Creating an Instance of the Protegrity Appliance from the AMI
Perform the following steps to create an instance of the Protegrity appliance using an AMI.
Access AWS at the following URL:
The AWS home screen appears.
Click the Sign In to the Console button.
The AWS login screen appears.
On the AWS login screen, enter the following details:
- Account Number
- User Name
- Password
Click the Sign in button.
After successful authentication, the AWS Management Console screen appears.
Click Services.
Navigate to Compute > EC2
The EC2 Dashboard screen appears.
Contact Protegrity Support and provide your Amazon Account Number so that the required Protegrity AMIs can be made accessible to the account.
Click on AMIs under the Images section.
The AMIs that are accessible to the user account appear in the right pane.
Select the AMI of the required Protegrity appliance in the right pane.
Click the Launch instance from AMI button to launch the selected Protegrity appliance.
The Launch an instance screen appears.
Depending on the performance requirements, choose the required instance type.
For the ESA appliance, an instance with 32 GB RAM is recommended.
If you need to configure the details of the instance, then click the Next: Configure Instance Details button.
The Configure Instance Details screen appears.
Specify the following parameters on the Configure Instance Details screen:
Number of Instances: The number of instances that you want to launch at a time.
Purchasing option: The option to request Spot instances, which are unused EC2 instances. If you select this option, then you need to specify the maximum price that you are willing to pay for each instance on an hourly basis.
Network: The VPC to launch the appliance in. If you need to create a VPC, then click the Create new VPC link. For more information about creating a VPC, refer to the section Configuring VPC.
Subnet: The Subnet to be used to launch the appliance. A subnet resides in one Availability zone.
If you need to create a Subnet, then click the Create new subnet link.
For more information about creating a subnet, refer to the section Adding a Subnet to the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
Auto-assign Public IP: The IP address from where your instance can be accessed over the Internet. You need to select Enable from the list.
Availability Zone: A location within a region that is designed to be isolated from failures in other Availability Zones.
IAM role: This option is disabled by default.
Shutdown behaviour: The behaviour of the appliance when an OS-level shut down command is initiated.
Enable Termination Protection: The option to prevent accidental termination of the appliance instance.
Monitoring: The option to monitor, collate, and analyze the metrics for the instance of your appliance.
If you need to add additional storage to the instance of the appliance, then click the Next: Add Storage button.
The Add Storage screen appears.
You can provision additional storage for the appliance by clicking the Add New Volume button. Root is the default volume for your instance.
Alternatively, you can provision additional storage for the appliance later too.
For more information on configuring the additional storage on the instance of the appliance, refer to the section Increasing Disk Space on the Appliance.
If you need to create a key-value pair, then click the Add additional tags button.
Enter the Key and Value information and select the Resource types from the drop-down.
Select the Existing Key Pair option and choose a key from the list of available key pairs.
- Alternatively, you can select the Create a new Key Pair, to create a new key pair.
- If you proceed without a key pair, then the system will not be accessible.
If you need to configure the Security Group, then click the Next: Configure Security Group button.
The Configure Security Group screen appears.
You can assign a security group from the available list.
Alternatively, you can create security group with rules for the required inbound and outbound ports.
The Summary section lists all the details related to the instance of the appliance. You can review the required sections before you launch your instance.
Click the Launch instance button.
The instance of the required Protegrity appliance is launched and the Launch Status screen appears.
Click the View Instances button.
The Instances screen appears listing the instance of the appliance.
If you need to use the instance of the appliance, then access the appliance CLI Manager using the IP address of the appliance.