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# Azure CWPP prerequisites

> Prepare your Azure environment with the required quotas and naming policies before enabling workload security in Plerion.

With **workload security for Azure**, Plerion deploys appliances into your Azure subscriptions to scan workloads for vulnerabilities. Before you enable the integration, you must ensure the following prerequisites are met.

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## Allow plerion-cwpp-\* in naming policies

If your Azure environment enforces a **Naming Policy**, you must permit the `plerion-cwpp-*` pattern. Plerion resources created in customer subscriptions always start with this prefix.

Learn more in the [Azure naming overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/govern/resource-consistency/naming).

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## Increase quota for regional cores

Plerion appliances use **Standard D2s v3 VMs**. Each consumes 2 vCPUs, and up to 10 appliances may run in a single region.

You must reserve a minimum of **20 cores per region** (40 recommended for growth). Without this quota, appliance deployment will fail.

Increase both **Total Regional vCPUs** and **Standard DSv3 Family vCPUs**:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to your subscription in the Azure portal">
    From the left menu, select `Subscriptions` and choose the subscription to update.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Usage + quotas">
    From the left menu, select `Usage + quotas` and choose the target region.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/pleriondocs/rDG914-TLqofr4Lz/images/integrations/azure/quota.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=rDG914-TLqofr4Lz&q=85&s=765d9044c1543861e034ccaf79b66c08" alt="Azure portal showing subscription usage and quotas view" width="2880" height="272" data-path="images/integrations/azure/quota.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Request a quota increase for Total Regional vCPUs">
    * Set to at least **20** (recommended **40**).
    * Click `Submit` and wait for approval.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Request a quota increase for Standard DSv3 Family vCPUs">
    * Set to at least **20** (recommended **40**).
    * Click `Submit` and wait for approval.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Quota increases are required in every region where Azure CWPP appliances will be deployed.
</Note>

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## Increase quota for regional public IP addresses

Each appliance requires outbound internet access via a public IP. Up to 10 appliances may run in a region, so you must reserve at least **10 public IP addresses per region** (20 recommended for growth). Without this quota, deployment will fail.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to your subscription in the Azure portal">
    From the left menu, select `Subscriptions` and choose the subscription to update.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Usage + quotas">
    From the left menu, select `Usage + quotas` and choose the target region.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/pleriondocs/rDG914-TLqofr4Lz/images/integrations/azure/ip-quota.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=rDG914-TLqofr4Lz&q=85&s=aee829a2fd0cc7eff9baa95fe4d011f3" alt="Azure portal showing subscription usage and quotas view for public IPs" width="2332" height="198" data-path="images/integrations/azure/ip-quota.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Request a quota increase for Public IP Addresses">
    * Set to at least **10** (recommended **20**).
    * Click `Submit` and wait for approval.
  </Step>
</Steps>