MayaNAS on Azure Marketplace

Deploy a MayaNAS HA NAS cluster from the Azure Marketplace using ARM templates.

Prerequisites

• An Azure subscription with Contributor role
• A resource group (or permission to create one)
• An SSH public key

Step 1: Find MayaNAS in Azure Marketplace

1. Go to Azure Marketplace
2. Search for MayaNAS (publisher: ZettaLane Systems)
3. Click Create

Step 2: Configure Deployment

Basics

Field	Description
Subscription	Your Azure subscription
Resource Group	Create new or select existing
Location	Azure region for deployment

Deployment Configuration

Parameter	Description	Default
Deployment Type	active-active, active-passive, or single	active-active
Performance Tier	Storage performance level	Standard
VM Size	Azure VM size	Standard_D4s_v5

Authentication

Parameter	Description
Admin Username	SSH user (azureuser)
SSH Public Key	Your SSH public key

Storage Configuration

Parameter	Description	Default
Storage Pool Size (GB)	Azure Blob Storage capacity	1000
Metadata Disk Size (GB)	Managed disk for metadata (50 GB suits 1-10 TB pools — ZFS metadata is roughly 0.3-0.5% of pool size)	50
Availability Zones	AZs for multi-zone HA	Auto

Step 3: Deploy

1. Click Review + Create
2. Validate the configuration
3. Click Create

Deployment typically takes 5–10 minutes for VM, disk, and storage account provisioning. After provisioning completes, the cluster auto-configures itself in under 2 minutes — one OpenZFS pool, one ZFS dataset, exported to your VNet subnet. No admin guide required.

Post-Deployment

Find Deployment Outputs

Navigate to Resource Group → Deployments → Your Deployment → Outputs to find:

• clusterName — name of the cluster
• primaryPublicIP — public IP of node 1
• vipAddress — virtual IP for NFS mounts
• deploymentType — the selected deployment type

SSH Access

ssh azureuser@<PRIMARY_PUBLIC_IP>

Access the Web UI

Port 2020 is opened by the NSG. Access directly or via SSH tunnel:

# Direct access
http://<PUBLIC_IP>:2020

# SSH tunnel (recommended)
ssh -L 2020:localhost:2020 azureuser@<PUBLIC_IP>
# Then open http://localhost:2020

Login: admin / auto-generated password (retrieve via SSH or deployment outputs).

Mount NFS Shares

# Active-Passive
sudo mount -t nfs <VIP_ADDRESS>:/<CLUSTER>-pool/<SHARE_NAME> /mnt/data

# Active-Active
sudo mount -t nfs <VIP1>:/<CLUSTER>-pool-node1/<SHARE> /mnt/node1
sudo mount -t nfs <VIP2>:/<CLUSTER>-pool-node2/<SHARE> /mnt/node2

What Gets Deployed

• 1–2 Linux VMs (depending on deployment type)
• Azure Storage Account with Blob containers for data
• Managed disk(s) for metadata (Premium SSD)
• Virtual Network, Subnet, and NSG (SSH 22, NFS 2049, Web UI 2020)
• Public IPs for each node
• System-assigned managed identity with roles:
  • Network Contributor
  • Reader
  • Storage Blob Data Contributor
  • Virtual Machine Contributor
• VIP mechanism (custom-route or load-balancer) for HA failover

Troubleshooting

# Check startup logs
tail -f /opt/mayastor/logs/mayanas-terraform-startup.log

# Service status
systemctl status mayastor

# Cluster status
mayacli cluster status

# Azure-specific: check VM status
az vm list --resource-group <RG_NAME> --output table