Amazon Web Services

Installation requirements

• Golden image with Hystax Acura (provided by request).

• Resources to launch a virtual machine disk created from the Hystax Acura Golden image:

  • 8 vCPUs,
  • 16GB RAM,
  • 200GB SSD disk.

• Resources to launch a virtual machine for the Hystax Cloud Agent. Created in each target / failover project:

  • 2 vCPUs,
  • 4GB RAM,
  • 20GB disk.

• SMTP server with TLS/SSL encryption.

• Security groups allowing the following traffic:

  • Hystax Acura host:

    • Ingress -- tcp/443,
    • Ingress -- tcp/4443,
    • Ingress -- udp/12201.

  • Hystax Cloud Agent (spawned automatically in the Target Project):

    • Ingress -- tcp/80,
    • Ingress -- tcp/15000.

Installation steps

Cloud configuration

1. Create a stack from the provided link to a CloudFormation template with Hystax Acura.

• Select the "All Service" tab. Select the "CloudFormation" tab in the "Management & Governance" section.

• To create a new stack, click on the "Create Stack" button.

• Insert the provided link. Click on the "Next" button.

• On the next page you will need to fill in the following fields:

  • Enter a stack name.
  • Enter an IP address from which access to HLCM's monitoring tools is allowed.
  • Enter a network for opening ports 443, 4443, 80 & 12201 (0.0.0.0/0 = public address).
  • Enter a network for VPC used by HLCM.
  • Enter an appropriate key-pair.

Note

Adding a key pair during Acura's deployment is highly recommended to provide you with SSH access to the machine. Although Hystax Engineering team will be able to perform maintenance checks and troubleshooting (as long as the network is reachable and your security groups allow the corresponding traffic), it is better to have your own means of accessing the Acura instance. Please refer to AWS official documentation on using SSH public-private key pairs.

Click the "Next" button.

• On this page you do not need to specify anything, just click the "Next" button.

• Сheck the box to confirm that you are familiar with the fact that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources. Click the "Create" button.

Pass Acura initial configuration

Please wait while the stack is being created. It may take up to 20 minutes.

Open a web browser and go to https://<ip_address_of_the_machine>/. You will be redirected to the Hystax Setup Wizard. After you perform all the steps, the installation will be complete, and you will be able to start using Hystax Acura.

Step 1. Admin user creation.

Enter the organization name and new Hystax Admin User credentials into the Setup Wizard. This will be the user account for logging in to the Hystax Acura Control Panel and managing the system. If there are any errors, the system will notify you.

Step 2. SMTP configuration.

Fill in your Hystax License key that was supposed to be shared with you in advance as well as the settings for accessing your mail server, which will be used to send notifications from Acura and generate periodic reports.

Warning

SMTP server with TLS/SSL encryption is required to proceed with deployment.

If you prefer a public SMTP server associated with your email address (gmail, yahoo etc.), please find its settings online. In case of a private SMTP server, contact your network administrator for further details.

A sample notification will be sent to the specified "Test email" to verify the functionality when you click "Next".

Step 3. Target cloud configuration.

During the initial setup, the cloud will be configured automatically, you just need to click the "Next" button.

If you are adding a new cloud or decide to edit an automatically created one, go to the section with a detailed description of the fields.

Click "Next" to start cloud validation.

Step 4. Log in.

Installation is complete, and you can now log in to the system using credentials entered in the first step.

Congratulations, you are now ready to use Acura! Just enter the administrator username and password specified on the first step of installation in the login page of the solution.