The most recent download of the ASDK can be found here at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/azure-stack/development-kit/?v=try. This is how to download the ASDK:
- The Azure Stack Downloader will help you with a nice UI to make it work:
- Now we will need to extract the files to a folder of your choice on the local hard disk:
- The CloudBuilder.vhdx is the source that all Azure Stack services boot from. You should place this .vhdx file in a destination folder of your choice and start the ASDK installer script, which is available here at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-stack/asdk/asdk-install.
- Now let's start with choosing the option on the left and prepare the environment:
- We will need to choose the correct virtual disk of Azure Stack and load corresponding drivers for the hardware, if needed:
- The installer now mounts the .vhdx file and boots from it. The next required parameters are the local administrator account and password, which will be set identically for all accounts in Azure Stack. If you are running your ASDK host in a non-DHCP networking environment, you would need to define the networking properties and even the time zone and computer name:
- Because ASDK only supports one network card, we will need to choose it. All others will be disabled by default, if they are not already:
- If you are deploying ASDK with a fixed IP, it is a must to set a proper time server, as about 80% of all broken ASDK installations are caused by time server issues. If you have no other one available, time.windows.com could help you:
- Now, the CloudBuilder.vhdx is being mounted and a final reboot will bring the system online in the VHDX itself:
- After the reboot is successfully done, we will need to run the installer again to get to the second phase of the installation:
- Therefore, we will need to hit the Install box on the left-side of the following screenshot:
