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.
vNIOS for AWS instances can be deployed with HA from NIOS 9.0.4 onwards. To configure HA, complete the Prerequisites, perform the sequence of procedures defined in this topic, and additionally, configure the advanced network configuration defined in Configuring HA with vNIOS for AWS Instances.
Defining Name and Tags for the vNIOS for AWS Instance
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Note If the vNIOS for AWS instance is a Grid Master, according to the authentication method configured for AWS SSH access for the admin account, you must use the key pair or key pair and password as the SSH login for all members in that Grid. For more information, see the Creating Local Admins topic in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation. |
Defining Network Settings for the vNIOS for AWS Instance
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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.
If you are deploying the appliance in an HA setup, you must add three network interfaces (MGMT, LAN1, and HA).
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Note Network settings configured in your AWS cloud environment override changes made through the NIOS GUI or CLI. Therefore, when making changes such as adding, modifying, or deleting network interfaces through the NIOS GUI or CLI, ensure that the changes made to settings in NIOS are consistent with the corresponding settings in cloud networks. |
On the Launch an instance page of the AWS wizard, define the network settings for the new vNIOS for AWS instance, including the required network interfaces. Note that networks with IPv6 addresses are supported from NIOS 8.5.2 onwardsonwards. HA is not supported with IPv6 networks.
Expand Network settings and click Edit.
In the VPC drop-down list, choose your VPC.
In the Subnet drop-down list, choose the subnet to which the new instance must be assigned. Ensure that each VPC has a default subnet. You can select this subnet value for your configuration.
If you have not yet created a subnet for your VPC, use the Create new subnet link to create a subnet.
You may create more than one subnet. The subnet prefix values appear in the Subnet field for each network interface in your AWS console.In the Auto-assign Public IP drop-down list, keep the default option, Disable.
As you are creating an instance with two interfaces, AWS does not allow a Public IP assignment to the new vNIOS for AWS instance. AWS displays a warning to this effect when you create the second interface. (You may use an Elastic IP address or a private IP address.)In the Auto-assign IPv6 IP drop-down list, perform one of the following:
Keep the default option, Disable to assign only IPv4 addresses to the vNIOS instance.
Choose Enable to also assign IPv6 addresses to the vNIOS instance. When the instance starts, it will be associated with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
For information on Infoblox NIOS appliances that support IPv6, see Infoblox vNIOS for AWS AMI Shapes and Regions.
Proceed to configure the security group as defined in the Defining an AWS Instance Security Group section.
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For a non-HA deployment, you must use two interfaces for the new vNIOS for AWS instance, network interface 1 and network interface 2 that are labelled as MGMT and LAN1 respectively in NIOS. Use network interface 1 to join the Infoblox vNIOS for AWS instance to a NIOS Grid. By default, the network interface 1 is assigned with an IPv4 address.
For an HA deployment, complete the steps defined in Configuring HA with vNIOS for AWS Instances.
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