into the address bar of a new browser window, and add /admin to the URL (e.g., http://<DNSprefix>.cloudapp.azure.com/admin).

    Paste the DNS into the address bar

    The Oro application interface should now be displayed.

    OroCommerce startup page

    Important

    OroCRM VM Demo Data: If you have deployed OroCRM VM with demo data, use admin as login and the password to access the back-office of the application. To access the application via SSH, specify your username and password/public key, and restart services (systemctl restart oro*).

    OroCommerce VM Demo Data: If you have deployed OroCommerce VM with demo data, use AmandaRCole@example.org both as your login and password to access the storefront (http://<DNSprefix>.cloudapp.azure.com). To access the back-office of the application (http://<DNSprefix>.cloudapp.azure.com/admin/admin), use admin as login and password. To access the application via SSH, specify your username and password, or a public key, and restart services (systemctl restart oro*).

Configure Application URL

For the demo applications to work correctly, you need to configure the application URL (for OroCRM and OroCommerce), and Secure URL and URL (for OroCommerce).

  1. Navigate to System Configuration > General Setup > Application Settings in the application back-office, and provide the Application URL (e.g., http://<DNSprefix>.cloudapp.azure.com, or a different domain).

    Change application URL in the configuration settings

  1. (For OroCommerce only) Navigate to System Configuration > Websites > Routing in the application back-office, and provide Secure URL and URL.

    Change secure url and url in the website routing configuration

  2. Return to the Azure Portal, and reboot the virtual machine.

    Restart VM

    Follow the progress of the restart in the notification bar on your top right.

  3. Copy and paste the DNS into the address bar of a new browser window and press Enter.

    If you have deployed the OroCommerce application, the storefront should now be displayed.

    Note

    Due to Azure blocking port 25, we recommend configuring SMTP settings once you install the application if you would like to send messages from the Oro application you have deployed.

    DNS in the URL for storefront