Chapter 4: Installing and Configuring a DSM
Deploying a DSM AWS image
DSM Installation and Configuration Guide
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o
250GB hard disk size
Refer to
"Virtual machine hardware requirements" on page 70
for details.
3. Select the number of DSM instances to create. Default is 1.
o
If setting up a high availability (HA) configuration in the same region, enter the total number of nodes (up to a
maximum of eight) to launch them simultaneously. If you want to use different regions you will need to change
your region and repeat these steps.
Refer to the HA chapter in this guide for more information about configuring and managing a DSM HA cluster.
4. Configure the instance details by selecting the following network requirements, (refer to the Amazon
documentation for help):
o
Network
Select an existing VPC or create a new one.
o
Subnet
Select an existing subnet or create a new one.
o
Auto-assign Public IP
If you change
Use subnet setting
to
Disable
, this means that no IP address is assigned. You can set the IP
address later by clicking
Elastic IPs
and allocating an IP address for the DSM instance.
o
Termination protection
We recommend that you enable this setting to avoid accidentally terminating a DSM instance.
5. Click
Next
. The
Add Storage
page displays.
6. Accept the default size of 250GB, or increase it per your requirements. Click
Next
.
7. Click
Add Tags
.
8. In the Key field, type:
Name
.
9. In the
Value
field, enter a name for the DSM instance. Click
Next
.
10. If you already have an existing and correctly configured DSM security group, select that security group.
Alternatively, on the
Configure Security Group
page, configure the appropriate ports:
o
To see the ports to configure, see
"Ports to Configure" on page 171
.
11. Click
Review and Launch
.
12. Review the summary of the settings you selected and then click
Launch
.
You are prompted to select an existing key pair, or create a new one.
After you’ve launched the DSM instance, you need to allocate an Elastic IP address and associate it with the DSM
instance.
1. Click
Allocate New Address
, select
EIP used in VPC
and
Yes, Allocate
.
You can also associate an existing IP address that is not in use elsewhere.
2. Select this new address, and click
Associate Address
.
3. Select the host instance to which to associate the EIP.
4. Use this EIP address to set up your SSH session.
