Hyper-V

The Halon platform runs on Hyper-V; a native hypervisor created by Microsoft.

Installation

We provide a VHD file to be used with Hyper-V.

1. Connect to the Hyper-V server and add a new virtual machine.
2. Specify the amount of memory you want to allocate to the virtual machine - refer to Hardware requirements.
3. Configure the virtual machine to use the VHD file that you downloaded as the system disk.
4. Bring up the settings of the newly created (and turned off) virtual machine.
5. Select “IDE Controller 0” and add a new, blank hard disk to be used for storage - refer to Hardware requirements. The size can be expanded later, if needed.
6. Start your virtual machine and open the console.
7. Type an IP address (one that is unoccupied, and that you can access) and press return. Type a netmask (or subnet, if you prefer; for example 255.255.255.0 or 24) and press return. Type a gateway and press return. Type a DNS and press return. The new blue “Halon” screen shows on which IP address you can access it.
8. Start a web browser, go to the IP address you configured, and log in with the username "admin" and the password "admin".
9. The web administration is shown. If it was able to connect to Halon's datacenter, it will receive a license and be ready to process e-mail messages.

Adding a new virtual machine

Allocating memory to the virtual machine

Adding the system disk (VHD) to the virtual machine

Creating the storage disk for the virtual machine

Configuring the appliance from the console

Configuration is complete

The login screen