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3 Complete the cloud provider information.
Option Description
Name and Description Include detailed information in the Description text box. The text from the text
box appears in the Deployment Profile wizard under the Cloud Provider column.
Cloud Provider Type Amazon EC2 is the supported type.
Amazon Region Specify the Amazon Region code value. For example, if your region is US East
(N. Virginia), enter the Amazon Region code us-east-1.
Entering an unsupported value prevents the Availability Tunnel from displaying
content when you attempt to create a new deployment environment.
Proxy URL If your corporate network requires a proxy server for external connections, add
the Web proxy URL to enable the virtual private cloud (VPC) server to connect to
Amazon EC2.
User Name and Password Access keys set up on the AWS account.
4 To test whether the values you entered are correct, click Validate Connection.
5 Click Save.
If any of the required entries for the cloud provider are invalid or left blank, you are prompted to
correct them when you click Save.
6 To register Amazon AMIs, click Edit.
7 In the Templates section, click New to continue and register AMIs or virtual machine templates.
8 Select a category from the drop-down menu and click Get Templates.
You can select AMIs owned by the AWS account or those that are private to the AWS account.
Filtered AMIs or cloud templates that you created or that are private to the AWS account appear in
the drop-down menu.
9 Select the check boxes next to one or more templates in the list, and click OK.
The templates you registered are added to the list of cloud templates that you can choose from when
you map a logical template to a cloud template.
10 To change existing information for an Amazon EC2 cloud provider, click Edit and make your changes.
11 Click Save.
The Amazon EC2 Region is registered and its AMIs are available for use in Application Services.
What to do next
Create a deployment environment to deploy an application to the cloud environment. See Create an
Amazon EC2 Deployment Environment.
Map these AMIs to the Application Services logical templates. See Add a Logical Template to the Library.
Using Application Services
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