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Deploying FlashGrid Cluster in AWS China Regions

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Deployment process for FlashGrid Cluster in AWS China regions is essentially same as in a regular AWS region. However, some additional configuration items are required for deployments in AWS China regions as described further in this article.

Steps for Deploying a Cluster

  1. Copy FlashGrid AMI to China Region according to the process described below and get new AMI ID.
  2. Create an S3 bucket for Oracle files and IAM role named "GetOracleFilesFromS3" according to the instructions in the article  Uploading Oracle Installation Files to S3
  3. Follow the steps 1-4 in section 3 of the AWS Deployment Guide.
  4. On the Launch page of FlashGrid Launcher, click on the link in "To download the CloudFormation template without opening CloudFormation Manager click here" and save the downloaded ZIP file.
  5. Unzip the downloaded file.
  6. Upload all unzipped .sh files to the same S3 bucket created in step 2.
  7. Open AWS CloudFormation console.
  8. Click "Create Stack".
  9. In the "Specify Template" section check "Upload a template file" then click "Choose File" to upload the .cf file from the unzipped files.
  10. Click "Next".
  11. Set your AMI ID in the AMI field
  12. Follow the rest of the steps starting with step 7 in section 3 of the Deployment Guide.

 

Process to copy AMI to China AWS regions

  1. Request FlashGrid support for access to a FlashGrid AMI for your preferred OS
  2. Download AMI bin file `<AMI-ID.bin>` from the s3 bucket provided by FlashGrid support

  3. Copy <AMI-ID.bin> to your S3 bucket in the China region.

    Example:

    $ aws s3 cp ami-09d022f061c6d0188.bin s3://your-s3-bucket --profile cn-north-1
upload: ./ami-09d022f061c6d0188.bin to s3://your-s3-bucket/ami-09d022f061c6d0188.bin

  4. Restore AMI and get the new image ID

    $ aws ec2 create-restore-image-task --object-key <AMI-ID.bin> --bucket your-s3-bucket --name "<AMI name>"

    The new AMI ID should be in the output.

    Example:

    $ aws ec2 create-restore-image-task --profile cn-north-1 --object-key ami-09d022f061c6d0188.bin --bucket your-s3-bucket --name "FlashGrid RH8-23.02 AMI"
{
    "ImageId": "ami-00099871e91b8cc94"
}
  5. Use this new AMI ID to create clusters in China