AWS Bootstrap

Setting up a Manager in AWS

Overview

To bootstrap a manager in AWS, you will need the Cloudify Manager Blueprints repository. This document refers specifically to the aws-ec2-manager-blueprint.yaml and the aws-ec2-manager-blueprint-inputs.yaml files.

Environment Specific Inputs

• Credentials and identification in order to connect to AWS

  • aws_access_key_id No default. Login to your aws console and navigate to (credential report)[https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home?region=us-east-1#credential_report]. See your account administrator if you don’t have permission to download the report.
  • aws_secret_access_key No default.
  • ec2_region_name Default: us-east-1. This is the region in AWS that you will create resources in when you run the manager blueprint.

• Resources

  • image_id A CentOS Linux 7 x86_64 HVM EBS image to install the Cloudify manager components on.
  • instance_type An instance type for the manager server. Minimum of 4 GB. Recommended 8 GB.
  • use_existing_manager_group Whether to use an existing security group (true) or create a new one (false).
  • use_existing_agent_group Whether to use an existing security group (true) or create a new one (false).
  • use_existing_manager_keypair Whether to use an existing key (true) or create a new one (false).
  • use_existing_agent_keypair Whether to use an existing key (true) or create a new one (false).
  • manager_keypair_name
  • agent_keypair_name
  • ssh_key_filename Either where to save the key file, or where it already exists.
  • agent_private_key_path Either where to save the key file, or where it already exists.
  • manager_security_group_name
  • agent_security_group_name
  • ssh_user The user that the Cloudify Fabric plugin will use to install the manager components over SSH on the manager server.
  • agents_user The user that the manager will use to communicate with the agent hosts over SSH.

Provisioned Resources

These resources will be provisioned in your AWS account.

• Cloudify manager virtual machine
• Manager security group
• Agent security group
• Manager key pair
• Agent key pair
• The following ports will be opened on the Cloudify manager:
  • 80
  • 443
  • 22
  • 8101 (rest service)
  • 5672 (AMQP)
  • 53229 (file server)