This guide is for customers who continue to use the original Veeam Data Cloud platform for Microsoft Azure until migration to the new unified experience platform is complete. If you use Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure in the unified experience platform, click here to go to the correct user guide.Step 5. Configure Helper Appliance
At the Settings step of the wizard, specify helper appliance settings. A helper appliance is an auxiliary Linux-based instance used to upload disks of a backed-up Azure VM to Amazon EC2.
To configure helper appliance settings, do the following:
- In the EC2 instance type field, select the instance type for the helper appliance.
- In the Subnet field, select the subnet for the helper appliance.
- In the Security group field, select a security group that will be associated with the helper appliance.
- The default Redirector port is 443. Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure will use this port to route requests between the helper appliance and backup infrastructure components. You can specify another port number.
