Deploy within Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Introduction

The Synergy SKY Platform is a Linux based VM image that can be hosted within most virtualized environments. This article describes deployment within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments including how to:

• Launch the virtual machine template
• Configure storage
• Configure network and firewall rules

Requirements

Step by Step Guide

1. Log into AWS end enter the EC2 section
2. Navigate to "Images" => "AMI"
3. In the AMI screen, select "Public images" from the image location dropdown list
   
   
4. In the filter search box, enter "synergysky" and press enter
   
   
5. Right click search result AMI named “ami-eu-west-2-p-synergyskyappliance” and select “Launch”
   
   
6. “Step 2: Choose an instance type”. Select an instance according to requirements (recommended: t2.xlarge), and click “Next: Configure instance Details”
7. “Step 3: Configure Instance Details”. Configure according to company policy and click “Next: Add Storage”
8. “Step 4: Add Storage”. Click “Add New Volume”: By default the only thing that is required to be changed is Size (which should be configured according to requirements).
9. Continue the wizard to configure network/firewall rules (see documentation for network requirements) or click “Review and Launch”.

Next Step

Your instance should now be running, and can be accessed using default username and password over SSH.

To complete the configuration of the virtual machine, please go to this article.