# Edge Extend Agent Virtual Machine

This guide covers the network configuration of the **Edge Extend Agent** running as a virtual machine in your own private or public cloud environment. Once network configuration is complete see [[:edgeextend/server]] to continue setup.

For general documentation see [[:edgeextend]].

## Prerequisites

You need to prepare/collect the following information before you can complete this configuration guide:

 * Machine image of the agent software in your preferred format. 
 * Ability to launch a virtual machine with:
   * Open SSH port 22 for network configuration

## Launch Virtual Machine

Download the Edge Extend Agent image and deploy it to a hypervisor that is on the same local network as your target file servers.

### Sizing

The agent should be configured with:

 * vCPUs - 2
 * Memory - 2 GB
 * Disk - 40 GB (SSD)

On AWS this corresponds to a c5.small

### Ports

The following inbound firewall rules are required.

^ Type ^ Protocol ^ Port Range ^ Source ^ Description ^
| SSH   | TCP     | 22         | My IP | SSH access for initial network configuration | 

### Verify SSH Access

Check that the instance can be accessed using a standalone SSH client. The username is **smbstream** and the initial password is ** QuickChangeM3**. For example:

    ssh smbstream@34.194.216.200
    
(If the command freezes check that your appliance allows SSH access (port 22) from your IP address.)

Check that you can become root with the initial password **MakeM4Secure**.

    su
    
This will be required to complete the configuration.


### SSL Certificates

The appliance includes an untrusted SSL certificate.

To create a trusted SSL/TLS certificate associated with your domain see [[server/ssl_certificates]].

### Next Steps

Once network configuration is complete return to [[:edgeextend/server]] to continue agent setup.