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This topic describes the procedure that you can use to launch and provision an Infoblox vNIOS for AWS instance for your AWS VPC in the AWS console. This procedure supports users who want to provision Infoblox vNIOS for AWS using the BYOL (Bring Your Own Licensing) model. It provides the complete sequence of procedures that you must perform to manually provision a new Infoblox vNIOS for AWS instance in AWS.

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You may also use Elastic Scaling (dynamic licenses) to automatically provision and configure vNIOS instances in the AWS VPC. For more information about these licensing models, see Provisioning Infoblox vNIOS for AWS using Elastic Scaling.

The settings that you can define for a new vNIOS for AWS instance on the Launch an instance page of the AWS console, are explained in the following sections:

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Defining Name and Tags for the vNIOS for AWS Instance

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Obtaining the vNIOS for AWS AMI

You can obtain the Infoblox vNIOS for AWS AMI from the AWS Marketplace AMIs tab. Installation of the vNIOS for AWS AMI involves a series of steps in the AWS console where you can configure and launch a new Infoblox vNIOS for AWS instance. You can also obtain the vNIOS for AWS AMIs from the Amazon Marketplace website as described in this section.
You may use the BYOL to establish your Infoblox NIOS features for your deployment of an instance.

To obtain and configure vNIOS for AWS using BYOL, complete the following steps:

  1. On the Launch If you are using the Amazon EC2 console to launch an instance page, expand, complete the following steps:

    1. Navigate to the Launch an instance page of the Amazon EC2 console.

    2. Expand Application and OS Images (Amazon Machine Image) and click Browse more AMIs.

    3. On the Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) page, click the AWS Marketplace AMIs tab.

    4. Search for the AMI by entering the strings NIOS or Infoblox in the search box

    . The Infoblox AMI listing appears in the search results.In the appropriate vNIOS for AWS AMI row, click Select

    1. . The Infoblox AMI listing appears in the search results.

    2. In the appropriate vNIOS for AWS AMI row, click Select.

  2. If you are using AWS Marketplace to launch an instance, complete the following steps from the AWS Marketplace website:

    1. On the landing page, enter infoblox to search for Infoblox AMIs.

    2. In the displayed list, select the AMI based on the version of NIOS on which you intend to deploy the instance:

      • Infoblox vNIOS for DNS, DHCP and IPAM for NIOS 8.6.x

      • Infoblox NIOS for AWS (AMI) for 9.0.x for NIOS 9.0.x.

    3. Click Continue to Launch.

    4. Select the required version from the Software version drop-down list and launch the instance.
      Note that you may select prior versions of NIOS from the Software version drop-down list.

  3. Expand Instance type, and select an appropriate shape from the Instance type drop-down list. See Infoblox vNIOS for AWS AMI Shapes and Regions for the available options.

  4. Expand Key pair (login) and configure a key pair to securely connect to your instance. When you configure a key pair in AWS, the public key will be uploaded to NIOS.
    Note that the Infoblox standard configuration for vNIOS for AWS deployment requires use of a VPN connection or a direct connection to the Amazon VPC(s) on which you are deploying and operating vNIOS for AWS instances. This connection does not require an Internet-connected IP address or a secure key pair. All AWS Proxy API operations require use of an assigned and regularly rotated AWS-generated key pair assigned to the cloud-api-only account in Grid Manager. For information, see Assigning AWS User Credentials to the NIOS Cloud Admin Account.
    Do one of the following:

    • In the Key pair name drop-down list, choose an existing key pair.

    • Click Create new key pair and complete the following in the Create key pair window:

      1. Key pair-name: Enter a name for the key pair.

      2. Key pair type: Select the required type.

      3. Private key file format: Select the format to use for the private key.

      4. Click Create key pair.

    • (Not recommended) If you want to perform a simple deployment, proceed without configuring a key pair.

  5. Proceed to configure the network settings as defined in the Defining Network Settings for the vNIOS for AWS Instance section.

Defining Network Settings for the vNIOS for AWS Instance

Infoblox vNIOS virtual appliances require two network interfaces (MGMT and LAN1) for proper Grid communications. These interfaces must be assigned to separate subnets within the same VPC. Configuring the AWS member Management (MGMT) network and the Grid Master's LAN1 network in the same subnet is not supported. This can cause connectivity issues.
Note that the NIOS GUI communicates through the MGMT port. If for any reason you must make changes to the MGMT port, such as swapping NICs or changing the MGMT IP address from static to dynamic, ensure that you use the same IP address for the MGMT port before and after the changes. Otherwise, you might not be able to access the NIOS GUI.

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