## Prerequisites
### Create a resource group for your YugabyteDB deployment
1. Log in to your [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
1. Click Resource groups from the menu of services to access the Resource Groups blade. You will see all the resource groups in your subscription listed in tblade.
1. Click Add (+) to create a new resource group. The Create Resource Group blade appears.
1. Provide the needed information for the new resource group.
1. Click Create. The resource group might take a few seconds to create. Once it is created, you see the resource group on the Azure portal dashboard.
### Create an SSH key to get access to deployed YugabyteDB VMs
1. Open the terminal on your local computer.
1. Run the following command:
```sh
$ ssh-keygen
```
The utility prompts you to select a location for the keys. By default, the keys are stored in the `~/.ssh` directory with the file names `id_rsa` for the private key and `id_rsa.pub` for the public key. Using the default locations allows your SSH client to automatically find your SSH keys when authenticating.
1. Press **ENTER** to accept.
```output
Generating a public/private RSA key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa):
```
1. After you select a location for the key, you are prompted to enter an optional passphrase which encrypts the private key file on disk.
```output
Created directory '/home/username/.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
```
You now have a public and private key that you can use to authenticate YugabyteDB VMs.
```output
Your identification has been saved in /home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
a9:49:EX:AM:PL:E3:3e:a9:de:4e:77:11:58:b6:90:26 username@203.0.113.0
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
| ..o |
| E o= . |
| o. o |
| .. |
| ..S |
| o o. |
| =o.+. |
|. =++.. |
|o=++. |
+-----------------+
```
## Deploy using Azure Cloud Shell
1. Launch [Azure Cloud Shell](https://shell.azure.com).
1. Clone the following repository.
```sh
$ git clone https://github.com/yugabyte/azure-resource-manager.git
```
1. Change the current directory to the cloned GitHub repository directory
```sh
$ cd azure-resource-manager
```
1. Use the Azure CLI command to create deployments.
```sh
$ az group deployment create --resource-group --template-file yugabyte_deployment.json --parameters ClusterName='' SshUser='' YBVersion='2.0.6.0' SshKeypair=''
```
1. After the deployment creation is complete, you can describe it as shown below.
```sh
$ az group deployment show -g -n --query properties.outputs
```
The output displays the YugabyteDB Admin URL, JDBC URL, YSQL, and YCQL connection strings. You can use the YugabyteDB Admin URL to access the Admin portal.
## Deploy using Azure Portal
1. Clone the following repository locally.
```sh
$ git clone https://github.com/yugabyte/azure-resource-manager.git
```
1. Create a resource group. To create a new resource group, select **Resource groups** from the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
1. Under newly created Resource groups, select **Add**.
1. In opened marketplace, search for Template deployment (deploy using custom templates) and click **Create**.
1. Click **Build your own template in the editor**.
1. Click **Load file** in the Specify template section and upload the `yugabyte_deployment.json` file from the cloned repository.
1. Click **Save** at the bottom of the window.
1. Provide the required details.
1. Check the **Terms and Condition** checkbox and click **Purchase**.
Once deployments are completed, you can access the YugabyteDB Admin from the URL you get in the deployment output section.