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title: "Step 5. Configure Helper Appliance"
description: "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."
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dateModified: "2026-11-06"
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# 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:

1. In the **EC2 instance type** field, select the instance type for the helper appliance.
2. In the **Subnet** field, select the subnet for the helper appliance.
3. In the **Security group** field, select a security group that will be associated with the helper appliance.
4. 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.

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