The list of prerequisites for the deployment of Cloud VMS on AWS:
Access to AWS account (admin level Access Key and Secret Key, or Username and Password).
AWS region (e.g. us-east-1, us-east-2, eu-central, etc.).
1. Access to AWS account
VXG will need administrator-level access to the customer’s AWS console to set up all necessary components of Cloud VMS. This access can be temporary for deployment only, then it can be switched to read-only access.
To keep your existing AWS infrastructure securely isolated, we recommend creating a separate AWS account and making it a part of your AWS Organization for centralized management and billing consolidation. Please follow the official AWS guide to add a new AWS account under your Organization - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_create.html
If you do not have an AWS Organization created yet - please follow this guide - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_org_create.html
Sometimes, there is a need to limit the access of this administrator account to certain resources running in AWS, in this case, please follow this guide - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/medialive/latest/ug/setting-up-restricted-admin.html
Creating Access Key and Secret Key
Go to IAM->Users and click “Add user”. Give it a name, for example, “VXG”:
Select “Attach policies directly” and check “AdministratorAccess”
After the user has been created, select this user from the IAM->Users list
Go to the “Security credentials” tab and click on “Create access key”
Select “Command linked interface (CLI)”
Copy the Access Key and Secret Key from the last page
Important, the “Secret key” is only available on this page and can’t be retrieved later. You can also download the keys.
2. AWS Region
Please let us know which AWS Region we should use for deployment - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html