Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3)

Create Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3) in Amazon Web Services

Create Stack Create dev stack

Overview

The Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3) software-defined storage system provides a high-performance distributed file system that contains high-capacity shared media storage for workgroups of connected devices. This template creates an Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3) system with one System Director. This template also creates the necessary Security Groups which are listed as Stack Outputs after completion.

The following is the list of parameters required to create an Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3) system.

Parameters

AWS Cloud Formation Stack Name

Type a unique Stack Name, which can contain any combination of letters A-Z, numbers 0-9, and dashes (-).

Existing VPC ID

Select an existing Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) ID from the list for the deployment.

Subnet Id

Select an available subnet for the VPC that is associated with the selected VPC ID; otherwise, the deployment will fail.

Key Name

Select an EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to instances.

Instance Type for System Director

Select System Director instance type.

Tags

Optional additional tags for the stack. (To identify the customer or contact name).

Enter as a comma-separated string; for example: Owner=Name.Lastname,Team=Team,Phase=Phase1

Enable CloudWatch Logs

Enable or disable logging of events and messages to CloudWatch Logs

CloudWatch Logs Retention

Maximum time to store log events in days

System Name

Specify Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3) system name. The name can be 3 to 21 English lowercase letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and optionally contain a dash/hyphen character (-). The name must start with a letter or number and cannot end with a dash.

Admin Password

Avid NEXIS Agent password. This password is used for logging into the Agent and can also be used to log into the Management Console. This is intended behavior to provide an emergency method of logging in to the system. The password can be 8 to 32 symbols, and is not displayed as you type it, for security.

S3 Bucket

(Avid internal use only) Enter a name for this S3 bucket.

Add Client to Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3)

Create stack Create stack

Overview

You can add a Client to an existing Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3). The following parameters are required for an Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3) Client.

Parameters

AWS Cloud Formation Stack Name

Create a new, unique name for the Avid NEXIS client stack.

Subnet Id

Select the subnet for the Avid NEXIS client stack.

Security Group Ids

Select Security Groups to attach to EC2 instance. To connect to Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3), select the security group with the prefix that matches the name of the created server (such as 'System Name-Stack Name') and a suffix such as "-avid-client".

Key Name

Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to instances. The Key should be the same for all Clients that will be added in future.

Instance Type for Client

Select Client instance type per customer order.

Assign Public IP

Default is false. Set to true to allow the client to be accessible on the internet.

Drive Size for Client

Drive Size for Client in Gb per customer order.

Tags

Optional additional tags for the stack. (To identify the customer or contact name).

Enter as a comma-separated string; for example: Owner=Name.Lastname,Team=Team,Phase=Phase1

Enable CloudWatch Logs

Enable or disable logging of events and messages to CloudWatch Logs

CloudWatch Logs Retention

Maximum time to store log events in days

Cloud Installer Kit URL

For customers using self-hosted Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3) provisioning. Type the URL of the self-hosted Avid NEXIS | Cloud Nearline Storage (AWS S3) Installer Kit. The URL must be accessible from the Client instance.

Install Media Composer

Select whether or not to install Media Composer.

Media Composer Kit URL

For customers using self-hosted Avid Media Composer provisioning. Type the URL of the self-hosted Avid Media Composer Installer Kit. The URL must be accessible from the Client instance.

Install HP Anyware

Select whether or not to install the HP Anyware Agent for Windows.

S3 Bucket Base Name

(Avid internal use only) Enter a name for this S3 bucket.