Using Amazon EC2-compatible compute instances locally

To launch an Amazon EC2-compatible instance

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. All your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

3. If you have Amazon EC2-compatible instances running on your device, they appear in the Instance name column under Instances. You can see details of each instance on this page.

4. Choose Launch instance. The launch instance wizard opens.

5. For Device, choose the Snow device that you want to launch the Amazon EC2-compatible.

   

6. For Image (AMI), choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the list. This AMI is used to launch your instance.

7. For Instance type, choose one from the list.

8. Choose how you want to attach an IP address to the instance. You have the following options:

   • Create public IP address (VNI) – Choose this option to create a new IP address using a physical network interface. Choose a physical network interface and IP address assignment.

   • Use existing IP address (VNI) – Choose this option to use an existing IP address and then use existing virtual network interfaces. Choose a physical network interface and a virtual network interface.

   • Do not attach IP address – Choose this option if you don't want to attach an IP address.

9. Choose how you want to attach a key pair to the instance. You have the following options:

   Create key pair – Choose this option to create a new key pair and launch the new instance with this key pair.

   Use existing key pair – Choose this option to use an existing key pair to launch the instance.

   Do not attach IP address – Choose this option if you don't want to attach a key pair. You must acknowledge that you won't able to connect to this instance unless you already know the password that is built into this AMI.

   For more information, see Working with key pairs.

10. Choose Launch. You should see your instance launching in the Compute instances section. The State is Pending and then changes to Running when done.

To stop an Amazon EC2-compatible instance

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section of the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page.

   All your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

3. If you have Amazon EC2-compatible instances running on your device, they appear in the Instance name column under Instances.

4. Choose the instance that you want to stop, choose the Actions menu, and choose Stop. The State changes to Stopping, and then to Stopped when done.

   

To start an Amazon EC2-compatible instance

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section of the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page.

   Your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

3. In the Instance name column, under Instances, find the instance that you want to start.

4. Choose the instance, and then choose Start. The State changes to Pending, and then changes to Running when done.

   

To create, import, or manage key pairs

1. Open Compute on the Amazon OpsHub dashboard.

2. In the navigation pane, choose the Compute (EC2) page, and then choose the Key Pairs tab. You are redirected to the Amazon EC2 console where you can create, import, or manage your key pairs.

3. For instructions on how to create and import key pairs, see Amazon EC2 key pairs and Linux instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances.

To terminate an Amazon EC2-compatible instance

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. You can see all your compute resources in the Resources section.

3. In the Instance name column, under Instances, find the instance that you want to terminate.

4. Choose the instance, and choose the Actionsmenu. From the Actions menu, choose Terminate.

   

5. In the Terminate instances window, choose Confirm terminate.

   

   Note

   After the instance is terminated, you can't restart it.

   The State changes to Terminating, and then to Terminated when done.

To create a storage volume

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page.

3. Choose the Storage volumes tab. If you have storage volumes on your device, the details about the volumes appear under Storage volumes.

4. Choose Create volume to open the Create volume page.

   

5. Choose the device that you want to create the volume on, enter the size (in GiBs) that you want to create, and choose the type of volume.

6. Choose Submit. The State is Creating, and changes to Available when done. You can see your volume and details about it in the Volumes tab.

To attach a storage volume to your instance

1. Choose the volume that you created, and then choose Attach volume.

   

2. For Compute instance Id, choose the instance you want to attach the volume to.

3. For Volume Device Name, enter the device name of your volume (for example, /dev/sdh or xvdh).

4. Choose Attach.

To upload a snapshot to Amazon S3

• To create an S3 bucket, see Creating Amazon S3 Storage.

  To upload a snapshot to an S3 bucket, see Uploading Files to Amazon S3 Storage.

To import the snapshot to your device

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. All your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

3. Choose the Snapshots tab to see all the snapshots that have been imported to your device. The image file in Amazon S3 is a .raw file that is imported to your device as a snapshot. You can filter by snapshot ID or the state of the snapshot to find specific snapshots. You can choose a snapshot ID to see details of that snapshot.

4. Choose the snapshot that you want to import, and choose Import snapshot to open the Import snapshot page.

5. For Device, choose the IP address of the Snow Family device that you want to import to.

6. For Import description and Snapshot description, enter a description for each.

7. In the Role list, choose a role to use for the import. Snow Family devices use VM Import/Export to import snapshots. Amazon assumes this role and uses it to import the snapshot on your behalf. If you don't have a role configured on your Amazon Snowball Edge, open the Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM in Amazon OpsHub where you can create a local IAM role. The role also needs a policy that has the required VM Import/Export permissions to perform the import. You must attach this policy to the role. For more details on this please refer to Using IAM Locally.

   The following is an example of the policy.

   {
      "Version":"2012-10-17",
      "Statement":[
         {
            "Effect":"Allow",
            "Principal":{
               "Service":"vmie.amazonaws.com"
            },
            "Action":"sts:AssumeRole"
         }
      ]
   }

   Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the IAM console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/iam/.

   The role you create should have minimum permissions to access Amazon S3 The following is example of a minimum policy.

   {
      "Version":"2012-10-17",
      "Statement":[
         {
            "Effect":"Allow",
            "Action":[
               "s3:GetBucketLocation",
               "s3:GetObject",
               "s3:ListBucket",
               "s3:GetMetadata"
            ],
            "Resource":[
               "arn:aws:s3:::import-snapshot-bucket-name",
               "arn:aws:s3:::import-snapshot-bucket-name/*"
            ]
         }
      ]
   }

8. Choose Browse S3 and choose the S3 bucket that contains the snapshot that you want to import. Choose the snapshot, and choose Submit. The snapshot begins to download onto your device. You can choose the snapshot ID to see the details. You can cancel the import process from this page.

To register an image imported as a snapshot

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. All your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

3. Choose the Images tab. You can filter the images by name, ID, or state to find a specific image.

4. Choose the image that you want to register, and choose Register image.

   

5. On the Register image page, provide a Name and Description.

6. For Root volume, specify the name of the root device.

   In the Block device section, you can change the size of the volume and the volume type.

7. If you want the volume to be deleted when the instance is terminated, choose Delete on termination.

8. If you want to add more volumes, choose Add new volume.

9. When you are done, choose Submit.

• For more information, see Launching an Amazon EC2-compatible instance.

To delete a snapshot

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. All your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

3. Choose the Snapshot tab to see all snapshots that have been imported. You can filter by snapshot ID or state of the snapshot to find specific snapshots.

4. Choose the snapshot that you want to delete, and choose Delete. You can choose multiple snapshots.

   

5. In the Delete snapshot confirmation box, choose Delete snapshot. If your deletion is successful, the snapshot is removed from the list under the Snapshots tab.

To deregister an AMI

1. Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

2. In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. All your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

3. Choose the Images tab. All your images are listed. You can filter the images by name, ID, or state to find a specific image.

4. Choose the image that you want to deregister, and choose Deregister.

   

5. In the Confirm deregister image window, confirm the image ID and choose Deregister image. When deregistering is successful, the image is removed from the list of images.