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Available Android Images

We offer ARM64 and x86_64 images for the following Android versions:

  • 16.0 (beta)
  • 15.0
  • 14.0 Automotive OS (beta)
  • 14.0
  • 13.0
  • 12.1
  • 12.0
  • 11.0
  • 10.0
  • 9.0 Pie (No longer supported)
  • 8.1 Oreo (No longer supported)
  • 8.0 Oreo (No longer supported)
  • 7.0 Nougat (No longer supported)
  • 6.0 Marshmallow (No longer supported)
  • 5.1 Lollipop (No longer supported)

Create and set up an instance

  1. Go to MS Azure marketplace:

    Genymotion on marketplace

    For an overview of the available software plans, go to the Plans + Pricing tab.

  2. Click Get It Now and select a software plan and an Android image version.

  3. Click Continue, review your selection and click Create:

    Create new VM

  4. In the Basics section, fill in the appropriate information:

    • Subscription: Only pay-as-you-go is available at the moment.
    • Resource group: Select a resource group. If you don't have any, you need to create a new one.
    • Virtual machine name: Set a name to your virtual machine.
    • Region: Select a region. Choose a region similar or close to your own location for best results.
    • Availability options: Please refer to Availability options in Azure.
    • Image: This is the Genymotion Device image which corresponds to the plan you chose.
    • Azure spot instance: Please refer to Azure spot instance overview. Default is No.

    • Size: This is the instance type (CPU architecture, number of virtual CPUs, RAM) of your virtual machine. We recommend the following sizes depending on your usage:

      Usage ARM64 x86_64
      Basic Android environment
      Automation, monitoring, testing, no graphical interactions      		 Standard_D2ps_v5 Standard_B2s
      Low-profile Android environment
      Basic interactions, not suitable for video streaming or games      		 Standard_D2ps_v5 Standard_B2s
      Standard Android environment
      Common usage, suitable for low-res video streaming or 2D games      		 Standard_D4ps_v5 Standard_D2s_v5
      Professional Android environment
      Better performance for basic video streaming and 2D games      		 Standard_D8ps_v5 Standard_D4s_v5
      High-end Android environment
      High-res Video streaming, 3D games      		 Standard_D16ps_v5 Standard_D8s_v5

    • Authentication type: This is the type of authentication to connect remotely to the virtual machine. Select SSH public key to access the instance with SSH.

    • Username: Set the username to shell in order to access the virtual device with SSH.
    • SSH public key source: Generate a new key pair, use existing key pair in Azure or use existing public key. See Accessing instances with SSH for more details.

  5. Click Next : Disks. In this section, you can change the virtual machine main storage and/or add more storage disks.

  6. Click Next : Networking. There, you need to setup your VM network:

    • Virtual Network: This is the VM internal (private) network. You need to select an existing virtual network or create a new one.
    • Subnetwork: This is the VM virtual network subnetwork. This can be used to isolate a VM from the others or set several VMs in the same virtual network.
    • Public IP: Sets a public IP to communicate inbound and outbound (without network address translation (NAT)) with the Internet and other Azure resources not connected to a virtual network.
    • NIC network security group: Select Advanced to enable the Configure network security groups option.
    • Configure network security groups: These are lists of Access Control List (ACL) rules that allow or deny network traffic to subnets, network interfaces, or both.
    • Load balancing: You can place your virtual machine in the backend pool of an existing Azure load balancing solution.

  7. Click Next : Management. This section is related to monitoring and management options for your VM.​ Change the settings according to your needs.

  8. Click Next : Advanced. These are specific options for advanced users. We are not going to detail them here.
  9. Click Next : tags and set tags to your VM to your liking.
  10. Finally, click Next : Review + create: your selections will be reviewed and your VM validated. Once validation is complete, click on Create to create the VM.

When finished, your new VM will be deployed and started. It will be available in your Dashboard, in the All resources section or in the Virtual machines section:

VM

Virtual machines dashboard

Network Security Groups

Ports access is configured in Network security groups (NSG). NSGs are usually defined during a virtual machine setup and Network Security Groups but can also be changed afterwards:

  1. Go to Network security groups.
  2. Select the NSG associated with your virtual machine (your_virtual_machine_name.nsg).
  3. Edit or add rules according to your needs and Genymotion required network settings in Inbound security rules and Outbound security rules.

Access a virtual machine with a web browser

Once the initial setup is done, the instance is automatically starts. It can take up to 2 minutes before the instance can be accessed through the browser. Recommended browsers are: Chrome, Opera and Firefox

From the Virtual Machines section, select the virtual machine you want to access. In the Overview section, copy the public IP:

Virtual Machine overview

Paste the public IP in a new window. You will have this warning because our certificate is auto-signed:

Certificate warning

To remove this warning permanently, you must install a trusted certificate. Otherwise, just ignore the warning and proceed.

Authenticate yourself; the default username is genymotion and the default password is your virtual machine name.

For example:

VM name

To change the username and password, please refer to Change authentication.