.. _Creating |product_name| Virtual Machine:

Creating |product_name| Virtual Machine
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First, you need to create a VM with |product_name|. Do the following:

#. On the Dashboard, click **Create a resource**.

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#. On the **Home** > **New** pane, find and click ``Acronis Backup Gateway`` in the Azure Marketplace.

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#. On the **Home** > **New** > **Acronis Backup Gateway** pane, click **Create**.

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   The VM creation wizard will open.

#. On wizard's **Basics** pane, specify a user name and password for VM's admin account, set the public access policies, specify a password for the |product_name| web panel, choose a subscription type, resource group, and location. Click **OK**.

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#. On wizard's **Gateway settings** pane:

   - In **Virtual machine size**, the recommended VM size, ``A2``, should be selected by default.

   - In **Storage account**, give a name to the account; select **Storage (general purpose v2)**, then **Cool** and **Locally-redundant storage (LRS)**.
   
     .. note:: If you only have **Storage (general purpose v1)**, you need to `upgrade your account <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-options>`__.

   - In **Storage account container**, specify a name, e.g., ``acronis-storage``.

   - In **Public IP address**, select **Static** in **Assignment**.

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   - In **DNS prefix**, specify a DNS prefix for your Backup Gateway, e.g., **abgw1**.
   
   The Backup Gateway will be registered in Acronis Backup Cloud under the static public IP address and DNS name.

   .. note:: The public IP address and DNS name cannot be changed later.

   Having set the required options, click **OK**.

#. On wizard's **Acronis Backup Cloud settings** pane, provide the credentials of your partner account in Acronis Backup Cloud. The cloud management portal URL, ``https://cloud.acronis.com``, should be specified by default. Click **OK**.

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#. On wizard's **Summary** pane, make sure all the options are set correctly, wait until validation passes, and click **OK**.

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#. On wizard's **Create** pane, read the terms of use and privacy policy and click **Create**.

After the VM is running, log in to the Acronis Data Cloud management panel and check that the new |product_name| is shown in the **Storages** section (for more details, see the `Acronis Data Cloud documentation <https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AcronisDataCloud/index.html#40071.html>`__. Finally, perform a test backup to the Azure cloud to make sure that everything is working correctly.