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Provisioning a CloudFormation instance

Use the Edge Services portal to provision a CloudFormation instance for your organization. CloudFormation is an infrastructure as code (IaC) service for AWS (Amazon Web Services) clouds that enables users to easily model, provision, and manage resources. Before you provision the instance, you must have a specification (spec) template and blueprint layout created specifically for the instance. When you provision an instance, you can assign a provisioning workflow to assign automated tasks to phases of an instance and assign a power schedule to set when an instance is and is not active.

Note: CloudFormation instances are available only for AWS clouds.

To provision a CloudFormation instance:

Click Provisioning, then click Instances.

The Edge Services portal shows the instances created for your organization.

Click Add, then click Cloud Provider Instance.

Edge Services portal shows the Create Instance window.

Select CENTOS, then click Next.

In the Group tab, complete the following fields:

Field	Description
GROUP	Select the group associated with the instance.
CLOUD	Select the AWS cloud for the instance.
NAME	Type a unique name for the instance.
ENVIRONMENT	Select the environment for the instance. The environment enables you to segment your instances by labels.
LABELS	Type one or more labels separated by commas for instance task organization.

Click NEXT.

In the Configure tab, complete the following fields:

Field	Description
VERSION	Select a blueprint layout version for the instance.
LAYOUT	Select a blueprint layout created for the instance.
PLAN	Select CloudFormation.

Based on your selections for VERSION and LAYOUT, variable fields appear. Complete the variable fields.

In the User Config section, complete the following fields:

Field	Description
CREATE YOUR USER	Select this option to create a new user after provisioning the instance.
USER GROUP	Select the group to assign the new user to.

In the Advanced Options section, complete the following fields:

Field	Description
SCALE FACTOR	Type the number of nodes to be created with the instance.
HOSTNAME	Type the hostname for the instance.
DOMAIN	Select the domain for the instance.
TIME ZONE	Select the time zone for the instance.
PORTS	Type the name and number and select the protocol for ports to be used by the instance. To add additional ports, click the icon. To remove ports, click the icon.
TAGS	Enter a unique tag name and value to each instance for tracking purposes. Tags are name value pairs. For example, type Location for the name, and New Brunswick for the value. To add additional tags, click the icon. To remove tags, click the icon.
ENVIRONTMENT PREFIX	Type the environment variable prefix. Leave blank to have one automatically generated based on the instance type.
ENVIRONTMENT VARIABLES	Type the environment variable values used by applications on the instance. Environment variables are a set of dynamically named values stored within the system used by applications. To add additional variables, click the icon. To remove variables, click the icon.

Click NEXT.

In the Automation tab, complete the following fields:

Field	Description
WORKFLOW	Select the provisioning workflow for the instance.
SCALE TYPE	Select the scale type for the instance. The scale type determines how nodes are added and removed on instances.
THRESHOLD	Select the threshold configuration for the instance. The threshold configuration determines the minimum and maximum usage of memory, disk space, and CPU as well as automatic upscaling and downscaling.
POWER SCHEDULE	Select the power schedule for the instance.
SHUTDOWN DAYS	Select the number of days an instance runs before it is shut down.
EXPIRATION DAYS	Select the number of days to extend the expiration date for the instance.