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Navigate to AWS Marketplace Subscriptions in the AWS Management Console.
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Locate the AMI to be launched and choose “Launch New Instance”.
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In the launch new instance dialog, ensure the allowlisted region is selected.
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Press Continue to launch through EC2 (This will then take you to the AWS EC2 Management Console).
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Enter a name for the server.
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Choose an instance type.
The Instance type selected should be determined by the project performance and cost requirements. The suggested starting point for instance size is c5.2xLarge.
Note: The Application and OS Images section has been collapsed for the screen shot.
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Choose or create (and save) a key-pair (not shown).
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Edit the Network settings and choose the allowlisted VPC and appropriate Subnet.
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Choose or create a Security Group. In addition to allowing SSH access (by default on port 22), for Data Replication with Precisely server EC2 instance, it is typical to allow TCP traffic to its default port 2626, see TCP/IP Ports for more information.
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Configure the storage for the EC2 instance.
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In the Advanced details section, select the pre-created IAM role to attach to this instance.
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Review the Summary and push Launch Instance.
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Note: The instance launch will fail if an invalid virtual server type is chosen.
If this happens, press Edit instance config and change the instance type.
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Once the “Success” message is shown choose Connect to instance to get connection details.
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Alternatively, navigate to EC2 in the AWS Management Console.
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Choose Instances to see the status of the new instance.