AWS Marketplace deployment parameters

This page documents the AWS parameters you need to configure when deploying Automation Suite to AWS.

Table 1. Network choice

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Deploy to an existing VPC	false	Choose true to deploy Automation Suite in an existing VPC.

Table 2. Network configuration

Note:

Configure this section only when deploying Automation Suite in an existing VPC.

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
VPC CIDR	10.0.0.0/16	VPC CIDR block. Example: x.y.0.0/16, x.y.z.0/24.
VPC ID	Requires Input	ID of the existing VPC.
Public subnet IDs	Blank string	List of public subnet IDs to deploy the internet-facing Load Balancer and the Bastion host.
Private Subnet IDs	Requires Input	List of private subnet IDs.

Table 3. Availability Zone configuration

Note:

Configure this section only when deploying Automation Suite in a new VPC.

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Availability Zones	Requires input	Choose up to three Availability Zones to use for the VPC subnets.

Table 4. Common networking configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Number of Availability Zones	2	Choose the number of Availability Zones to use in the VPC. This must match the number of zones selected in the Availability Zones parameter.
Deploy Bastion host	true	Deploy a Bastion host inside the public subnet.
CIDR for bastion's ingress for SSH traffic	Empty string	Ingress Security Group CIDR (for SSH). Configure this parameter only if you have set the Deploy Bastion host parameter to true. Set to x.x.x.x/32 to allow one specific IP address access, 0.0.0.0/0 to allow all IP addresses access, or another CIDR range.

Table 5. Automation Suite node configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Server instance type	c5.4xlarge	Choose the node type for the Server node instances.
Server instance count	3	Choose the number of nodes to be deployed as Server node instances.
Agent instance type	c5.4xlarge	Choose the node type for the Agent node instances.
Agent instance count	1	Choose the number of nodes to be deployed as Agent node instances.
GPU agent instance type	p3.2xlarge	Choose the node type for the GPU Agent node instance.
Task Mining agent instance type	c4.8xlarge	Choose the node type for the Task Mining Agent node instance.
AS Robots agent instance type	c5a.4xlarge	Choose the node type for the AS Robots Agent node instance.
AS Robots agent instance count	1	Choose the number of nodes to be deployed as AS Robots Agent node instances.

Table 6. Automation Suite instance configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Instance key pair	Requires input	Existing key pair to connect to virtual machine (VM) instances.
IAM role ARN	Blank string	ARN of a pre-deployed IAM Role with sufficient permissions for the deployment. Leave empty to create a new role automatically during deployment.
IAM role name	Blank string	Name of a pre-deployed IAM role with sufficient permissions for the deployment. Leave empty to create a new role automatically during deployment.

Table 7. Automation Suite deployment configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Enable cluster backup	true	Enable the cluster backup.
Use a shared bucket for external storage	false	Enable a shared bucket across products. If enabled, Process Mining and Data Service still require a dedicated bucket each.
Load balancer	ALB	Select either an Application Load Balancer (ALB) or a Network Load Balancer (NLB). If you select a Network Load Balancer, then you need to manually configure the TLS certificates post deployment.
Ingress Security Group CIDR (for https)	Empty string	Ingress Security Group CIDR (for HTTPS). Set the CIDR to allow access to Automation Suite. Set the CIDR tox.x.x.x/32 to allow one specific IP address access, 0.0.0.0/0 to allow all IP addresses access, or another CIDR range.
Perform installation	true	Perform the Automation Suite installation. Choose false to perform only infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
Automation Suite version	e.g. 2023.10.1	Automation Suite version to install
Add GPU-enabled VMs	false	Choose true to add a GPU-enabled VM to the deployment.
Extra configuration keys	Blank string	Extra configuration keys to add to the cluster configuration. Leave empty to use the default configuration.
Validity of the self-signed certificate	1825	Validity (in days) of the self-signed certificate that the deployment uses to encrypt traffic inside the VPC.
Disable presigned URL	false	Enable or disable objectstore access via pre-signed URLs.

Table 8: Automation Suite external registry configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
External registry Fully Qualified Domain Name	Requires input	FQDN for the external registry. Leave empty to not use an external registry.
External registry user name	Requires input	User name for connecting to the external registry. Leave empty to not use an external registry.
External registry password	Requires input	Password for connecting to the external registry. Leave empty to not use an external registry.

Table 9. Automation Suite service configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Service install flags (multiple)	true	Choose if a specific service is installed in the cluster.

Table 10. Automation Suite external Orchestrator configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Connect AI Center to an external Orchestrator	false	Register AI Center to an external Orchestrator.
Orchestrator URL	Blank string	URL of the external Orchestrator to which AI Center connects. Example: https://my-orchestrator.net
Identity URL	Blank string	URL of the Identity server used to authorize AI Center. Example: https://my-orchestrator.net/identity
Base64 encoded Orchestrator certificate	Blank string	Base64 encoded Orchestrator certificate string Example: UExBQ0VIT0xERVI=
Base64 encoded Identity certificate	Blank string	Base64 encoded Identity certificate string Example: UExBQ0VIT0xERVI=

Table 11. DNS or SSL configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Hosting FQDN	Requires input	Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for Automation Suite. This must be either a subdomain or root domain of the ID of Amazon Route 53-hosted zone parameter.
ID of Amazon Route 53-hosted zone	Blank string	Enter the ID of the Amazon Route 53-hosted zone or leave blank. For details, refer to Valid domain name.
ARN of the ACM-hosted certificate	Blank string	ARN of the certificate present in the Amazon Certificate Manager (ACM) to use with the ALB. Leave empty to create the public certificate during deployment.
Use internal load balancer	false	Choose if you want to use an internal load balancer.

Table 12. Amazon RDS configuration

Parameter label (name)	Default value	Description
Engine of SQL Server deployed on Amazon RDS	sqlserver-se	Choose the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) SQL engine
Version of SQL Server deployed on Amazon RDS	15.00	Choose the Amazon RDS SQL version.
AWS KMS Key Id used to encrypt Amazon RDS storage	Blank string	KMS Key ID to use for the encryption of the Amazon RDS storage. Leave empty to skip encrypting the Amazon RDS storage.