Creating an AWS EC2 Resource (Elastic IP Scenario)

Here we will discuss how to switch between nodes using an Elastic IP address by creating an entry that points to the active node.

Assign Permission to Update Route Table Entries to Instances

!To complete the steps below, the AWS CLI must be installed on each node.

• Install AWS CLI

• Assign Permission to Use EC2 Recovery Kit

You will also need to acquire an Elastic IP. In the example below the Elastic IP address is 50.18.115.213. Note that this IP address is an example value.

Creating an EC2 Resource (Elastic IP Scenario)

Complete the following steps to create an EC2 resource using the Elastic IP (Frontend Cluster) scenario.

1. Select “Amazon EC2” as the Recovery Kit.

2. On the “Create Resource Wizard @ node-a”, specify the following values.

*Note: For items with a checkmark ( ) review the default value and use the value suggested.

Field	Value
Switchback Type	Intelligent
Server	node-a
EC2 Resource Type	Elastic IP (Frontend Cluster)
Network Interface	eith0
Elastic IP	Select an available Elastic IP from the list. For example, 50.18.115.213
EC2 Resource Tag	ec2-50.18.115.213

3. On “Pre-Extend Wizard” specify the following values:

Field	Value
Target Server	node-b
Switchback Type	Intelligent
Template Priority	1
Target Priority	10

4. Once Pre-Extend is completed, move on to “Extend comm/ec2 Resource”. Select “ec2-50.18.115.213”.

5. Once “Hierarchy successfully extended” is displayed, the creation of the resource is complete.

6. The EC2 resource is now created as shown below.