Azure Quickstart 1-Click ARM Template 10,000 Evaluation Requests Included

1-Click Microsoft Azure VM Deployment Guide

Launch Enterprise PII Guardrails into your Microsoft Azure subscription in under 3 minutes. Test real-time PII redaction, custom regex engines, and LLM integrations with zero initial setup and automatic evaluation licensing (10,000 requests included).

Automated ARM Template

Deploy Directly to Azure Portal

Provisions an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Standard_D2s_v7 instance (2 vCPU, 8GB RAM) with 30 GB Premium SSD storage, auto-managed Docker runtime, and pre-activated evaluation license (10,000 requests quota).

🚀 Deploy to Azure Portal ↗ Download

Lifecycle & Node-Locked Conversion Pipeline

1
Deploy & Evaluate

1-Click ARM template boots the Ubuntu VM with an automatic evaluation license (10,000 requests quota). Zero sales call or upfront payment required.

2
Locate Server HWID

Log into the Studio Web UI. The Licensing tab displays your instance's unique, persistent Hardware ID (e.g. A1B2-C3D4-E5F6-7890).

3
In-Place Upgrade

Email the HWID to activate a permanent Node-Locked Production license. Paste the key into the UI—zero data loss, zero re-deployments.

Step-by-Step Deployment Instructions

STEP 1 • Deploy Template in Azure Portal

Choose whichever deployment method fits your workflow best:

Method 1: 1-Click Azure Portal Link

Click the Deploy to Azure Portal button above. Azure Portal loads the template directly from the verified URI.

Method 2: Template Editor (Offline / Fallback)

Click Copy ARM JSON. In Azure Portal search for Deploy a custom template > Build your own template in the editor > Paste > Save.

Once loaded, select your subscription, resource group, and review the template parameters:

adminStudioPassword Master password for the Studio Web UI (admin). Minimum 8 characters.
adminPasswordOrKey SSH public key or password for SSH / root access to the Ubuntu virtual machine.
allowedInboundCIDR Set to your corporate IP range (e.g. 203.0.113.25/32) or leave * for initial testing.
Preconfigured Compute Hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on Standard_D2s_v7 (2 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 30GB SSD). Broadly available across all Azure availability zones.
STEP 2 • Access the Web Studio & API

Once the Azure deployment shows Deployment succeeded (typically ~2 to 3 minutes), navigate to the deployment Outputs:

Studio Web UI: http://<AZURE_PUBLIC_IP>:8000
Interactive OpenAPI Docs: http://<AZURE_PUBLIC_IP>:8000/docs

Log in with username admin and the password you defined in Step 1.

STEP 3 • Upgrade to Node-Locked Production

All audit logs, custom regex patterns, and compliance rules are saved in persistent encrypted storage at /opt/piiguardrails/data. You never need to rebuild or redeploy when your evaluation finishes:

  1. In the Studio Web UI, go to the Licensing tab.
  2. Copy your 16-character Server Hardware ID (e.g. A1B2-C3D4-E5F6-7890).
  3. Email piiguardrails@gmail.com with your Hardware ID and preferred tier (Standard or Enterprise).
  4. Paste your issued commercial key into the license field and click Activate.

Security & Architecture Guarantees

🔒 100% In-VNet Data Sovereignty

No telemetry or inspection payloads ever leave your Azure VNet. All NLP tokenization and redactions run locally on your VM.

🛡️ AES-256 SQLCipher Database

Every database record is encrypted at rest using an automated 256-bit passphrase stored securely on the host.

💾 Managed SSD Persistence Across Reboots

Your database and configuration persist across VM stops, reboots, and deallocations on the Azure Premium SSD disk.

⚙️ Auto-Restart Daemon

Managed via systemd supervisor to ensure high availability and automatic recovery in case of system reboots.