Deploying the Data Gateway in AWS
If you want to use Object Storage replication for migrating your data center assets to AWS, you need to deploy and configure a Data Gateway in AWS environment.
See About Object Storage mode replication.
This Data Gateway is then added to the Resiliency Manager using the Resiliency Manager console.
To deploy the Data Gateway in AWS
- Prerequisites
- Download the zip file required for deploying the Data Gateway.
See Downloading the Veritas Resiliency Platform virtual appliances.
- Extract the zip file to a location of your choice. The following directories are extracted:
CloudFormation_Templates
Lambda_Function_Zip_Files
- Upload both the directories to an S3 bucket of your choice. Ensure that the S3 bucket is in the region where you want to deploy the Data Gateway.
Upload the directories at the root level of the bucket. Do not upload them to any subdirectory within the bucket.
- Open the CloudFormation service on the AWS web console.
- Click Create Stack.
- In the Select Template page, choose a stack template by using one of the following options:
Upload a template to Amazon S3: Select the
veritas-dgw-deployer-nested.yamlfile within theCloudFormation_Templatesdirectory from your local computer. This is the location where you have extracted the zip file.Specify an Amazon S3 template URL: This URL is the link to the file in the S3 bucket where you have uploaded the directories. To get this URL, go to Amazon S3 service, click on the bucket name, and then click the
CloudFormation_Templatesdirectory. Copy the URL displayed for theveritas-dgw-deployer-nested.yamlfile. This URL looks similar to the following:https://s3.amazonaws.com/S3_bucket_name/CloudFormation_Templates/veritas-dgw-deployer-nested.yaml
Where, S3_bucket_name is the name of your S3 bucket.
- In the Specify Details page, enter the following information:
Stack name.
Deployment bucket name.
Data Gateway bucket name.
For Does the Data Gateway bucket exist field, select Yes to use an existing S3 bucket. Select No to create a new S3 bucket. Ensure that the bucket is in the same region where you want to deploy the data gateway.
Enter your choice for the SNS topic protocol and SNS topic endpoint fields to create an SNS topic and subscription. This topic and subscription is used for monitoring the Data Gateway.
See About Data Gateway monitoring through CloudWatch alarms.
- On the Options page, provide information for the Tags, Permissions, and Advanced fields. These are optional fields and you can skip providing information here. If you have chosen an IAM role, ensure that the role has all the permissions that are required to deploy the Data Gateway.
- Review the selection and select the acknowledgment check box for IAM resource creation. Click Create.
- When the stack status changes to CREATE_COMPLETE, you can view the resources that get created.
- From the Outputs of the main Data gateway stack, note down the value displayed for the APIGatewayRootUrl key. This is the root URL of the API component of the Data Gateway. You need to provide this root URL for adding the Data Gateway to the Resiliency Manager. The root URL looks similar to the following:
https://REST_api_resource_ID.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/VDGW
Where, REST_api_resource_ID is the resource ID of the REST API and eu-west-1 is the name of the region.
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