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Amazon Web Services#

Configure the target cloud in two ways: via the UI or via API functions.

To configure the target cloud via the UI, open the ACP. In the right part of the page, above the client list, click the Manage Clouds button. The page displays information about the target clouds. Use the available commands in the Actions menu to configure clouds. To add a cloud, click Add below the table with the list of target clouds.

Select the AWS cloud type.

aws cloud config

Fill in the fields on the Basic Parameters tab by providing information about the cloud configuration. Click "?" for field tips.

The table below provides a normative mapping between UI field labels and API parameter names used by Hystax Acura during cloud discovery, replication, and recovery workflows.

Table 1: Amazon Web Services: basic parameters.
Field name in UI / API Description Example
Cloud name /
name
The cloud name to be displayed in the UI. The name must be unique. Hystax-Acura
Access key ID /
access_key_id
AWS access key. ABCDEF1ABCD2EFABCDE
Secret access key /
secret_access_key
AWS secret key paired with the access key for authentication. ABCdEFa1BC23DefA1b2cdEF3a1Bcd23EfabcDEFA
Region /
region_name
Region for resource creation and operations. Must match AWS’s region identifiers (e.g., us-east-1, eu-central-1). Find a list of region IDs in AWS’s documentation. eu-west-1
Key pair name /
key_name
EC2 key pair to access the cloud agent. key-pair
Cloud agent AMI ID /
cloud_agent_ami_id
The image ID from which cloud agent instances spin up default
Replication storage type /
-
Choose storage type to use for replicated data. Migration and recovery from cloud-native block storage is fastest, but the other storage types can be cheaper. Detailed description. Cloud-native block storage

If necessary, add information about additional parameters. To do this, go to the Additional Parameters tab, select the required parameter, and enter its value. The tooltip system works similarly to the Basic Parameters tab. Description of additional parameters:

Table 2: Amazon Web Services: additional parameters.
Field Description
Availability zone Availability zone where all resources will be created
Cloud agent flavor Flavor to use for the cloud agent instances
Cloud agent flavor requirements Requirements for cloud agent flavor in JSON format, for example: {"cpu": "value", "ram": "value", "hdd": "value"}
Cloud agent security group Security group used by Cloud Agents
Cloud agent volume IOPS Cloud agent volume input/output operations per second
Cloud agent volume type Cloud agent volume type
Cloud site replications launch timeout (minutes) Timeout for a launch of replications during Cloud Site creation (in minutes)
Cloud site replications timeout (minutes) Timeout for a replications during Cloud Site creation (in minutes)
Cloud site timeout Cloud site creation timeout in minutes
Enable ransomware protection Detect and suspend machines with abnormally large incremental replication size to mitigate possible ransomware impact.
Ransomware protection threshold Ransomware protection threshold (in percent). Defines the maximum permissible size of incremental replication relative to the latest full backup. Exceeding this threshold triggers automatic machine suspension.
Replicated volume type Default volume type used to create volumes for replicated VMs
Security group Name of the security group with all required ports opened
Send replication data to cloud agent directly Check this box to send replication data directly to cloud agent, it can increase replication speed.
Set default tag Tag created resources with provided tag name
Subnet ID Default subnet ID for instances
Use https server on cloud agent When this option is enabled, the cloud agent starts with an https server. This option will not be applied to existing agents, only to new ones.
Use public IP for cloud agent Cloud Agent will be created with public IP and Acura will use public IP to connect to Cloud Agent

Click the Save button. The solution checks the entered data for correctness. If an error occurs, a notification appears.