AWS Marketplace

Deployment

Go to the AWS Console and log into you account https://aws.amazon.com/console

In the Search bar, type pixstor

From the results, select pixstor from the Marketplace listings

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In the results, click Continue to Subscribe ../_images/aws_01.png
If you agree with the Terms and Conditions, click Continue to Configuration ../_images/aws_02.png
Choose the Region to deploy the solution into. ../_images/aws_03.png
Click Continue to Launch. ../_images/aws_04.png

Select Launch CloudFormation from the Actions.

Click Launch when you are ready.

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In the Create stack page, the S3 URL is already pre-populated so just select Next ../_images/aws_07.png
Give the Stack a name. This will also form part of the hostname on the instance. ../_images/aws_08.png

Stack Parameters:

  • Performance
    • This is the maximum performance of the pixstor. The options are:
      • 1.25GBps
      • 2.5GBps
      • 3.75GBps
      • 5GBps
  • Network
    • This is an existing subnet you want to deploy the pixstor into.
  • Security Group
    • The Security Group to deploy the pixstor into.
  • Availability Zone
    • The Availability Zone to deploy the pixstor into.
  • Keypair
    • This is an existing key-pair for SSH access to the cluster.
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Click Next on the Specify stack details and the Configure stack options pages. ../_images/aws_10.png
Tick the acknowledgement checkbox then press the Submit button. ../_images/aws_11.png

Note

By ticking the I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources with custom names checkbox, you allow AWS to create an IAM Policy, an IAM Role and an IAM Instance Profile for marketplace billing.

Build process

Now the pixstor has been deployed, it needs to build all the services. From the Outputs tab of the CloudFormation Stack, you can watch the build process from the BuildURL URL. ../_images/aws_12.png
The build process takes between 10 and 15 minutes. ../_images/aws_13.png
Once the build process has finished, the management interface will be available. ../_images/aws_14.png

Access and Security

Once the stack has finished building, details on how to gain both SSH access and Web UI access are shown under the Outputs tab

Credentials

UI Username Password
Management UI pixadmin The TemporaryPassword
Minio UI pixadmin The TemporaryPassword
SSH Access pixadmin The TemporaryPassword
SMB Access pixuser The TemporaryPassword, but with a capital first letter
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To allow access, your AWS Security Group will need to be edited to allow the following Inbound access

Description Port
Management UI 443/TCP
Build UI 8080/TCP
Minio UI 19150/TCP
SSH Access 22/TCP
NFS Access 2049/TCP
SMB Access 445/TCP
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