Amazon Web Services (AWS) VM

Overview

The HyperCloud™ Platform lets you provision your Amazon Web Services (AWS) Virtual Machines (VMs.)

To provision an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Virtual Machine (VM):

Login to your CMP account.
Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > VMs > New.
Select the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Resource Pool.
Select the VM size.
Select the Operating System Image.
Select the Subnet.
Select the Security Group from the drop-down.
1. You'll need to define the availability set for your Resource Pool by:
  - Using an Existing Availability Set
  - Creating a New Availability Set
  - Alternatively, You can skip adding your VM in the desired availability set.
2. You can view the Summary; Inbound and Outbound Rules for your security group.
To define the Public-Private Key Pair:
1. Login to your CMP account.
2. Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > Select the Credentials from the Credential Store.
If you are a CMP Administrator, you can create a VM for yourself or for the users.
Note
If you are a Tenant Administrator, you can create a VM for Users that are entitled to your Resource Pool.
You can configure Advanced settings for your VM based on the table below. This is an optional configuration.

Field name	Description
Name prefix	Enter a Name for your VM. Note If your CMP Administrator has defined a naming convention for Resource Pools, this field will be greyed out. VM names will be auto-generated by the CMP portal.
Container Cluster	You can assign a VM to a kubernetes cluster. Adding your nodes to clusters lets you scales your apps.
Lease	You can select the VM Lease duration, after which, the Lease will expire and so will your access to the VM. If your CMP Administrator has configured the VM Lease period for a Resource Pool, your Lease period will be auto-populated.
Plugins	Select Plugins from the drop-down menu. Plugins allow you to customize a newly created VM.
Define a VM Start and Stop Schedule	Select the check box to define the VM stop and start schedule. Read more about VM Start & Stop Scheduling.

11. The VM Summary page displays the configuration of your new VM. From the VM Summary page, you can:

Create multiple VMs in one go by specifying the number of VMs in the How Many VMs field.
Click Create, to create a new VM. Your request to create a new VM is posted to the specified cloud.
Click Save Blueprint Only, to create a Template or VM Blueprint for the VM configuration.
- VM Template or Blueprint is stored in the App Store.
- You can use the VM Template or Blueprint for single-click VM deployment.