To deploy Kyvos Free using the AWS Marketplace wizard, perform the following steps.
Log in to your AWS Portal, with the user having sufficient permissions and information as mentioned in the prerequisites.
On the Home page, use the search box to search for AWS Marketplace.
In the AWS Marketplace section, click Discover Products.
In the AWS Marketplace Products section, type Kyvos Free in the search box. The Kyvos Free offer is displayed.
Click the Kyvos Free offer. This will take you to the Kyvos page, which contains information about the Product overview, Usage Information, Support, as well as Ratings and Reviews. You can also click on each tab to read the respective information.
In the Pricing Information section, select the Region in which you want to deploy Kyvos. You will also view the Kyvos pricing details for each Kyvos resources. Now, click Continue to Subscribe.
Now, click Continue to Subscribe. This will take you to the Kyvos Terms and Conditions page. In the Action column, click Show Details to expand and view the pricing details of Kyvos resources. Similarly, you click Hide details to collapse the pricing details.
Now, click Continue to Configuration. This will take you to the Configure this Software page.
Select one of the following from the Fulfillment option:
Kyvos (with existing VPC): Select this option if you want to deploy Kyvos using existing VPC.
Kyvos (with VPC creation): Select this option if you want Kyvos to create VPC.
Click Continue to Launch. This will take you to the Launch this Software page. On the page, you can do the following:
Click the Usage instructions link and the following message is displayed.
In the Choose Action list, the Launch CloudFormation option is displayed by default.
Click Launch. This will take you to the Create stack (Step 1) page.
Step 1: Specify template
In the Prerequisite - Prepare template, select the Template is ready option.
In the Specify template, select the Upload a template file option to upload your CloudFormation template using the Choose File button.
Click NEXT.
Step 2: Specify stack details
Enter a Stack name. The Stack name can contain letters (A-Z and a-z), numbers (0-9), and dashes (-).
Note
The Kyvos cluster will be deployed in this name, and you cannot edit the name after deployment.
If you have enabled Web Portal High Availability, the stack name should not exceed 32 characters
The Parameters area displays the configurations defined in your template. It also allows you to enter custom values to create or update a stack.
Enter details as:
Configuration | Parameter | Description/Remarks |
|---|---|---|
Security Configurations | Select the name of the Key Pair to be used with EC2 instances | A key pair consisting of a public key (stored by AWS), and a private key file (stored by the user). Together, they allow you to connect to your instance securely. |
Enter the SSH Private Key text | Provide the text of your SSH key. To get this, open your .pem file in edit mode, and copy the complete text. | |
Select the name of the Key Pair to be used with Bastion Host | A key pair consisting of a public key (stored by AWS), and a private key file (stored by user). Together, they allow you to connect to your instance securely. For example, select AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName | |
VPC Configurations | Specify an IPv4 CIDR block of existing VPC. | Please enter the IP range (CIDR notation) for this VPC |
Select the VPC in which EC2 instances will be launched | Select the VPC from the list. | |
Select the Private Subnets to be attached to EC2 instances | Select 2 private subnets, each from a different availability zone. | |
Select the Public Subnets to be attached to EC2 instances | Select 2 public subnets, each from a different availability zone. | |
EMR Configurations | Enter the number of Core EC2 Instances to be launched with EMR | The number of Core EC2 Instances to be launched with EMR. Recommended value: 2 |
Enter the minimum number of Core EC2 instances that should be kept running | The minimum number of core nodes that will keep running during scale-in operation. Recommended value: 2 | |
Enter the maximum number of Core EC2 instances that should be kept running | The maximum number of core nodes that can be used by the EMR during scale-out operation. Recommended value: 10 | |
Enable In-transit encryption for EMR cluster | Set the value of this parameter to true if you need in-transit encryption with TLS for the EMR cluster. | |
Enter the S3Object ARN where PEM based certificate is located | Enter the S3Object Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the KMS certificate. NOTE: This is required only if you have enabled in-transit encryption for the EMR cluster. | |
RDS Configurations | Postgres Password Kyvos | Specifies the value of the password used for Kyvos Repository. NOTE The password can include any printable ASCII character except "/", """, "@" and single quote |
Advanced Configurations | Select Instance Type which will be used for Query Engines. | Select the required instance type that will be used for Query Engines. |
Select Instance Type which will be used for BI Server. | Select the required instance type that will be used for BI Server. | |
Name of IAM User to give permissions on KMS key | Specify the name of IAM User to give permissions on KMS key. | |
Enable Environment validation | By default, the False value is selected to enable the environment validation. | |
Allowed IP Range | Provide the range of IP addresses allowed to access Kyvos Instances. Use 0.0.0.0/0 to allow all users access. | |
Email ID | You will receive Kyvos Application URLs and Cloudwatch Alarm Notifications on this email address. | |
Cloudwatch Alarms | Select true to receive Cloudwatch Alarm Notifications on the above email address if provided. | |
Password for Kyvos and Kyvos Manager. | Enter the Admin password for Kyvos and Kyvos Manager Web portal. Keep this admin username and password safe for future reference. |
Click NEXT.
Step 3: Configure stack options
Tags: You can specify tags (key-value pairs) to apply to resources in your stack. You can add up to 50 unique tags for each stack.
Permissions: Choose an IAM role to explicitly define how CloudFormation can create, modify, or delete resources in the stack. If you don't choose a role, CloudFormation uses permissions based on your user credentials.
Stack failure options: You can specify roll back behavior for a stack failure. For more information, see AWS documentation.
Advanced options: Optionally, you can set additional options for your stack, like notification options and a stack policy.
Enter details as:
Parameter | Description/Remarks |
|---|---|
Stack policy | Defines the resources that you want to protect from unintentional updates during a stack update. Kyvos does not allow any updates in the stack, so you can leave this blank. |
Rollback configuration | Specify alarms for CloudFormation to monitor when creating and updating the stack. If the operation breaches an alarm threshold, CloudFormation rolls it back. |
Monitoring time (optional): The number of minutes after the operation completes that CloudFormation should continue monitoring the specified alarms. | |
CloudWatch alarm (optional): Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the alarm to monitor. | |
Notification options | Specify SNS topic ARN (optional). |
Stack creation options | Rollback on failure: Specifies whether the stack should be rolled back if stack creation fails. |
Timeout: The number of minutes before a stack creation times out. | |
Termination protection: Prevents the stack from being accidentally deleted. Once created, you can update this through stack actions. |
Click NEXT.
Step 4: Review
Review the settings selected so far. Click Previous if you need to change any configurations.
Warning
Please review the settings and information thoroughly. Once the stack is created, you CANNOT update any information. You will have to delete the stack and start over again.
Step 5: Create Stack
To proceed, select the I acknowledge checkbox and click Submit to create and deploy the Kyvos cluster on your AWS environment.
Stack creation starts and takes around 20-25 minutes. Once the cluster is deployed, you will receive an email with URL to access Kyvos Manager and Kyvos through which deployed Kyvos on AWS can be accessed.