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Create EC2 Instances

Use the AMIs shared by Cyware to create EC2 instances for the Collaborate web application and database servers.

To create an EC2 instance on AWS for the Collaborate database server, do the following:

Note

The steps to create an instance may change. Follow the AWS Knowledge Center to create an instance.

  1. Sign in to AWS and open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, go to Images > AMIs.

  3. Click the Owned by me drop-down and select Private images.

  4. Search for the ID of the Intel Exchange database AMI shared by Cyware.

  5. Click Select next to the AMI, and then click Launch Instance with AMI.

  6. Enter the following details for the instance:

    • Name and tags: Enter a unique name to identify the instance. For example, Collaborate Database.

    • Application and OS Images (Amazon Machine Image): The Intel Exchange database AMI is preselected.

    • Instance type: Select an instance type based on the number of CPUs and memory required for the instance. For more information, see System Requirements.

      Note

      • Collaborate supports T3 or newer x86 instance types only.

      • Currently, Collaborate does not support T2 or ARM (AWS Graviton) instance types.

    • Key pair (login): You can use a key pair to securely connect to your instance. For more information, see Amazon EC2 key pairs.

    • Network settings: Choose your VPC and Subnet.

    • Configure storage: Configure the required storage for the instance. For more information, see System Requirements.

  7. Under Summary, click Launch instance.

You can view the status of the instance in the Instances list. After the instance is created, a virtual machine is created with all the Collaborate database services deployed.

Similarly, follow the above-mentioned steps to create an EC2 instance using the AMI for the Collaborate web application server. Creating an instance for the web application server does not deploy the web application services automatically. Refer to the Prerequisites and Deploy Collaborate Web Application to deploy the web application services.

After creating the EC2 instances, Cyware recommends you sign in to the operating system of the instances and update the password of the operating system. The default credentials to sign in to the operating system are:

  • Username: centos

  • Password: centos