Amazon Web Services (AWS) VM

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Last updated: Nov 03, 2020 by Anuj Raghuram (Unlicensed)
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Overview

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

Provision your AWS VM

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

  1. Login to your HCP account.

  2. Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > VMs > New.

  3. Select the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Resource Pool.

    VM wizard

  4. Select the VM size.

    Select VM Size

  5. Select the Operating System Image.

  6. Select the Subnet.
     

  7. 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.

  8. To define the Public-Private Key Pair:

    1. Login to your HCP account.

    2. Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > Select the Credentials from the Credential Store.

  9. If you are a HCP Administrator, you can create a VM for yourself or for the users. [1]

  10. You can configure Advanced settings for your VM based on the table below. This is an optional configuration. 



Field name 

Description

Field name 

Description

Name prefix

Enter a Name for your VM. [2]

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. [3]

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.  


       

Notes:

  • [1] If you are a Tenant Administrator, you can create a VM for Users that are entitled to your Resource Pool.

  • [2] If your HCP Administrator has defined a naming convention for Resource Pools, this field will be greyed out. VM names will be auto-generated by the HCP portal.

  • [3] If your HCP Administrator has configured the VM Lease period for a Resource Pool, your Lease period will be auto-populated.

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