Creating the basic lab environment

At the beginning of the chapter we need to provide an example lab infrastructure to follow the steps we give you. You can use this lab configuration, or your own. If you use your own lab configuration, then it's up to you to make the necessary adjustments. For introduction purposes, we will use Azure IaaS to provide the lab environment, but you can also choose an on premise infrastructure based on your virtualization solution. In this chapter, we will use four virtual machines to demonstrate the installation and configuration steps.

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Disclaimer

We will generate the lab on the Azure platform to help you perform tests with a very cost -effective solution. You just need a client, an Internet connection, and the trial versions. Obviously this configuration is not recommended for a production environment.

The following diagram shows the expected lab architecture:

Virtual machines

The lab contains virtual machines installed on a virtual network with two subnets...