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Create AWS 10M Appliance

Introduction

In this document the creation of a Mindbreeze InSpire 10M appliance for Amazon Web Services will be explained.

Requirement

The following requirement needs to be fulfilled:

• Working Amazon Web Services (AWS) Account

Overview of the basic configuration

The basic configuration of a Mindbreeze InSpire 10M application consists of the following steps:

1. Creating a Mindbreeze InSpire 10M VM instance
2. Starting a Mindbreeze instance
3. Adjusting the size of the data hard drive partition

The individual steps are explained in the following chapters in detail.

Creation of an Mindbreeze InSpire 10M VM instance

Create a Virtual Machine from the Marketplace image by searching for “Mindbreeze InSpire 10M”.

Select Mindbreeze InSpire 10M and press “Continue to Subscribe”.

Subscription to Mindbreeze InSpire

After “Continue to Subscribe” has been clicked, the terms and conditions can be read before continuing with the configuration.

If the terms and conditions are acceptable, “Continue to Configuration” can be clicked.

Configuration of Mindbreeze InSpire

To configure Mindbreeze InSpire, the fulfillment option “64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)” and the latest Software Version of Mindbreeze InSpire 10M that is provided in the dropdown need to be selected.

After that, the region where the future AWS infrastructure will be, needs to be selected. Not all instance types are available for all regions and the pricing may be different according to the region.

If the selected options are acceptable, the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) can be launched via “Continue to Launch”.

Launch of a Mindbreeze Instance

Name and tags

When launching the instance, the first step is to give the instance a name and additional tags can be added.

In the section “Application and OS Images (Amazon Machine Image)” the selected Amazon Machine Image in “AMI from catalog” should be visible.

Instance type

After that, the fitting instance type needs to be selected in the section “Instance type”. This is necessary to define the GPU. Depending on whether a GPU is needed or not, the appropriate instance type must be selected with or without GPU. The Mindbreeze Presales team can provide the current recommendation for a 10M appliance.

With the option “Compare instance types” other available instance types can be compared and selected.

Key pair (login)

Existing key pairs can be selected via the drop down menu or a new key pair can be created.

Network settings

Depending on the requirements, an existing security group can be selected or a new security group can be created in the section “Network settings”. Activate “Allow HTTPS traffic from the internet” to get access to the Mindbreeze Management Center.

Configure storage

The configuration of storage is needed for the Mindbreeze instance. For a 10M InSpire appliance, at least 16 TB of SSD Storage are needed.

After the storage is configured and the provided summary is acceptable, the instance can be launched by pressing “Launch instance”.

Resizing the data disk partition using the resize service

Prerequisite

The resize service has to be enabled to allow Mindbreeze InSpire to use the whole disk.

Important: The initial configuration needs to be finished. After that, login to the Management Center (Port 8443) before the rebooting.

Changing the size

Login per SSH using the key pair you defined above (user core).

Run the following: sudo touch /var/data/.resize && sudo reboot

Verify that /var/data has grown to the desired size.

Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent)

The AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) is preinstalled in Mindbreeze InSpire. This means that the VM instance can be managed with the Systems Manager.