Deploy the ExtraHop Command Appliance in AWS
This guide explains how to launch the ExtraHop Command appliance AMI to monitor your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment. You must have administrative access to AWS to launch a third-party AMI and an ExtraHop product key to complete these procedures.
Before you deploy the Command appliance, determine the optimal provisioning needs for your environment. For more information, see the Performance guidelines section.
Important: | If you want to deploy more than one ExtraHop virtual appliance, do not clone an existing instance. Always start with the original deployment package when deploying additional instances. |
Create the ExtraHop instance in AWS
Register an ExtraHop system in AWS
Complete the following steps to apply a product key supplied by ExtraHop Support in an AWS environment.
Performance guidelines
The following table provides guidelines that can help you optimize the performance of the Command appliance. These guidelines are minimum requirements that you might need to adjust based on the size and needs of your environment.
Scalability | ExtraHop Nodes | 1-4 | 5-16 | 17-64 | 65 or more |
Provisioning Requirements | CPU Cores | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | 24 GB | |
Disk Total | 44 GB | ||||
Networking Requirements | One 1 Gbps Ethernet network port accessible on port 443 |
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