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Azure Passhub Deployment

If you would like to run a self hosted Passhub For Business that runs inside of Azure you may begin here.

You have 2 options:

  1. Follow along this documentation while you deploy Passhub For Business using Azure Marketplace
  2. Use this Video tutorial on YouTube as a guide

Azure Marketplace​

There are 2 ways to install Passhub For Business using Azure:

  1. Manually installing Passhub For Business on Azure Resources (Virtual Machines, DNS, Firewall, etc)
  2. Using Azure Marketplace to deploy Passhub For Business

We will be using Azure Marketplace to setup Passhub For Business

1. Passhub on Azure Marketplace​

You may search for Passhub on the Azure Marketplace or click this link to Passhub on Azure Marketplace

Click on get it now: Get It Now

Then click Continue: Create Continue

Finally click Create:

Azure Portal Create

2. Passhub Deployment Settings​

Now create or use an existing resource group, choose your desired region then click Next Deployment 1st Page

Here are the settings required for Passhub itself and for Azure specific resources:

Please add an

  • Admin Username for Virtual Machine Login
  • Password for Virtual Machine Login
  • Subdomain that Passhub will be hosted at. Example: [subdomain].eastus.cloudapp.azure.com
  • Azure Virtual Machine Type
  • Disk Size in Gigabytes

Deployment 2nd Page

Now click next, double check all the settings pass validation and you may click Create Deployment 3rd Page

It takes around 8-12 minutes to deploy Passhub depending on the machine size you selected and based on how available Azure Resources are in the current moment Waiting to Deploy

3. Login to Azure Virtual Machine​

Login to your Virtual Machine using SSH and using the Admin Username and Password you created

It will now ask for this prompt: Certbot in SSH

If you would like an automatic SSL certificate and Azure does not provide one then type in Yes

Note: If you do not want to use Certbot to create an SSL certificate for you please note that Passhub requires a HTTPS connection to function

Note: On next login CertBot will not ask automatically, however if you would like to run CertBot forcefully then do:

sudo ./var/www/passhubAzure/passhub-deployment-scripts/04-certbot.sh passhubAdmin eastus

Note: Replace "passhubAdmin" with your Linux Admin Username and replace "eastus" with your region that you chose for your Resource Group in Azure

Now go to your deployed Passhub. Example: https://mycompanypasshub.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com and it will say this Go to WWPass Manage

Note: The Virtual Machine is yours to use and you may change any configuration you want, for example: nginx, Passhub, etc.

WWPass Management Site​

This is the WWPass Developer/Management Site for all your WWPass resources. Passhub relies on a WWPass certificate to function, here is also where you are able to pay for your Passhub Subscription

1. Create New Application​

Go to WWPass Management then create an account and login using your WWPass Key App on your phone

Now Click on Add Application. This will let you register the domain with WWPass Authentication Services to get the WWPass Certificate required for your Local Instance of Passhub Create New Application

2. Creating WWPass Certificate​

Step 1: Write the entire web address name for example: https://mycompanypasshub.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com Manage Appliation 1

Step 2: Choose HTTPS verification as it works best with Azure. Follow along the steps it provides: Manage Appliation 2

Step 3: Here you will generate a Key and Certificate Request for your Local Instance of Passhub, Follow along the steps it provides, then click Submit: Manage Appliation 3 Manage Appliation 3-1

Step 4: Obtain the crt file and move both the Private Key you create and the .crt into /etc/ssl so that Passhub may read them. Manage Appliation 4 Manage Appliation 4-1

3. Azure User Management (Entra ID)​

Your Local Instance of Passhub is ready to go and you may now create an account.

If you would like to manage users of Passhub through Azure instead of Passhub's built in User Management then you may follow this document explaining how to use Entra ID with Microsoft Graph API for Passhub User management.