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Running Security Operations

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This section describes how you can use the Sample Application instances running on the Auto Scaling Group on the EC2 instance to protect the data that is sent by a REST API client.

To run security operations:

If you are not using TLS authentication between the Sample Application instance and the REST API client, then send the following cURL request from the Linux instance:

curl <DNS name or IP address of the AWS Load Balancer>/protect -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-raw '{"dataElement": "Alpha", "policyUser": "user1", "input": ["protegrity1234", "helloworld"]}'

Upgrading the Protector from Version 9.x to 10.x

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This section explains the steps and procedure to upgrade the AWS EC2 protector from version 9.x to 10.x. This method is used for a major release upgrade. For example, this upgrade procedure is used in case of architectural changes.

Upgrade Approach

The 9.x and 10.x versions include different components and resource requirements as part of the deployment. As a result, the approach uses the following steps:

Create a 10.x setup in a different Auto Scaling Group.
Run test traffic to the 10.x setup to verify that the security operations are working.
Stop the traffic to the 9.x setup and make changes to point the traffic to the 10.x setup.
Switch the production traffic from the 9.x deployment to the 10.x deployment.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have access to the EC2 instance with appropriate permissions. For more information about the required permissions, refer to the section Software Requirements.
Ensure that the required security policy is available on the 10.x ESA.

Upgrading the Protector

Perform the following steps to upgrade the protector from 9.x to 10.x.

Upgrading the Protector from Version 10.x to 10.y

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This section explains the steps and procedure for performing a rolling upgrade and roll back for AWS EC2 protector. This method is useful for maintenance releases such as bug fixes and CVE updates. In this method, the protector is upgraded from version 10.x to version 10.y.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have access to the EC2 instance with appropriate permissions. For more information about the required permissions, refer to the section Software Requirements.
Ensure that the required security policy is available on the 10.y ESA.

Upgrading the Protector

Perform the following steps to upgrade the protector from 10.x to 10.y.