To summarize this chapter, there was a deep dive into the deployment steps for Azure stack while discussing all basics for the one host deployment toolkit release and the multi-node deployment. The life cycle host server which is responsible for the deployment process and later runs the hardware management solution provided from the hardware OEM. Regarding errors during the deployment, it is good to know the corresponding log files and finally rerun the deployment to solve any issues.

After the deployment is finished, there is the need to provide physical connectivity (in regards of power, cooling, and networking, each of them in a redundant way). And two major steps before starting with the first workloads are mainly important: Marketplace syndication for bringing Azure images down to Azure Stack, and implementing Azure Stack role based access control for preparing to set up the corresponding roles within a company and transfer them to Azure Stack.

In the next chapter you will learn...