AWS services and purpose

EC2 instances

Typically you’ll see the following EC2 instances on your AWS deployment

 

Mandatory

Auto-scalable

Purpose

 

 

Mandatory

Auto-scalable

Purpose

 

1

Web

yes

yes

REST API

 

2

Media

yes

yes

Recording, streaming

 

3

Host

yes

yes

Camera connectivity

 

4

CM

yes

yes

Camera manager

 

5

Control

yes

no

Resource manager

 

6

Backup

no

yes

SD card backup

 

7

WebRTC

no

yes

Low latency streaming

 

8

AI Adapter

no

no

AI API

 

9

AI Poller

no

yes

AI processing

 

10

Uplink

no

yes

Uplink plug-in connectivity

 

11

LiveImageGen

no

yes

generate images from live

 

12

ImageGen

no

yes

generate images from storage

 

RDS instances

Plus, the following RDS

 

Mandatory

Purpose

 

Mandatory

Purpose

1

VMS

yes

Camera, events, storage meta

2

AI

no

AI meta

3

Uplink

no

Manages cameras connected through Uplink