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How do I deploy a Virtual Canary on Hyper-V Manager

Description: Canaries aren't just hardware devices. You can run Canaries inside your Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure, using the same Console as the rest of your Canary fleet.

Note: Hyper-V Canaries are only supported on our new interface. We will enable the new interface for you when you request Hyper-V Canaries if you have not already got it enabled.

Requirements: All that's needed for a fully functioning bird:

Disk space larger than 10GB
2GB memory
Single CPU core

Follow the steps below to create your Hyper-V Canary:

Step 1:

Log in to your Console.

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Step 2:

1 - Click the Add icon.

2 - Click Add New Canary.

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Step 3:

Select Add Hyper-V Canary.

Step 4:

Click on Download Zip to start the download.

Step 5:

Your Hyper-V image will begin to download.

Note: Once the download has been completed, extract the zip file to the storage location where your Canary will live in your Hyper-V environment and then move to Step 6.

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Step 6:

On the Hyper-V Manager interface, click Import Virtual Machine.

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Step 7:

The wizard window will now appear, click Next.

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Step 8:

Click Browse... and browse to the location where you extracted the Hyper-V image.
Click Next.

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Step 9:

Confirm the Virtual Canary import and click Next.

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Step 10:

1 - We selected Register the virtual machine in-place (use the existing unique ID).

Note: If deploying multiple Canaries, please select Copy the virtual machine (create a new unique ID).

2 - Click Next.

Step 11:

1 - Select your preferred virtual network from the drop-down list under Connection for the network your Canary will live on.

Note: we have selected Default Switch.

2 - Click Next.

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Step 12:

Review the VM information and click Finish.

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Step 13:

Right-click on the new VM and rename the VM to the specified name.

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Step 14:

Right click on the VM and click Start to boot this Canary up.

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Step 15:

Your VM Canary is now running in Hyper-V.

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Step 16:

On your Console, you should see a pop up to confirm your new Canary.

1 - If you have multiple flocks choose one for your new Canary.

2 - Click Add Canary.

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Step 17:

Your Virtual Canary will boot and connect back to your Console.

You can set up your Virtual Canary from within your Console using the remote management - Guide found here.

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You're done! ;-)