Quickstart option for AWS
The quickstart option on AWS allows you to instantiate Cloudbreak quickly from the CloudFormation template.
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The quickstart option cannot be used with AWS GovCloud. You must use the production deployment option. |
| Resource | Description | How it is used by Cloudbreak |
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| AWS CloudFormation | AWS CloudFormation is used to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources. | Cloudbreak is launched by using a CloudFormation template. |
| Amazon EC2 | Amazon EC2 is used to launch a virtual machine for Cloudbreak. Security groups are used to control the inbound and outbound traffic to and from the Cloudbreak instance. | Cloudbreak automatically provisions a new VM that runs Amazon Linux, installs Docker, and launches Cloudbreak. |
| Amazon VPC | Amazon VPC is used to provision your own dedicated virtual network and launch resources into that network. As part of VPC infrastructure, an internet gateway and a route table are provisioned: An internet gateway is used to enable outbound access to the internet from the control plane and the clusters, and a route table is used to connect the subnet to the internet gateway. | Cloudbreak provisions a new VPC and subnet, and launches the Cloudbreak VM within it. |
| AWS IAM | AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM) is used to control access to AWS services and resources. | Cloudbreak provisions the CloudbreakQuickstartRole IAM role that is used during the quickstart deployment. |
| AWS Lambda | This is a utility service for running code in AWS. | Cloudbreak uses AWS Lambda is for running code when deploying Cloudbreak. |