Specifications

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3 Create Key for Use in PuTTY (Optional).
4 Create a COMSOL® License Server on EC2™.
5 Create login.properties File for EC2™ (Optional)
6 Forward Ports From Your On Premise License Server.
7 Create a COMSOL Multiphysics® server.
8 Connect to the COMSOL Multiphysics® Server.
9 Disconnect from the COMSOL Multiphysics® Server
10 Shut Down and Delete Your Stacks.
Please note that Amazon.com Inc. charges for the time that the machines exists,
independent of whether you are connected to them or not. Therefore, in order to
avoid unnecessary costs, you should always shut down and delete the stacks that you
have created when you are not using them.
Download AWS CloudFormation™ Templates for COMSOL®
In this section you will learn how to download the latest version of the AWS
CloudFormation™ templates for COMSOL.
AWS CloudFormation™ templates provide an easy way to set up virtual machines in
the cloud by only specifying some few parameters. You can download the templates for
the COMSOL license server and the COMSOL Multiphysics server by following the
steps described below:
1 Open a web browser and navigate to http://cdn.comsol.com/aws/
COMSOL_json.zip. When asked, save the file to your computer.
2 Unpack the ZIP file and make sure that you have the following three files available:
a COMSOL_AmazonLicenseServer.json
b COMSOL_CloudLicenseServer.json
c COMSOL_CloudServer.json
You now have all the AWS CloudFormation™ templates that you need to proceed to
the following steps.
Steps 1-3 and 5 are only needed the first time you create you create your
stacks. The key pair files and the login.properties file can be reused once
they are created.