Using Azure GUI to Create Qualys Image 

This section helps to create and deploy Qualys Virtual Scanner using Azure GUI.

Create Qualys Image in Azure Portal

You can use the Azure Portal to create the Qualys image from a VHD file and deploy the Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance.

The Qualys qVSA image vhd file should have already been uploaded to your storage container to create an image, see 'Copying Qualys Image to Your Storage Container' for details.

Perform the following steps:

1. From Azure Portal, navigate to Custom Images.

2. Click Create  to create an image and enter the required details:

   

   • Subscription - select the Azure subscription where you want to create the scanner image
     • Resource group
   • Name – give a distinct name for your scanner image
   • Region - select a region
   • OS type - select Linux
   • VM generation - select Gen 2
   • Storage blob - enter the blob URI where you copied the qVSA vhd image from the section, Copying Qualys image into your Storage Account
   • Account - can select Standard HDD
   • Host/caching - select Read/Write