Enabling overlay networks in AWS environments

This topic describes how to enable Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) environments on AWS to use overlay networks to increase the number of IP addresses that are available to Cloudera Data Warehouse (CDW) Public Cloud.

Required role: EnvironmentAdmin or PowerUser

After you have registered your environment with CDP, navigate to the CDW service and perform the following steps to configure your AWS environment to use overlay networks.

1. In the CDW service, expand the Environments column by clicking the More… menu on the left side of the page.
2. In the Environments column, click the search icon and locate the environment you registered with CDP where you want to enable overlay networks.
3. When you locate the environment, click the activation icon to launch the Activation Settings dialog box where you can configure the environment to use an overlay network:

   
   
   

4. In Activation Settings, click Advanced Settings to see the options:

   
   
   

5. Select Use Overlay Network and click Activate: