Deploy a Teradata SW Ecosystem | Teradata VantageCloud Enterprise on AWS (DIY) - Deploying VantageCloud and Ecosystem Software Using CFT Template - Teradata® VantageCloud Enterprise on AWS

VantageCloud Enterprise on AWS (DIY) Installation and Administration Guide - 2.4
Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Enterprise
Product
Teradata® VantageCloud Enterprise on AWS
Release Number
2.4
Published
April 2024
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2024-04-29
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Product Category
Cloud
PrerequisiteUse the Planning Worksheet for Vantage on AWS (DIY) to prepare the deployment.
You can deploy multiple Teradata software products simultaneously, collectively known as a software ecosystem. Each software ecosystem option links to an AWS CloudFormation template hosted on Amazon S3.

Each Teradata ecosystem option links to the AWS CloudFormation console and provides pre-configured templates hosted on Amazon S3 containing the information and configuration options needed to create a new VantageCloud environment on AWS. Deploy up to 64 instances without the need for additional configuration after launch.

Before using a Teradata ecosystem template, you must first subscribe to the applicable Teradata software products that the template will launch and configure. The Teradata ecosystem chosen determines the storage type (local or EBS storage) and the database size per node for EBS storage.

Prerequisite: The IAM user must have permissions for AWS CloudFormation, IAM roles, IAM profiles, and instance profiles. Also, check if AWS service limits need to be increased, particularly for EBS, EC2 instances, and VPC elastic IP address limits.

You cannot deploy a Teradata ecosystem directly from the AWS Marketplace. Launch the ecosystem with the following steps:

This procedure provides options to encrypt your data volumes and the root disk using a default CMK.

  1. Pick your preferred Teradata VantageCloud Database tier and decide if you also want Teradata ecosystem software. Choose from either Hourly or Annual.
    Link Text Description
    Hourly (On-Demand) For short-term usage.
    Annual For longer term usage.
    If selecting Annual, work with your Teradata Account Team to have an AWS Marketplace Private Offer created to meet your workload requirements.
  2. Using AWS Marketplace, search for, select, and subscribe to the appropriate Teradata VantageCloud Database offer selected in Step 1 and follow the provisioning instructions.
    Contact your Teradata Account team if you plan to use Teradata ecosystem software and raise a request to allow your AWS account subscription. Once the ecosystem software is allowed, you can search for it on the AWS marketplace using the AWS account used to allow the ecosystem software.
  3. After subscribing to the required software products, login to AWS console with allowed account and click to launch the appropriate Teradata ecosystem. The link will take you to the AWS CloudFormation console for entering configuration parameters, after which the template gets created and you can configure the Teradata ecosystem within an existing VPC.
  4. Select the required Launch links to launch the appropriate Teradata ecosystem for Test and Development, Minimum Production, and Full Production systems, respectively.
    License Tier Link Text
    Base, Advanced, Enterprise
    • Launch
    Developer Launch
    The Select Template page appears and the template URL is automatically specified under Choose a template.
  5. In the upper-right corner of the console, select a Region, then select Next.
  6. Verify the stack name that is automatically specified is unique to your region.
  7. Under Parameters, specify the values you chose in the planning worksheet, then select Next.
  8. [Optional] Under Tags, specify up to 10 unique key-value pairs for resources in your stack.
  9. [Optional] Under Advanced, set additional options for your stack, then select Next.
    If you want the ability to troubleshoot failures, change the Rollback on failure setting to Yes.
  10. On the Review page, select the I acknowledge check box.
  11. Select Create.
    This process may take up to an hour, depending on your configuration.
    Trying to SSH into the instance may cause the stack creation to fail. Do not try to SSH into the instance until either CREATE_COMPLETE appears in the Status column or you receive a failure notification.
  12. [Optional] To monitor the stack creation progress, do the following:
    1. From the AWS CloudFormation console, make sure CREATE_IN_PROGRESS appears in the Status column.
    2. After the stack is created, make sure CREATE_COMPLETE appears in the Status column.
    3. From the AWS EC2 console, select Instances in the left column and make sure your instances are listed under the Name column.
      The name appears as the stack name followed by the node name.
  13. [Optional] To SSH into the system with the public IP/DNS of any of the nodes, type the following command:
    ssh -i private-key-file.pem ec2-user@instance-DNS-name-or-IP
    Vantage is ready and started. You do not need to run tdc-init or tdc-start.
  14. [Optional] To SSH into the system with the Proxy Server configuration using Private IP of any of the nodes, type the following command
    ssh -o ProxyCommand="ssh -i private-key-file.pem -W %h:%p ec2-user@proxy-server-public-IP" -i private-key-file.pem ec2-user@instance-private-IP
    You cannot launch a Teradata ecosystem directly from the AWS CloudFormation templates on the AWS Marketplace. You cannot add or remove software products from a Teradata ecosystem. If the Teradata ecosystem does not include all the software products desired, customers can launch instances for those products separately, which may require additional configuration after launch.
PostrequisiteSome Vantage features require manual installation or configuration. See VantageCloud Features. Some Teradata software requires additional configuration. See Configuring Teradata Software on AWS.