Certified Azure Instance Sizes for qVSA Deployment
The qVSA image may be incompatible with certain Azure instance sizes, preventing the scanner from booting successfully.
If you encounter a VM boot failure, you can redeploy with some of these instance sizes that have been certified by Qualys for the successful deployment of qVSA-4.2 and higher.
Instance Sizes Available in Most Regions
The following table shows the instance sizes available in most regions.
| Instance Size | Number of CPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| D4s_v3 | 4 | 16 |
| B4ms | 4 | 16 |
| F4s_v2 | 4 | 8 |
| F8s_v2 | 8 | 16 |
Instance Sizes Most Used by Azure Users
The following table shows the most commonly used instance sizes among Azure users.
| Instance Size | Number of CPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| D2ls_v5 | 2 | 8 |
| D2as_v5 | 2 | 8 |
| D2ads_v5 | 2 | 8 |
| D2s_v5 | 2 | 8 |
| D4as_v5 | 4 | 16 |
| D8as_v5 | 8 | 32 |
| B2as_v2 | 2 | 8 |
| B4as_v2 | 4 | 16 |