User`s guide

1 Cloud Computing
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Create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
You can use an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) when creating a cloud cluster. To create
your custom AMI for this purpose, you modify an AMI provided in Cloud Center.
Then you can install drivers, libraries, or other utilities, so that they are available for
subsequent clusters without having to reinstall them each time.
Use the following procedure to create and customize a cluster AMI in the Amazon EC2
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Dashboard of the AWS Management Console.
1
Start a cluster in Cloud Center as usual, specifying the MATLAB Version you need.
This cluster needs only one worker, and under Advance Options you can choose None
for persisted storage space.
2
In a separate browser window, navigate to the AWS Management Console at
https://console.aws.amazon.com. Select Services > EC2, then click Running
Instances. Your instances will include clusters you start in Cloud Center.
3
Select the running instance you started in step 1. It has the same name as the
cluster in Cloud Center.
4
In the Instance Details section (lower half of page), look for the AMI ID of your new
instance. Note or copy the value shown in parentheses. It will be the string starting
with ami- followed by some hexadecimal code.
5
Shut down the cluster in Cloud Center. You no longer need it; you can delete it if you
want to.
6
In the AWS Management Console, click Launch Instance at the top of the page.
This starts a wizard with the steps shown in tabs at the top of the page; the first tab
is Choose AMI.
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On the left side, choose the following settings:
a
Select My AMIs.
b
Select Ownership: Shared with me.
8
In the Search My AMIs field, enter the AMI ID value noted above (starts with
ami-, do not include parentheses). When your instance is shown, click Select.
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Click the tab Choose Instance Type, and select a type.
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Click the tab Configure Security Groups.