##Deploying an Elastic Cluster on Azure This document assumes you already have an azure subscription. We'll use a pre-configured azure resource manager template built by the Elastic team to simplify the deployment of an Elastic cluster on Azure. By using this template, you can specify the number of data / master nodes, install commercial cluster oversight and monitoring products such as Marvel for cluster / index monitoring, Kibana for data analytics and insight, Shield for authentication and Sense for an intuitive light weight data querying tool.
We'll be using a Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL) solution template. Elasticsearch and Kibana are both open source and free of use. Marvel basic monitoring is covered under the free basic subscription, which you can sign up for here. ###Lets get started
- Use the Elastic and Kibana ARM template here to get started. This template will also create and automou