Planning & Prerequisites
Before you deploy FortiADC-VM Autoscaling on AWS, it is recommended that you become familiar with the following AWS services.
If you are new to AWS, go to the Getting Started Resource Center and the AWS Training and Certification website.
It is expected that DevOps engineers or advanced system administrators who are familiar with the listed items deploy FortiADC Autoscale for AWS.
Technical Requirements
To start the deployment, you must have an AWS account. If you do not already have one, create one at https://aws.amazon.com/ by following the on-screen instructions. Part of the sign-up process involves receiving a phone call and entering a PIN. Your AWS account is automatically signed up for all AWS services. You are charged only for the services you use.
Log into your AWS account and verify the following:
-
IAM permissions — Ensure that the AWS user deploying the template has sufficient permissions to perform the required service actions on resources. At a minimum, the following are required: Service: IAM; Actions:CreateRole; Resource: *. The FortiADC-VM Autoscaling for AWS template increases the security level of the deployment stack by narrowing down the scope of access to external resources belonging to the same user account as well as restricting access to resources within the deployment.
-
Region — Use the region selector in the navigation bar to choose the AWS region where you want to deploy FortiADC-VM Autoscaling for AWS.
-
FortiADC subscription(s) — Confirm that you have a valid subscription to the On-demand (PAYG) FortiADC as required for your deployment.
-
Key pair — Ensure at least one Amazon EC2 key pair exists in your AWS account in the region where you plan to deploy FortiADC-VM Autoscaling for AWS. Make note of the key pair name.
-
Resources — If necessary, request service quota increases. This is necessary when you might exceed the default quotas with this deployment. The Service Quotas console displays your usage and quotas for some aspects of some services. For more information, see the AWS documentation. The default instance type is c5.2xlarge.