Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Microsoft* Azure* Platform

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1. Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Microsoft* Azure* Platform 2. Document Revision History for Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Azure* Cloud
1. Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Microsoft* Azure* Platform x
1.1. Creating an Azure* Account 1.2. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software for the Azure* Cloud 1.3. Licensing IP Cores 1.4. Managing Intel® FPGA Software on the Azure* Cloud 1.5. Persistent Storage and Data Transference 1.6. Hosting a License Server in the Microsoft* Azure* Cloud 1.7. Connecting to the License Server 1.8. Example: Running Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Space Explorer II 1.9. Example: Running the ''Hello World'' Program Using the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™
1.4. Managing Intel® FPGA Software on the Azure* Cloud x
1.4.1. Signing In the Azure* Web Portal 1.4.2. Selecting Intel® FPGA Tool from the Azure* Marketplace 1.4.3. Specifying the Virtual Machine Characteristics 1.4.4. Launching the Virtual Machine 1.4.5. Connecting to the Azure* Virtual Machine Using SSH 1.4.6. Obtaining a GUI Desktop on the Running Azure* Virtual Machine 1.4.7. Opening the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 1.4.8. Terminating the Virtual Machine
1.4.3. Specifying the Virtual Machine Characteristics x
1.4.3.1. Basic Settings 1.4.3.2. Machine Size and Instance Type 1.4.3.3. Network Settings
1.4.5. Connecting to the Azure* Virtual Machine Using SSH x
1.4.5.1. Connecting from a Windows* Computer 1.4.5.2. Connecting from a Linux Computer
1.6. Hosting a License Server in the Microsoft* Azure* Cloud x
1.6.1. Create a License Server Machine in the Azure* Cloud 1.6.2. Upload the Flexlm License Server to the Server Machine 1.6.3. Configure and Start the License Server 1.6.4. Manage the License Server
1.7. Connecting to the License Server x
1.7.1. Preserving the MAC Address
1.8. Example: Running Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Space Explorer II x
1.8.1. Starting Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Space Explorer II 1.8.2. Setting Up an Intel® Quartus® Prime Project
1. Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Microsoft* Azure* Platform
2. Document Revision History for Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Azure* Cloud

1.6.3. Configure and Start the License Server

Set up the license server in the virtual machine:
  1. Connect to the virtual machine using SSH.
  2. From the virtual machine, configure the Flexlm license server to run as a Systemd service and start at boot: 
    sudo ./FlexlmSetup-<release> -linux.run –installdir /opt/intelFPGA_pro/<version>/flexlm –mode unattended
  3. Get the MAC address of the license server: 
    /opt/intelFPGA_pro/<version>/flexlm/bin/lmutil lmhostid
  4. Regenerate your Intel® Quartus® Prime license for the license server from the Self Service Licensing Server.
    • You must log on your My Intel account.
    • For details on using the Self-Service Licensing Server, refer to the Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing.
  5. When you receive the license file, follow the instructions in the email and customize the file.
  6. Upload the file to the license server:
    • Linux:
      scp -i <private-key> <license>.dat <user>@<dns-or-ip-addr>:/opt/intelFPGA_pro/<version>/flexlm/license.dat
    • Windows:
      pscp -i <private-key> <license>.dat <user>@<dns-or-ip-addr>:/opt/intelFPGA_pro/<version>/flexlm/license.dat
    To improve security, a non-root user runs the license server.
  7. On the license server, create a user named flexlm: 
    sudo adduser flexlm
  8. Delete the password for the flexlm user: 
    sudo passwd -d flexlm
    This action makes the user only available to root.
  9. Give ownership of the Flexlm files to flexlm user 
    sudo chown -R flexlm:flexlm /opt/intelFPGA_pro/<version>/flexlm/
  10. Create a systemd init service unit to run the license service after booting the Linux kernel, Create a file named intelFPGA.service in /etc/systemd/system/
    A service unit file describes what process to run and how to manage it.
  11. In the intelFPGA.service file, add the following content: 
    [Unit]
Description=Auto Start intelFPGA License Server 

[Service]
Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/su flexlm -c '/tools/intelFPGA_pro/<version>/flexlm/bin/lmgrd
												-c /tools/intelFPGA_pro/<version>/flexlm/license.dat
												-z -l /tools/intelFPGA_pro/<version>/flexlm/debug.log'
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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