AWS Appliance

1. Download the AWS appliance image from the PBI Management Portal.

1. Unzip the appliance archive to get a VHD file. For example, prls-vm-amazon-x.0.0-xxxx-xxxxxxxx.vhd.

2. In AWS S3, create a bucket with any name. Leave the remaining settings at their default values.

1. Open the new bucket and click Upload.

2. Select the VHD file you extracted earlier, then upload it.

1. Update the vmimport policy with the following statements:

    {
		"Effect": "Allow",
		"Action": [
			"ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute",
			"ec2:CopySnapshot",
			"ec2:RegisterImage",
			"ec2:Describe*"
		],
		"Resource": "*"
	},
    {
		"Effect": "Allow",
		"Action": [
    		"s3:GetBucketLocation",
    		"s3:GetObject",
    		"s3:ListBucket",
    		"s3:PutObject",
    		"s3:GetBucketAcl"
		],
		"Resource": [
			"arn:aws:s3:::your_bucket_name",
			"arn:aws:s3:::your_bucket_name/*"
		]
	}

1. In CloudShell, import a snapshot and wait for the task to complete.

aws ec2 import-snapshot --description "some_description" --disk-container "Format=VHD,UserBucket={S3Bucket=your_bucket_name,S3Key=vhd_file_name.vhd}"

aws ec2 describe-import-snapshot-tasks --import-task-ids import_task_id

1. Open the list of snapshots, select the snapshot with the SnapshotId from the output above, and click Create image from snapshot.

1. Enter an image name. You may leave the remaining settings at their default values.

1. After the image is created, select it from the list, then click Launch instance from AMI.

1. Specify the following parameters, then proceed:

   • Name: enter any instance name.

   • Instance type: Use t3.medium, or another type based on your planned number of concurrent users.

   • Key pair name: Choose to proceed without a key pair.

   • VPC/subnet: Choose where to place the instance.

   • Auto-assign public IP: Disable this if the instance should use only a private IP from your subnet.

   • Security group: Create a new group or select an existing one. Ensure it allows inbound TCP traffic on port 80.

1. After the instance is created, open its configuration and note the instance IP address.

1. Wait until the configuration page is available at http://instance_ip_address.

2. If you use a public IP address, disable all inbound firewall rules after the appliance is registered in the Admin portal.