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Tutorial: Activate Azure Stack Edge Pro 2

This tutorial describes how you can activate your Azure Stack Edge Pro 2 device by using the local web UI.

The activation process can take around 5 minutes to complete.

In this tutorial, you learned about:

  • Prerequisites
  • Activate the physical device

Prerequisites

Before you configure and set up your Azure Stack Edge Pro 2, make sure that:

  • For your physical device:

    • You've installed the physical device as detailed in Install Azure Stack Edge Pro 2.
    • You've configured the network and compute network settings as detailed in Configure network, compute network, web proxy
    • You've uploaded your own or generated the device certificates on your device if you changed the device name or the DNS domain via the Device page. If you haven't done this step, you'll see an error during the device activation and the activation will be blocked. For more information, go to Configure certificates.
  • You have the activation key from the Azure Stack Edge service that you created to manage the Azure Stack Edge Pro 2 device. For more information, go to Prepare to deploy Azure Stack Edge Pro 2.

Activate the device

  1. In the local web UI of the device, go to Get started page.

  2. On the Activation tile, select Activate.

    Screenshot of local web UI with "Activate" highlighted in the Activation tile.

  3. In the Activate pane, enter the Activation key from Get the activation key for Azure Stack Edge.

  4. Select Activate.

    Screenshot of local web UI with "Activate" highlighted in the Activate blade.

  5. First the device is activated. You're then prompted to download the key file.

    Screenshot of local web UI with Download and continue highlighted on the Device activated dialog.

    Select Download and continue and save the device-serial-no.json file in a safe location outside of the device. This key file contains the recovery keys for the OS disk and data disks on your device. These keys may be needed to facilitate a future system recovery.

    Here are the contents of the json file:

    {
      "Id": "<Device ID>",
      "DataVolumeBitLockerExternalKeys": {
        "hcsinternal": "<BitLocker key for data disk>",
        "hcsdata": "<BitLocker key for data disk>"
      },
      "SystemVolumeBitLockerRecoveryKey": "<BitLocker key for system volume>",
      "SEDEncryptionExternalKey": "<Encryption-at-rest key for encrypted disks>",
      "ServiceEncryptionKey": "<Azure service encryption key>"
    }
    

    The following table explains the various keys:

    Field Description
    Id This is the ID for the device.
    DataVolumeBitLockerExternalKeys These are the BitLocker keys for the data disks and are used to recover the local data on your device.
    SystemVolumeBitLockerRecoveryKey This is the BitLocker key for the system volume. This key helps with the recovery of the system configuration and system data for your device.
    SEDEncryptionExternalKey This user provided or system generated key is used to protect the self-encrypting data drives that have a built-in encryption.
    ServiceEncryptionKey This key protects the data flowing through the Azure service. This key ensures that a compromise of the Azure service won't result in a compromise of stored information.
  6. Go to the Overview page. The device state should show as Activated.

    Screenshot of local web UI "Overview" page with State highlighted.

The device activation is complete. You can now add shares on your device.

If you encounter any issues during activation, go to Troubleshoot activation and Azure Key Vault errors.

Deploy workloads

After you've activated the device, the next step is to deploy workloads.

Next steps

In this tutorial, you learned about:

  • Prerequisites
  • Activate the physical device

To learn how to deploy workloads on your Azure Stack Edge device, see: