Installation Process

The installation process to be followed by the user for successful installation:

Note: During the installation process you have to provide additional information.

1. Once the Initiate Infra installation process is started, the script will prompt you to accept all AWS (Amazon Web Services) /THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.
2. Type the alphabet ‘A’ from the keypad to accept all AWS third-party licenses.
3. The script prompts you to “Enter AWS Access Key ID “.Enter a valid AWS access key Id and press enter to proceed next.
4. The script prompts you to “Enter AWS Secret Key“. Enter a valid AWS Secret key and press enter to proceed next.
5. The script prompts you to “Enter Default region Name“. Enter a valid region name to install Dextrus Cluster for example, “us-east-1” (source: AWS console).
6. The script prompts you to “Enter AWS Account Number“. Enter a valid AWS account number. (12 digits)

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7. The script prompts you to “Enter Cluster name“. Enter a unique cluster_name to proceed next.
8. The script prompts you to “Enter unique S3 Bucket name“.Enter a unique bucket_name to proceed next.
9. The script prompts you to “Enter base AMI instance ID” (ami_id) of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit *86) system of your region. Then perform the below steps to copy 64-bit *86 ami_id (source: AWS console):

Note: AMI instance ID is a unique number generated for each region selected by you.

1. 1. 1. Log in to the AWS Console.
      2. Search for the ‘EC2’ service on the search text field available in the top right corner.
      3. Select a particular region.
      4. Click ‘EC2’ and then ‘instances’.
      5. Click ‘Launch instance’.
      6. Search for ‘Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS’ and finally, copy the generated 64-bit * 86 ami_id.

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10. Once the script validates the above information the installation process begins.

Note: You shouldn’t lock the system while deployment is going on.

11. To accept the memory utilization, press ‘Y’ from the keypad and click Enter (Occurs after 30 minutes of installation start).
12. To accept another memory utilization, press ‘Y’ from the keypad and click Enter (Occurs within 5 minutes of installation start).
13. Once the deployment is successful you will be prompted to click provided URL to access the Dextrus application.
14. Upon clicking the URL, the Dextrus application is opened in the browser.