Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Using Amazon OpsHub to Manage Devices

The Snowball Edge now offer a user-friendly tool, Amazon OpsHub, that you can use to manage your devices and local Amazon services. You use Amazon OpsHub on a client computer to perform tasks such as unlocking and configuring single or clustered devices, transferring files, and launching and managing instances running on Snowball Edge. You can use Amazon OpsHub to manage both the Storage Optimized and Compute Optimized Snow device types. The Amazon OpsHub application is available at no additional cost to you.

Amazon OpsHub takes all the existing operations available in the Snowball API and presents them as a graphical user interface. This interface helps you quickly migrate data to the Amazon Web Services Cloud and deploy edge computing applications on Snowball Edge.

Amazon OpsHub provides a unified view of the Amazon services that are running on Snowball Edge and automates operational tasks through Amazon Systems Manager. With Amazon OpsHub, users with different levels of technical expertise can manage a large number of Snowball Edge. With a few clicks, you can unlock devices, transfer files, manage Amazon EC2-compatible instances, and monitor device metrics.

When your Snow device arrives at your site, you download, install, and launch the Amazon OpsHub application on a client machine, such as a laptop. After installation, you can unlock the device and start managing it and using supported Amazon services locally. Amazon OpsHub provides a dashboard that summarizes key metrics such as storage capacity and active instances on your device. It also provides a selection of Amazon services that are supported on the Snowball Edge. Within minutes, you can begin transferring files to the device.

Managing profiles with Amazon OpsHub

You can create a profile for persistent storage of your credentials on your local file system. Using Amazon OpsHub, you have the option to create a new profile any time you unlock the device using the device IP address, unlock code, and manifest file.

You can also use the Snowball Edge Client to create a profile at any time. See Configuring a profile for the Snowball Edge Client.