MayaScale on Azure Marketplace

Deploy a 2-node MayaScale active-active storage 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 MayaScale in Azure Marketplace

Go to Azure Marketplace
Search for MayaScale (publisher: ZettaLane Systems)
Click Create

Step 2: Configure Deployment

Basics

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

Deployment Configuration

Parameter	Description	Default
Performance Tier	Performance level (basic through ultra)	Medium
VM Size	Azure VM size with local NVMe	Standard_L8s_v3
SSH Public Key	Your SSH key	—
Availability Zones	AZs for cross-zone HA	Auto

Azure NVMe Instance Families

Family	Description
Lsv3 / Lasv3	Storage-optimized with local NVMe
Lsv2	Previous-gen storage-optimized

Step 3: Deploy

Click Review + Create
Validate configuration
Click Create

Deployment takes 5–10 minutes.

Post-Deployment

Deployment Outputs

Navigate to Resource Group → Deployments → Outputs:

Node public IPs
VIP addresses
Performance tier details

SSH Access

ssh azureuser@<NODE1_PUBLIC_IP>

Connect NVMe-oF Client

From a client VM in the same VNet:

# Install NVMe CLI
sudo apt install nvme-cli

# Discover and connect
nvme discover -t tcp -a <VIP_ADDRESS> -s 4420
nvme connect -t tcp \
  -n nqn.2019-05.com.zettalane:mayascale-data-node-1 \
  -a <VIP_ADDRESS> \
  -s 4420

# Verify
nvme list

Web UI

# SSH tunnel
ssh -L 2020:localhost:2020 azureuser@<NODE1_PUBLIC_IP>
# Open http://localhost:2020

What Gets Deployed

2 Linux VMs with local NVMe storage
Virtual Network, Subnet, and NSG
Public IPs for management access
System-assigned managed identities
VIP mechanism for HA failover

Troubleshooting

# Check VM status
az vm list --resource-group <RG_NAME> --output table

# SSH and check logs
ssh azureuser@<NODE_IP>
tail -f /var/log/cloud-init-output.log

# Cluster status
mayacli cluster status