Deploying Pexip in Amazon Web Services – Part 2

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Last Updated on April 12, 2016 by GrahamWalsh

So I first covered off the Management Node in this post and now we are going to cover off setting up a Conference Node for lab purposes only.

Step One – Select Location & Launch

Make sure you select the same region as where the management node is located as the AWS datacentres are not physically connected.
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Step Two – Select AMI

As before, select the Community AMIs and search for Pexip, this time selecting Conferencing Node.
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Step Three – Select Server Size

For the conferencing node server, as this will be doing the processing of the work, we need to select a more powerful machine, so the Pexip recommendation is a c4.2xlarge.  This is good for approximately 15 HD calls.
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Step Four – Configure Instance Details

Like before, select the same subnet and also this time we need to run this as a dedicated instance. Then select Next: Add Storage
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Step Five – Select Storage Type

Again like the management node, there is no need for SSD drives here, so select Magnetic.
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Step Six – Tag Instance

Here you input the display name of the server and any required tags.
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Step Seven – Configure Security Group

Here you can select the security group we created for the management node and select Review and Launch.
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Step Eight – Launch Instance

You now just need to launch the instance and also select the key pair, again using the same one that was used in the management node.

Step Nine – Obtain LAN IP Address

Once the machine is starting, make a note of the LAN IP Address as we will need this for configuring the Conference Node inside the Management Node.
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Step Ten – Adding a Conference Node

Now navigate to the Management node on AWS and select Platform Configuration > Conferencing Nodes > Add Conferencing Node.  Then on the next screen select Generic (configuration only)

Now input all the required details and you will also need to create a location site as part of the initial setup.  Make sure you also select the STUN server from the dropdown.  Once finished, download the configuration file.

Step Eleven – Uploading Conference Node File

Now that we have created a conference node config, we now need to upload it to the virtual server.  Navigate to the conference node via a browser and add in port 8443 e.g. http://10.20.30.40:8443 and you will be presented with a simple page.  Pick the file and select Upload.  You can now close the browser window.

 

Step Twelve – Checking for Connectivity

The virtual server will now reboot and it will take 15-20 minutes for the management node and conference node to sync up.  Once it has, you will see it in the status window.
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There is also another step required if you are using this in a lab environment and keep shutting the VM down. I have covered the requirements in part 3 on what needs to be changed to ensure it is working again when booted up. http://www.graham-walsh.com/2016/02/deploying-pexip-in-amazon-web-services-part-3/

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