Specifications

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6 You now need to specify some parameters controlling the creation of the COMSOL

license server.

a InstanceType - Specify what instance type you want to use for your COMSOL

license server. The recommended type is t1.micro.

b KeyDir - Specify the local directory where your key file resides. Observe that a

trailing backslash, or a trailing slash if you use Linux

or Mac, is needed.

c KeyName - Specify the name of the key pair that you want to use.

d LicenseServerPort - Specify the first TCP/IP port of your on premise license

server, typically 1718.

e LicenseServerPort2 - Specify the second TCP/IP port of your on premise license

server, typically 1719.

f LocalLicenseServer - Specify the host name of your local license server, e.g.

licenseserver.company.com.

g LoginBucket - Specify if you want to create an Amazon S3™ bucket for the

auto start the COMSOL Multiphysics server when creating the stack. This value

can be either Yes or No.

h SSHFrom - Specify an IP or IP range to restrict access to the EC2™ license server.

The IP address must be specified in the format x.x.x.x/x. As an example, if your

external IP address is 192.168.0.1 and you want to allow the access for this IP

address only, write 192.168.0.1/32 in the parameter field. To find your external

IP address, use your preferred search engine and search for My IP Address.

7 Click Next.

8 At the bottom of the page, mark the check box at the text "I acknowledge that this

template might cause AWS CloudFormation to create IAM resources".

9 Click Next.

10 Review your settings and make sure that they are correct.

11 Click Create.

12 The creation process has started. Wait until it is done.

13 After the stack has been created, you can find some helpful information and

commands in the output section. It is recommended that you save all of the output

in a text document for future use. The different output data are described in the list

below.