Create a New Environment for AWS
To create a new environment in NCache Cloud Service for AWS deployment, follow these steps:
From the NCache Cloud Portal, go to your Subscription Dashboard.
Click on Deployment Environments. You will see the following screen:
Click on the Create New Environment option.
This will open up a Create New Environment form.
While creating an environment, you have two choices: whether you want to create an environment and deploy NCache activated machines in it all through the NCache Cloud Portal or you want to create an environment through NCache Cloud Portal but want to deploy machines manually. The Deploy Servers section of the form shown above is from where you select either of these options.
Environment Creation for Deployment Through NCache Cloud Portal
Note
Deployment User is required for creating an environment through NCache Cloud Portal.
Prerequisite:
To create an environment for auto deployment of servers in AWS, you need to subscribe to NCache software on AWS. To know how to subscribe to NCache software, follow these steps:
From AWS Marketplace, go to NCache Enterprise .NET/Enterprise .NET Core/Professional software.
Click on the Continue to Subscribe button.
On the redirected page, you will be asked to Subscribe to this software. Read the Alachisoft Offer under Terms and Conditions and click on Accept Terms.
If subscribed successfully, you will be notified with:
Thank you for subscribing to this product! You can now configure your software.
Till here is enough for you to gain the rights required to deploy AWS machines through NCache Cloud Portal.
Go back to NCache Cloud Portal where you had the Create New Environment form.
Fill out the Environment Name, Environment Type, and License Type fields in the Create New Environment form.
For Deploy Servers Now, select Yes to deploy servers through NCache Cloud Portal. If you do not have a Deployment User linked with your subscription, you will not be able to select Yes and will be notified as such: "Please add a deployment user to enable deployment through portal" To add a Deployment User, refer to Link AWS Deployment User.
Select the Region in which you want to deploy the servers.
All VPCs that fall under the selected region will be listed down. Select the VPC from the dropdown list under which you want to deploy NCache servers.
Select your Internet Gateway from the populated list.
Select the latest NCache Version.
Add the Number of Servers and Number of Clients that you want to deploy in your environment. The number of clients must be greater than 2.
Note
If this number exceeds the number of reserved licenses, the server/client will be added as an hourly machine (a machine that is not part of your plan and will be charged hourly). You can view the license details from the Used Licenses section of the Create New Environment form. In case the limit does exceed, you will be notified as thus: "Hourly licenses being used. Please reserve licenses to reduce cost."
Select the Server Size.
Check the Assign Public IP To Servers checkbox if you want to automatically assign public IP addresses to the deployed machines.
- Click on Review + Create to review the basic information of the environment to be created. Click on Create.
This will create a deployment environment with the servers deployed in NCache cloud server. These deployed servers already have latest NCache version installed in them.
Tip
To increase the number of servers, go to your environment and click on Edit Environment.
You can go to Environments > View All to view your newly created environment. Your auto created deployment will have NCache activated machines deployed in it. To access these machines, follow the steps explained in the next chapter.
Environment Creation for Manual Deployment of Servers
Note
Deployment User is not required to create an environment for manual deployment of servers.
Fill out the Environment Name, Environment Type, and License Type fields in the Create New Environment form.
For Deploy Servers Now, select No to opt for manual deployment of servers. Selecting No will disable all other fields as they are not needed for manual deployment.
- Click on Review + Create to review the basic information of the environment to be created. Click on Create.
You can go to Deployment Environments to view your newly created environment. You can also view the individual license consumption of every environment by clicking on the See Details button of the environment.
Note
An environment created for manual deployment will be read-only to you. To have access to this created environment, you have an option of Environment Sync, explained in the Sync Environment.
When you choose No, NCache Cloud Server will create an environment for you but it wont have any servers deployed in it. To manually deploy servers in your created environment, follow the steps provided in Manually Deploy Cloud Machines.