Step 1: Select your preferred plan (either Cloud or BYOL) from the provided dropdown menu, and click Continue button

Step 2: Click on Create button to configure various deployment settings

Step 3: Provide name for your new instance and change size if required from the available list

Step 4: Configure your login username and authentication method in the next step.

NOTE: You can also opt to use the default modshield username to simplify user management.

Step 5: Click on Review+Create button to review the final deployment template and click on Create button.

Step 6: Save the SSH private key when prompted and click Download private key and create resource button to deploy your instance

In the next section, we will check on accessing the dashboard, and configuring various domains and related settings

Accessing dashboard

Once your new instance is deployed, copy the Subscription ID, which would be default password for your Modshield SB instance

Visit http://<Public IP>:5000/modshieldsb_login to access the administrative panel

Enter your Azure Subscription ID in the password field to login

You should now be greeted with the empty dashboard page as follows