Pexip Infinity and Amazon Web Services

Deployment Guide

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Contents

Introduction 4

Deployment guidelines 5
Deployment options 5
Limitations 6
Recommended instance types and call capacity guidelines 6
Dedicated versus standard instances 6
IP addressing 7
Assumptions and prerequisites 7

Configuring AWS security groups 8

Inbound rules 8
Outbound rules 8
Inter-node communication requirements for multiple VPCs 8

Deploying a Management Node in AWS 10

Task summary 10
Task breakdown 10

Initial platform configuration — AWS 14

Accessing the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface 14
Configuring the Pexip Infinity platform 14
Next steps 15

Deploying a Conferencing Node in AWS 16

Task summary 16
Deploying the VM instance in AWS 16
Generating, downloading and deploying the configuration file 19
Assigning a persistent public IP address 21

Configuring dynamic bursting to the AWS cloud 22

Configuring your system for dynamic bursting to AWS 22
Firewall addresses/ports required for access to the AWS APIs for cloud bursting 22
Setting up your bursting nodes in AWS and enabling bursting in Pexip Infinity 22
Configuring an AWS user and policy for controlling overflow nodes 23
Configuring the bursting threshold 24
Manually starting an overflow node 25
Converting between overflow and "always on" AWS Conferencing Nodes 25

Managing AWS instances 27

Temporarily removing (stopping) a Conferencing Node instance 27
Reinstating (restarting) a stopped Conferencing Node instance 27

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Permanently removing a Conferencing Node instance 28

Adding ENA support to an instance 28

Viewing cloud bursting status 29

Viewing current status 29
Viewing historic events 29

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Introduction
The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) service provides scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (AWS)
cloud. Using AWS eliminates your need to invest in hardware up front, so you can deploy Pexip Infinity even faster.
You can use AWS to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need, and use those virtual servers to host a Pexip
Infinity Management Node and as many Conferencing Nodes as required for your Pexip Infinity platform.
AWS enables you to scale up or down to handle changes in requirements or spikes in conferencing requirements. You can also use the
AWS APIs and the Pexip Infinity management API to monitor usage and bring up / tear down Conferencing Nodes as required to meet
conferencing demand, or allow Pexip Infinity to handle this automatically for you via its dynamic bursting capabilities.
Pexip publishes Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for the Pexip Infinity Management Node and Conferencing Nodes. These AMIs may be
used to launch instances of each node type as required.

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Deployment guidelines
This section summarizes the AWS deployment options and limitations, and provides guidance on our recommended AWS instance
types, security groups and IP addressing options.
This flowchart provides an overview of the basic steps involved in deploying the Pexip Infinity platform on AWS:

Deployment options
There are three main deployment options for your Pexip Infinity platform when using the AWS cloud:
l Private cloud: all nodes are deployed within an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Private addressing is used for all nodes and
connectivity is achieved by configuring a VPN tunnel between the corporate network and the AWS VPC. As all nodes are private,
this is equivalent to an on-premises deployment which is only available to users internal to the organization.
l Public cloud: all nodes are deployed within the AWS VPC. All nodes have a private address but, in addition, public IP addresses are
allocated to each node. The node's private addresses are only used for inter-node communications. Each node's public address is
then configured on the relevant node as a static NAT address. Access to the nodes is permitted from the public internet, or a
restricted subset of networks, as required. Any systems or endpoints that will send signaling and media traffic to those Pexip
Infinity nodes must send that traffic to the public address of those nodes. If you have internal systems or endpoints
communicating with those nodes, you must ensure that your local network allows such routing.
l Hybrid cloud: the Management Node, and optionally some Conferencing Nodes, are deployed in the corporate network. A VPN
tunnel is created between the corporate network and the AWS VPC. Additional Conferencing Nodes are deployed in the AWS VPC
and are managed from the on-premises Management Node. The AWS-hosted Conferencing Nodes can be either internally-facing,
privately-addressed (private cloud) nodes; or externally-facing, publicly-addressed (public cloud) nodes; or a combination of
private and public nodes (where the private nodes are in a different Pexip Infinity system location to the public nodes). You may
also want to consider dynamic bursting, where the AWS-hosted Conferencing Nodes are only started up and used when you have
reached capacity on your on-premises nodes.

All of the Pexip nodes that you deploy in the cloud are completely dedicated to running the Pexip Infinity platform— you maintain full
data ownership and control of those nodes.

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Limitations
The following limitations currently apply:
l Pexip Infinity node instances that are hosted on AWS can be deployed in one or many regions within AWS. However, if you deploy
nodes across multiple AWS regions, it is your responsibility to ensure that there is a routable network between the AWS data
centers, so that inter-node communication between the Management Node and all of its associated Conferencing Nodes can
succeed. Pexip is unable to provide support in setting this AWS network up.
Each AWS region contains multiple Availability Zones. A Pexip Infinity system location is equivalent to an AWS Availability Zone.
Note that service providers may deploy multiple independent Pexip Infinity platforms in any AWS location (subject to your
licensing agreement).
l SSH access to AWS-hosted Pexip Infinity nodes requires key-based authentication. (Password-based authentication is considered
insufficiently secure for use in the AWS environment and is not permitted.) An SSH key pair must be assigned to each instance at
launch time. You can create key pairs in AWS via the EC2 Dashboard Key Pairs option, within the AWS account used to launch the
Pexip Infinity instances, or use third-party tools such as PuTTYgen to generate a key pair and then import the public key into AWS.
Note that:
o When the Management Node has been deployed, you can assign and use your own SSH keys for the Management Node and
any Conferencing Nodes.
o If you are using a Linux or Mac SSH client to access your instance you must use the chmod command to make sure that your
private key file on your local client (SSH private keys are never uploaded) is not publicly viewable. For example, if the name of
your private key file is my-key-pair.pem, use the following command: chmod 400 /path/my-key-pair.pem
See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html for more information about creating a key pair.
l We do not support AWS deployments in China.

Recommended instance types and call capacity guidelines

AWS instances come in many different sizes. In general, Pexip Infinity Conferencing Nodes should be considered compute intensive and
Management Nodes reflect a more general-purpose workload. Our Server design recommendations also apply to cloud-based
deployments.
For deployments of up to 30 Conferencing Nodes, we recommend using:
l Management Node: an m5.xlarge instance.
l Transcoding Conferencing Nodes: a c5.2xlarge instance.
l Proxying Edge Nodes: either c5.xlarge or c5.2xlarge.

This should provide capacity for approximately 17 HD / 39 SD / 324 audio-only calls per Transcoding Conferencing Node.
Larger instance types may also be used for a Transcoding Conferencing Node, but the call capacity does not increase linearly so these
may not represent the best value. However, we recommend that you do not use c5 or c4 instances with 36 vCPU or higher.
Note that you can switch between c4 and c5 AWS instance families for existing VMs. To do this you must power down the VM, change
its family, and then power the VM on again.

Dedicated versus standard instances

Within AWS you can select dedicated or standard instances:
l We recommend that each Conferencing Node instance is run as a dedicated instance (tenancy). This is to avoid oversubscription of
Conferencing Nodes, which can lead to calls dropping and media quality problems.
l We also recommend that the Management Node is run as a dedicated instance. However, small and medium deployments
supporting up to approximately 100 concurrent calls could use a standard instance for the Management Node provided there is no
significant use of the management API.
l If the platform is solely used for One-Touch Join (OTJ) then you can use standard instances for both the Management Node and
Conferencing Nodes.

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IP addressing
Within a VPC, an instance's private IP addresses can initially be allocated dynamically (using DHCP) or statically. However, after the
private IP address has been assigned to the instance it remains fixed and associated with that instance until the instance is terminated.
The allocated IP address is displayed in the AWS management console.
Public IP addresses may be associated with an instance dynamically (at launch/start time) or statically through use of an Elastic IP.
Dynamic public IP addresses do not remain associated with an instance if it is stopped — and thus it will receive a new public IP
address when it is next started.
Pexip Infinity nodes must always be configured with the private IP address associated with its instance, as it is used for all internal
communication between nodes. To associate an instance's public IP address with the node, configure that public IP address as the
node's Static NAT address (via Platform > Conferencing Nodes).

Assumptions and prerequisites

The deployment instructions assume that within AWS you have already:
l signed up for AWS and created a user account, administrator groups etc
l created a Virtual Private Cloud network and subnet
l configured a VPN tunnel from the corporate/management network to the VPC
l created or imported an SSH key pair to associate with your VPC instances
l created a security group (see Configuring AWS security groups for port requirements)
l decided in which AWS region to deploy your Pexip Infinity platform (these guidelines assume that all Pexip Infinity node instances
that are hosted on AWS are deployed in the same AWS region).

For more information on setting up your AWS environment, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/get-set-up-

for-amazon-ec2.html.

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Configuring AWS security groups

Access to AWS instances is restricted by the AWS firewall. This may be configured by associating an instance with an AWS security
group that specifies the permitted inbound and outbound traffic/ports from the group.
A minimal AWS security group that permits access to a public cloud style Pexip Infinity deployment would look similar to this:

Inbound rules
Type Protocol Port range Source

SSH TCP 22 <management station IP address/subnet>

HTTPS TCP 443 0.0.0.0/0

Custom TCP Rule TCP 1720 0.0.0.0/0

Custom TCP Rule TCP 5060 0.0.0.0/0

Custom TCP Rule TCP 5061 0.0.0.0/0

Custom TCP Rule TCP 8443 <management station IP address/subnet>

Custom TCP Rule TCP 33000-49999 0.0.0.0/0

Custom UDP Rule * UDP 5060 0.0.0.0/0

Custom UDP Rule UDP 40000-49999 0.0.0.0/0

Custom UDP Rule UDP 500 <sg-12345678>

Custom UDP Rule UDP 1719 0.0.0.0/0

Custom Protocol ESP (50) All <sg-12345678>

All ICMP ICMP All <management station IP address/subnet>

* Only required if you intend to enable SIP over UDP.

Outbound rules
Type Protocol Port range Source

All traffic All All 0.0.0.0/0

Where 0.0.0.0/0 implies any source / destination, <management station IP address/subnet> should be restricted to a single IP address
or subnet for SSH access only, and <sg-12345678> is the identity of this security group (and thus permits traffic from other AWS
instances — the Management Node and Conferencing Nodes — associated with the same security group).
A single security group can be applied to the Management Node and all Conferencing Nodes. However, if you want to apply further
restrictions to your Management Node (for example, to exclude the TCP/UDP signaling and media ports), then you can configure
additional security groups and use them as appropriate for each AWS instance.
Remember that the Management Node and all Conferencing Nodes must be able to communicate with each other. If your instances
only have private addresses, ensure that the necessary external systems such as NTP and DNS servers are routable from those nodes.

Inter-node communication requirements for multiple VPCs

In a basic deployment, your Pexip Infinity platform will be deployed within a single VPC.

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In larger deployments you may choose to deploy your Conferencing Nodes across multiple VPCs — in which case there must be a
directly routable path (no NAT) between all nodes that allows UDP port 500 (IKE), and IP Protocol 50 (IPsec ESP) to pass between all
nodes in both directions.

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Deploying a Management Node in AWS

As with all Pexip Infinity deployments, you must first deploy the Management Node before deploying any Conferencing Nodes. In a
hybrid cloud deployment the Management Node may be deployed in the corporate network or in the AWS VPC. This section describes
how to deploy the Management Node in AWS.

Task summary
Deploying a Management Node in AWS consists of the following steps:

1. In the AWS management console, pick the desired AWS region and use the launch wizard to create an instance of the
Management Node.
2. Search the Community AMIs section for the relevant Pexip Infinity Management Node AMI.
3. Ensure that the instance is associated with a suitable security group, and that an SSH key pair has been associated with the
instance.
4. After the instance has booted, SSH into it and set the administrator password. This will then terminate the SSH session.
5. SSH in to the Management Node again and complete the Pexip Infinity installation wizard as for an on-premises deployment.

These steps are described below in more detail.

Task breakdown
1. In the AWS management console, ensure that you have selected the AWS region in which you intend to deploy the Management
Node and all of its associated Conferencing Nodes.
2. From the EC2 dashboard, select Images > AMIs.
3. Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI):
a. Select Public images.
b. Filter on "Owner : 686087431763" to see all of the Pexip images.
c. Select the row for Pexip Infinity Management Node <version> build <build_number> where <version> is the software
version you want to install. (You may also want to filter on the version number to refine the list of images.)
d. Select Launch.
This launches a wizard in which you will select and configure your image.
4. Complete Step 2: Choose an Instance Type:
a. For deployments of up to 30 Conferencing Nodes, we recommend using an m5.xlarge instance type for the Management
Node.
b. Select Next: Configure Instance Details.
5. Complete Step 3: Configure Instance Details:

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a. Complete the following fields (leave all other settings as default):

Number of 1
instances

Subnet Use default subnet.

Auto-assign Enable or disable this option according to whether you want the node to be reachable from a public IP address.
Public IP
Your subnet may be configured so that instances in that subnet are assigned a public IP address by default.

Note that the Management Node only needs to be publicly accessible if you want to perform system
administration tasks from clients located in the public internet.

Primary IP Either leave as Auto-assign or, if required, specify your desired IP address.

(AWS reserves the first four IP addresses and the last one IP address of every subnet for IP networking purposes.)

Tenancy Select Dedicated.

b. Select Next: Add Storage.

6. Complete Step 4: Add Storage:
a. Accept the default settings (the Pexip AMI sets these defaults appropriately for a Management Node).
b. Select Next: Add Tags.
7. Complete Step 5: Add Tags:
a. You can optionally add tags to your instance, if you want to categorize your AWS resources.
b. Select Next: Configure Security Group.
8. Complete Step 6: Configure Security Group:
a. Select and assign your security group to your Management Node instance.
b. Select Review and Launch.
9. Complete Step 7: Review Instance Launch:
a. This step summarizes the configuration details for your instance.
You may receive a warning that your security group is open to the world. This is to be expected if you are deploying a public
or hybrid VPC that is intended to be accessible to publicly-located clients.

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b. Select Launch.
10. You are now asked to select an existing key pair or create a new key pair:
a. Select the key pair that you want to associate with this instance, and acknowledge that you have the private key file.
You will need to supply the private key when you subsequently SSH into this instance.
b. Select Launch instances.
The Launch Status screen is displayed.
11. Select View Instances to see all of your configured instances and ensure that your Instance State is running.
The status screen also indicates the private IP address, and public IP address if appropriate, of the instance.
12. Connect over SSH into the Management Node instance to complete the installation of Pexip Infinity.
Use an SSH client to access the Management Node by its private IP address, supplying your private key file as appropriate.
13. Follow the login process in the SSH session:
a. At the login prompt, enter the username admin.
b. Supply the key passphrase, if requested.
c. At the "Enter new UNIX password:" prompt, enter your desired password, and then when prompted, enter the password
again.
This will then log you out and terminate your SSH session.

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14. Reconnect over SSH into the Management Node instance and continue the installation process:
a. Log in again as admin.
You are presented with another login prompt:
[sudo] password for admin:
b. Enter the UNIX password you just created.
The Pexip installation wizard will begin after a short delay.
c. Complete the installation wizard to apply basic configuration to the Management Node:

IP address Accept the defaults for the IP address, Network mask and Gateway settings.
Network mask
Gateway

Hostname Enter your required Hostname and Domain suffix for the Management Node.
Domain suffix

DNS servers Configure one or more DNS servers. You must override the default values if it is a private
deployment.

NTP servers Configure one or more NTP servers. You must override the default values if it is a private
deployment.

Web administration Set the Web administration username and password.

username
Password

Enable incident reporting Select whether or not to Enable incident reporting.

Send deployment and usage Select whether or not to Send deployment and usage statistics to Pexip.
statistics to Pexip

The DNS and NTP servers at the default addresses are only accessible if your instance has a public IP address.
The installation wizard will fail if the NTP server address cannot be resolved and reached.
After successfully completing the wizard, the SSH connection will be lost as the Management Node reboots.
15. After a few minutes you will be able to use the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface to access and configure the Management
Node (remember to use https to connect to the node if you have only configured https access rules in your security group). You
can configure your Pexip Infinity platform licenses, VMRs, aliases, locations etc. as described in Initial platform configuration —
AWS before you go on to add Conferencing Nodes.

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Initial platform configuration — AWS

After you have run the installation wizard, you must perform some preliminary configuration of the Pexip Infinity platform before you
can deploy a Conferencing Node.
This section lists the configuration required, and provides a summary of each step with a link to further information.
All configuration should be done using the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface.
No changes should be made to any Pexip VM via the terminal interface (other than as described when running the initial Pexip
installation wizard) unless directed to do so by Pexip support. This includes (but is not limited to) changes to the time zone,
changes to IP tables, configuration of Ethernet interfaces, or the installation of any third-party code/applications.

Accessing the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface

The Pexip Infinity Administrator interface is hosted on the Management Node. To access this:

1. Open a web browser and type in the IP address or DNS name that you assigned to the Management Node using the installation
wizard (you may need to wait a minute or so after installation is complete before you can access the Administrator interface).
2. Until you have uploaded appropriate TLS certificates to the Management Node, your browser may present you with a warning that
the website's security certificate is not trusted. You should proceed, but upload appropriate TLS certificates to the Management
Node (and Conferencing Nodes, when they have been created) as soon as possible.
The Pexip Infinity Conferencing Platform login page will appear.
3. Log in using the web administration username and password you set using the installation wizard.

You are now ready to begin configuring the Pexip Infinity platform and deploying Conferencing Nodes.
As a first step, we strongly recommend that you configure at least 2 additional NTP servers or NTP server pools to ensure that log
entries from all nodes are properly synchronized.
It may take some time for any configuration changes to take effect across the Conferencing Nodes. In typical deployments,
configuration replication is performed approximately once per minute. However, in very large deployments (more than 60
Conferencing Nodes), configuration replication intervals are extended, and it may take longer for configuration changes to be applied
to all Conferencing Nodes (the administrator log shows when each node has been updated).
Brief details of how to perform the initial configuration are given below. For complete information on how to configure your Pexip
Infinity solution, see the Pexip Infinity technical documentation website at docs.pexip.com.

Configuring the Pexip Infinity platform

This table lists the Pexip Infinity platform configuration steps that are required before you can deploy Conferencing Nodes and make
calls.

Configuration Purpose
step

1. Enable DNS Pexip Infinity uses DNS to resolve the hostnames of external system components including NTP servers, syslog servers,
SNMP servers and web proxies. It is also used for call routing purposes — SIP proxies, gatekeepers, external call control
(System > DNS
and conferencing systems and so on. The address of at least one DNS server must be added to your system.
Servers)
You will already have configured at least one DNS server when running the install wizard, but you can now change it or
add more DNS servers.

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Configuration Purpose
step

2. Enable NTP Pexip Infinity uses NTP servers to obtain accurate system time. This is necessary to ensure correct operation, including
configuration replication and log timestamps.
(System > NTP
Servers) We strongly recommend that you configure at least three distinct NTP servers or NTP server pools on all your host servers
and the Management Node itself. This ensures that log entries from all nodes are properly synchronized.

You will already have configured at least one NTP server when running the install wizard, but you can now change it or
add more NTP servers.

3. Add licenses You must install a system license with sufficient concurrent call capacity for your environment before you can place calls
to Pexip Infinity services.
(Platform >
Licenses)

4. Add a These are labels that allow you to group together Conferencing Nodes that are in the same datacenter. You must have at
system location least one location configured before you can deploy a Conferencing Node.

(Platform >
Locations)

5. Upload TLS You must install TLS certificates on the Management Node and — when you deploy them — each Conferencing Node. TLS
certificates certificates are used by these systems to verify their identity to clients connecting to them.

(Certificates > All nodes are deployed with self-signed certificates, but we strongly recommend they are replaced with ones signed by
TLS either an external CA or a trusted internal CA.
Certificates)

6. Add Virtual Conferences take place in Virtual Meeting Rooms and Virtual Auditoriums. VMR configuration includes any PINs required
Meeting Rooms to access the conference. You must deploy at least one Conferencing Node before you can call into a conference.

(Services >
Virtual Meeting
Rooms)

7. Add an alias A Virtual Meeting Room or Virtual Auditorium can have more than one alias. Conference participants can access a Virtual
for the Virtual Meeting Room or Virtual Auditorium by dialing any one of its aliases.
Meeting Room

(done while
adding the
Virtual Meeting
Room)

Next steps
You are now ready to deploy a Conferencing Node — see Deploying a Conferencing Node in AWS for more information.

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Deploying a Conferencing Node in AWS

After deploying the Management Node and completing the initial platform configuration you can deploy one or more Conferencing
Nodes in AWS to provide conferencing capacity.

Task summary
Deploying a Conferencing Node in AWS consists of the following steps:

1. Deploying a new VM instance in AWS:

a. In the AWS management console, select the same AWS region in which the Management Node is deployed and use the
launch wizard to create an instance of a Conferencing Node.
b. Search the Community AMIs section for the relevant Pexip Infinity Conferencing Node AMI.
c. Ensure that the instance is run as a dedicated instance (tenancy), is associated with a suitable security group, and that an SSH
key pair has been associated with the instance.
2. Configuring the VM with the details of the specific Conferencing Node being deployed, using a file generated from the Pexip
Infinity Management Node.
a. After the instance has booted, perform a configuration-only deployment on the Management Node to inform it of the new
Conferencing Node.
b. Upload the resulting XML document to the new Conferencing Node.
c. Configure the Conferencing Node's static NAT address, if you have a assigned a public IP address to the instance.

These steps are described below in more detail.

Deploying the VM instance in AWS

1. In the AWS management console, ensure that you have selected the same AWS region in which the Management Node is
deployed.
2. From the EC2 dashboard, select Images > AMIs.
3. Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI):
a. Select Public images.
b. Filter on "Owner : 686087431763" to see all of the Pexip images.
c. Select the row for Pexip Infinity Conferencing Node <version> build <build_number> where <version> is the software
version you want to install. (You may also want to filter on the version number to refine the list of images.)
d. Select Launch.
This launches a wizard in which you will select and configure your image.
4. Complete Step 2: Choose an Instance Type:
a. We recommend using a c5.2xlarge instance type for a Transcoding Conferencing Node.
See Recommended instance types and call capacity guidelines for more information.
b. Select Next: Configure Instance Details.
5. Complete Step 3: Configure Instance Details:

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a. Complete the following fields (leave all other settings as default):

Number of 1
instances

Subnet Use default subnet.

Auto-assign Enable or disable this option according to whether you want the node to be reachable from a public IP address.
Public IP
You must assign a static public/external IP address to the Conferencing Node if you want that node to be able to
host conferences that are accessible from devices in the public internet.

Your subnet may be configured so that instances in that subnet are assigned a public IP address by default.

If you want to assign a persistent public IP address (an Elastic IP Address) you can do this after the instance has been
launched.

Primary IP Either leave as Auto-assign or, if required, specify your desired IP address.

(AWS reserves the first four IP addresses and the last one IP address of every subnet for IP networking purposes.)

Tenancy Select Dedicated.

b. Select Next: Add Storage.

6. Complete Step 4: Add Storage:
a. Accept the default settings (the Pexip AMI sets these defaults appropriately for a Conferencing Node).
b. Select Next: Add Tags.
7. Complete Step 5: Add Tags:
a. You can optionally add tags to your instance, if you want to categorize your AWS resources.
b. Select Next: Configure Security Group.
8. Complete Step 6: Configure Security Group:
a. Select and assign your security group to your Conferencing Node instance.
b. Select Review and Launch.
9. Complete Step 7: Review Instance Launch:
a. This step summarizes the configuration details for your instance.
You may receive a warning that your security group is open to the world. This is to be expected if you are deploying a public
or hybrid Conferencing Node that is intended to be accessible to publicly-located clients.

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b. Select Launch.
10. You are now asked to select an existing key pair or create a new key pair:
a. Select the key pair that you want to associate with this instance, and acknowledge that you have the private key file.
(Note that you will not be required to SSH into Conferencing Node instances.)
b. Select Launch instances.
The Launch Status screen is displayed.
11. Select View Instances to see all of your configured instances and ensure that your Instance State is running.
The status screen also indicates the private IP address, and public IP address if appropriate, of the instance.
12. Make a note of the Private IP address that has been assigned to the new Conferencing Node.
13. Perform a configuration-only deployment of the new Conferencing Node as described below.

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Generating, downloading and deploying the configuration file

1. From the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface, go to Platform > Conferencing Nodes and select Add Conferencing Node.
2. You are now asked to provide the network configuration to be applied to the Conferencing Node, by completing the following
fields:
Option Description

Name Enter the name to use when referring to this Conferencing Node in the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface.

Description An optional field where you can provide more information about the Conferencing Node.

Role This determines the Conferencing Node's role:

o Proxying Edge Node: a Proxying Edge Node handles all media and signaling connections with an
endpoint or external device, but does not host any conferences — instead it forwards the media on to a
Transcoding Conferencing Node for processing.
o Transcoding Conferencing Node: a Transcoding Conferencing Node handles all the media processing,
protocol interworking, mixing and so on that is required in hosting Pexip Infinity calls and conferences.
When combined with Proxying Edge Nodes, a transcoding node typically only processes the media
forwarded on to it by those proxying nodes and has no direct connection with endpoints or external
devices. However, a transcoding node can still receive and process the signaling and media directly from
an endpoint or external device if required.

Hostname Enter the hostname and domain to assign to this Conferencing Node. Each Conferencing Node and
Domain Management Node must have a unique hostname.

The Hostname and Domain together make up the Conferencing Node's DNS name or FQDN. We recommend
that you assign valid DNS names to all your Conferencing Nodes.

IPv4 address Enter the IP address to assign to this Conferencing Node when it is created.

This should be the Private IP address that AWS has assigned to the new Conferencing Node.

Network mask Enter the IP network mask to assign to this Conferencing Node.

The netmask depends upon the subnet selected for the instance. The default AWS subnet has a /20 prefix size
which is a network mask of 255.255.240.0.

Note that IPv4 address and Network mask apply to the eth0 interface.

Gateway IPv4 address Enter the IP address of the default gateway to assign to this Conferencing Node.

This is the first usable address in the subnet selected for the instance (e.g. 172.31.0.1 for a 172.31.0.0/20
subnet).

Note that the Gateway IPv4 address is not directly associated with a network interface, except that the
address entered here lies in the subnet in which either eth0 or eth1 is configured to use. Thus, if the gateway
address lies in the subnet in which eth0 lives, then the gateway will be assigned to eth0, and likewise for eth1.

Secondary interface Leave this option blank as dual network interfaces are not supported on Conferencing Nodes deployed in
IPv4 address public cloud services.

Secondary interface Leave this option blank as dual network interfaces are not supported on Conferencing Nodes deployed in
network mask public cloud services.

Note that Secondary interface IPv4 address and Secondary interface network mask apply to the eth1
interface.

System location Select the physical location of this Conferencing Node. A system location should not contain a mixture of
proxying nodes and transcoding nodes.

If the system location does not already exist, you can create a new one here by clicking to the right of the
field. This will open up a new window showing the Add System Location page.

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Option Description

Configured FQDN A unique identity for this Conferencing Node, used in signaling SIP TLS Contact addresses.

TLS certificate The TLS certificate to use on this node. This must be a certificate that contains the above Configured FQDN.
Each certificate is shown in the format <subject name> (<issuer>).

IPv6 address The IPv6 address for this Conferencing Node. Each Conferencing Node must have a unique IPv6 address.

Gateway IPv6 address The IPv6 address of the default gateway.

If this is left blank, the Conferencing Node listens for IPv6 Router Advertisements to obtain a gateway
address.

IPv4 static NAT address Configure the Conferencing Node's static NAT address, if you have a assigned a public/external IP address to
the instance.

Enter the public IP address allocated by AWS. See Assigning a persistent public IP address below if you want
the node to have a persistent public IP address (an Elastic IP address).

Static routes From the list of Available Static routes, select the routes to assign to the node, and then use the right arrow
to move the selected routes into the Chosen Static routes list.

Enable distributed This should usually be enabled (checked) for all Conferencing Nodes that are expected to be "always on", and
database disabled (unchecked) for nodes that are expected to only be powered on some of the time (e.g. nodes that
are likely to only be operational during peak times).

Enable SSH Determines whether this node can be accessed over SSH.

Use Global SSH setting: SSH access to this node is determined by the global Enable SSH setting (Platform >
Global Settings > Connectivity > Enable SSH).

Off: this node cannot be accessed over SSH, regardless of the global Enable SSH setting.

On: this node can be accessed over SSH, regardless of the global Enable SSH setting.

Default: Use Global SSH setting.

SSH authorized keys You can optionally assign one or more SSH authorized keys to use for SSH access.

From the list of Available SSH authorized keys, select the keys to assign to the node, and then use the right
arrow to move the selected keys into the Chosen SSH authorized keys list.

Note that in cloud environments, this list does not include any of the SSH keys configured within that cloud
service.

Use SSH authorized When a node is deployed in a cloud environment, you can continue to use the SSH keys configured within the
keys from cloud service cloud service where available, in addition to any of your own assigned keys (as configured in the field above).
If you disable this option you can only use your own assigned keys.

Default: enabled.

3. Select Save.
4. You are now asked to complete the following fields:
Option Description

Deployment Select Generic (configuration-only).

type

SSH password Enter the password to use when logging in to this Conferencing Node's Linux operating system over SSH. The
username is always admin.

Logging in to the operating system is required when changing passwords or for diagnostic purposes only, and should
generally be done under the guidance of your Pexip authorized support representative. In particular, do not change
any configuration using SSH — all changes should be made using the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface.

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5. Select Download.
A message appears at the top of the page: "The Conferencing Node image will download shortly or click on the following link".
After a short while, a file with the name pexip-<hostname>.<domain>.xml is generated and downloaded.
Note that the generated file is only available for your current session so you should download it immediately.
6. Browse to https://<conferencing-node-ip>:8443/ and use the form provided to upload the configuration file to the Conferencing
Node VM.
If you cannot access the Conferencing Node, check that you have allowed the appropriate source addresses in your security group
inbound rules for management traffic. In public deployments and where there is no virtual private network, you need to use the
public address of the node.
The Conferencing Node will apply the configuration and reboot. After rebooting, it will connect to the Management Node in the
usual way.
You can close the browser window used to upload the file.

After deploying a new Conferencing Node, it takes approximately 5 minutes before the node is available for conference hosting and for
its status to be updated on the Management Node. Until it becomes available, the Management Node reports the status of the
Conferencing Node as having a last contacted and last updated date of "Never". "Connectivity lost between nodes" alarms relating to
that node may also appear temporarily.

Assigning a persistent public IP address

If you want the node to have a persistent public IP address you can assign an Elastic IP address to the Conferencing Node.
Note that the public IP address assigned when the instance was launched (if Auto-assign Public IP was selected), will always be
available and will not change while the instance remains running. A new (different) public IP address is only assigned if the instance is
stopped and restarted.

1. Assign an Elastic IP address to the instance via the Elastic IPs option in the Amazon VPC console.
2. Update the Conferencing Node's static NAT address:
a. Log in to the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface on the Management Node.
b. Go to Platform > Conferencing Nodes and select the Conferencing Node.
c. Configure the Static NAT address as the instance's Elastic IP address as appropriate.

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Configuring dynamic bursting to the AWS cloud

Pexip Infinity deployments can burst into the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud when primary conferencing capabilities are reaching
their capacity limits, thus providing additional temporary Conferencing Node resources.
This provides the ability to dynamically expand conferencing capacity whenever scheduled or unplanned usage requires it. The AWS
cloud Conferencing Nodes instances are only started up when required and are automatically stopped again when capacity demand
normalizes, ensuring that AWS costs are minimized.
For complete information about dynamic bursting, see Dynamic bursting to a cloud service.

Configuring your system for dynamic bursting to AWS

These instructions assume that you already have a working Pexip Infinity platform, including one or more primary (always on)
Conferencing Nodes in one or more system locations. These existing Conferencing Nodes can be deployed using whichever platform or
hypervisor you prefer.

Firewall addresses/ports required for access to the AWS APIs for cloud bursting
Access to the AWS APIs for cloud bursting is only required from the Management Node.
The Management Node always connects to destination port 443 over HTTPS.
DNS is used to resolve the AWS API addresses. Currently, Pexip Infinity uses the "Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)" DNS
FQDNs listed at http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region but this may change in the future. An
exception is if you are using GovCloud, where ec2.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com is used instead.

Setting up your bursting nodes in AWS and enabling bursting in Pexip Infinity
You must deploy in AWS the Conferencing Nodes that you want to use for dynamic bursting, and then configure the Pexip Infinity
location containing those nodes as the overflow destination for the locations that contain your primary (always on) Conferencing
Nodes:

1. In Pexip Infinity, configure a new system location for media overflow e.g. "AWS burst", that will contain your bursting
Conferencing Nodes.
(Note that system locations are not explicitly configured as "primary" or "overflow" locations. Pexip Infinity automatically detects
the purpose of the location according to whether it contains Conferencing Nodes that may be used for dynamic bursting.)
2. In AWS, set up a user and associated access policy that the Pexip Infinity Management Node will use to log in to AWS to start and
stop the node instances.
See Configuring an AWS user and policy for controlling overflow nodes for more information.
3. Deploy in AWS the Conferencing Nodes that you want to use for dynamic bursting. Deploy these nodes in the same manner as you
would for "always on" usage (see Deploying a Conferencing Node in AWS), except:
a. Apply to each cloud VM node instance to be used for conference bursting a tag with a Key of pexip-cloud and an associated
Value set to the Tag value that is shown in the Cloud Bursting section on the Platform > Global Settings page (the Tag value
is the hostname of your Management Node).
This tag indicates which VM nodes will be started and shut down dynamically by your Pexip system, and relates to the access
policy document configured in the previous step.
b. When adding the Conferencing Node within Pexip Infinity:
i. Assign the Conferencing Node to the overflow system location (e.g. "AWS burst").
ii. Disable (uncheck) the Enable distributed database setting (this setting should be disabled for any nodes that are not
expected to always be available).
c. After the Conferencing Node has successfully deployed, manually stop the node instance on AWS.
4. In Pexip Infinity, go to Platform > Global Settings > Cloud Bursting, enable cloud bursting and then configure your bursting
threshold, minimum lifetime and other appropriate settings for AWS:

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Option Description

Enable bursting Select this option to instruct Pexip Infinity to monitor the system locations and start up / shut down overflow
to the cloud Conferencing Nodes hosted in your cloud service when in need of extra capacity.

Bursting The bursting threshold controls when your dynamic overflow nodes in your cloud service are automatically started
threshold up so that they can provide additional conferencing capacity. When the number of additional HD calls that can still
be hosted in a location reaches or drops below the threshold, it triggers Pexip Infinity into starting up an overflow
node in the overflow location.

See Configuring the bursting threshold for more information.

Tag name These read-only fields indicate the tag name (always pexip-cloud) and associated tag value (the hostname of your
and Management Node) that you must assign to each of your cloud VM node instances that are to be used for dynamic
Tag value bursting.

In some circumstances the Tag value may auto populate as "unknown" instead of the hostname, in which case you
should also use "unknown" on your cloud VM node instances.

Minimum An overflow cloud bursting node is automatically stopped when it becomes idle (no longer hosting any
lifetime conferences). However, you can configure the Minimum lifetime for which the bursting node is kept powered on.
By default this is set to 50 minutes, which means that a node is never stopped until it has been running for at least
50 minutes. If your service provider charges by the hour, it is more efficient to leave a node running for 50 minutes
— even if it is never used — as that capacity can remain on immediate standby for no extra cost. If your service
provider charges by the minute you may want to reduce the Minimum lifetime.

Cloud provider Select AWS.

AWS access key Set these to the Access Key ID and the Secret Access Key respectively of the User Security Credentials for the user
ID you set up in the AWS dashboard within Identity And Access Management in step 2 above.
and
AWS secret
access key

5. Go to Platform > Locations and configure the system locations that contain your "always on" Conferencing Nodes (the
nodes/locations that initially receive calls) so that they will overflow to your new "AWS burst" location when necessary.
When configuring your principal "always on" locations, you should normally set the Primary overflow location to point at the
bursting location containing your overflow nodes, and the Secondary overflow location should normally only point at an always-
on location.
Nodes in a bursting location are only automatically started up if that location is configured as a Primary overflow location of
an always-on location that has reached its capacity threshold. This means that if a bursting location is configured as a
Secondary overflow location of an always-on location, then those nodes can only be used as overflow nodes if they are
already up and running (i.e. they have already been triggered into starting up by another location that is using them as its
Primary overflow location, or you have used some other external process to start them up manually).
We recommend that you do not mix your "always on" Conferencing Nodes and your bursting nodes in the same system location.

Configuring an AWS user and policy for controlling overflow nodes

Within AWS you must set up a user and an access policy to be used by Pexip Infinity to start up and shut down the Conferencing Node
overflow instances:

1. From the AWS management console, select IAM (Identity and Access Management).
2. Set up the access policy for the overflow node instances:
a. Select Policies and then Create policy.
b. Select the JSON tab and copy/paste the following text:

{
"Version": "2012-10-17",

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"Statement": [
{
"Action": [
"ec2:Describe*"
],
"Effect": "Allow",
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Action": [
"ec2:StartInstances",
"ec2:StopInstances"
],
"Effect": "Allow",
"Resource": "*",
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"ec2:ResourceTag/pexip-cloud": "<bursting-tag-value>"
}
}
}
]
}

c. Replace <bursting-tag-value> with the Tag value that is shown in the Cloud Bursting section on the Platform > Global
Settings page. (This is the only element of the policy JSON that you need to change.)
d. Select Review policy.
e. Enter a policy Name and Description.
f. Select Create policy.
3. Create a new user on behalf of the Pexip platform and associate it with the access policy.
a. Select Users and then Add user.
b. Enter a User name such as "pexip" and select an Access type of Programmatic access.
c. Select Next: Permissions.
d. On the Set Permissions page, select the Attach existing policies directly tab.
e. Use the Filter policies field to search for the policy you have just created above, and then select the checkbox next to that
policy.
f. Select Next: Tags, where you can optionally add some tags.
g. Select Next: Review where you can review the user details and its associated permissions/policy.
h. Select Create user.
i. Either download the user credentials or show and make a note of the Access key ID and the Secret access key — you will
enter these values into the Global Settings page in the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface.
(You must copy or download these key values when you create the user; you will not be able to access them again later.)
j. Finally, select Close.

This policy only allows the "pexip" user i.e. the Pexip Infinity platform, to retrieve a list of instances and to start and stop existing
instances that you have tagged as pexip-cloud. The Pexip Infinity platform cannot (and will not attempt to) create or delete AWS
instances.

Configuring the bursting threshold

When enabling your platform for cloud bursting the most important decision you must make is the level at which to set the bursting
threshold:
l The bursting threshold controls when your dynamic overflow nodes in your cloud service are automatically started up so that they
can provide additional conferencing capacity. When the number of additional HD calls that can still be hosted in a location reaches
or drops below the threshold, it triggers Pexip Infinity into starting up an overflow node in the overflow location.
For example, setting the threshold to 5 means that when there are 5 or fewer HD connections still available in a location, an
overflow node will be started up.

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l When an overflow location reaches the bursting threshold i.e. the number of additional HD calls that can still be hosted on the
Conferencing Nodes in the overflow location reaches the threshold, another overflow node in that location is started up, and so
on.
Note that the current number of free HD connections in the original location is ignored when deciding if the overflow location
needs to overflow further — however, new calls will automatically use any available media resource that has become available
within the original principal location.
l The bursting threshold is a global setting — it applies to every system location in your deployment.
l Note that it takes approximately 5 minutes for a dynamic node instance to start up and become available for conference hosting. If
your principal deployment reaches full capacity, and the overflow nodes have not completed initiating, any incoming calls during
this period will be rejected with "capacity exceeded" messages. You have to balance the need for having standby capacity started
up in time to meet the expected demand, against starting up nodes too early and incurring extra unnecessary costs.

Manually starting an overflow node

If you know that your system will need additional capacity at a specific time due to a predictable or scheduled spike in demand, but do
not want to wait for the bursting threshold to be triggered before starting up the overflow nodes, you can manually start up any of
your overflow nodes.
Do not manually start an overflow node too early. If you manually start up a node more than the Minimum lifetime minutes
before the node is needed, it will most probably get automatically stopped again before it is used.
You can start overflow nodes via the management API or via the Administrator interface:
l Via the management API: the cloud_node status resource can be used to list all of the available overflow nodes, the cloud_
monitored_location and cloud_overflow_location resources retrieve the current load on the primary locations and any currently
active overflow locations respectively, and the start_cloudnode resource can be used to manually start up any overflow node. This
means that a third-party scheduling system, for example, could be configured to start up the overflow nodes via the management
API approximately 10 minutes before a large conference is due to start.
For example, let's assume that you have:
o a regular spike in conferencing capacity demand at 9:00am every morning
o an even usage of about 20% of that spike level during the rest of the day
o a 30:70 ratio between your "always on" capacity and your overflow cloud capacity
we would recommend:
o configuring a low bursting threshold, such as 10-20% of your "always on" capacity (i.e. if your "always on" capacity is 80 HD
calls, then set the bursting threshold to 12)
o getting your scheduling system to call the API to manually start up all of your overflow cloud nodes at 8:50am on weekdays.
l Via the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface: go to Status > Cloud Bursting and select Start for the required nodes (the Start
option is in the final column of the Cloud overflow nodes table).

Converting between overflow and "always on" AWS Conferencing Nodes

If you need to convert an existing "always on" AWS Conferencing Node into an overflow node:

1. In AWS:
a. Apply to the instance a tag with a Key of pexip-cloud and an associated Value set to the Tag value that is shown in the Cloud
bursting section of the Platform > Global Settings page.
b. Manually stop the node instance on AWS.
2. In Pexip Infinity:
a. Change the system location of the Conferencing Node to the overflow system location (e.g. "AWS burst").
b. Disable the node's Enable distributed database setting.
You should avoid frequent toggling of this setting. When changing this setting on multiple Conferencing Nodes, update
one node at a time, waiting a few minutes before updating the next node.

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If you need to convert an existing AWS overflow Conferencing Node into an "always on" node:

1. In AWS:
a. Remove the tag with a Key of pexip-cloud from the AWS instance.
b. Manually start the node instance on AWS.
2. In Pexip Infinity:
a. Change the system location of the Conferencing Node to a location other than the overflow system location.
b. Enable the node's Enable distributed database setting.
You should avoid frequent toggling of this setting. When changing this setting on multiple Conferencing Nodes, update
one node at a time, waiting a few minutes before updating the next node.

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Managing AWS instances

This section describes the common maintenance tasks for stopping, restarting and permanently removing Conferencing Node AWS
instances, and how to add ENA support to an instance.

Temporarily removing (stopping) a Conferencing Node instance

At any time you can temporarily remove a Conferencing Node instance from your Pexip Infinity platform if, for example, you do not
need all of your current conferencing capacity.
To temporarily remove a Conferencing Node instance:

1. Put the Conferencing Node into maintenance mode via the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface on the Management Node:
a. Go to Platform > Conferencing Nodes.
b. Select the Conferencing Node(s).
c. From the Action menu at the top left of the screen, select Enable maintenance mode and then select Go.
While maintenance mode is enabled, this Conferencing Node will not accept any new conference instances.
d. Wait until any existing conferences on that Conferencing Node have finished. To check, go to Status > Live View.
2. Stop the Conferencing Node instance on AWS:
a. From the AWS management console, select Instances to see the status of all of your instances.
b. Select the instance you want to shut down.
c. From the Actions drop-down, select Instance State > Stop to shut down the instance.

Reinstating (restarting) a stopped Conferencing Node instance

You can reinstate a Conferencing Node instance that has already been installed but has been temporarily shut down.
To restart a Conferencing Node instance:

1. Restart the Conferencing Node instance on AWS:

a. From the AWS management console, select Instances to see the status of all of your instances.
b. Select the instance you want to restart.
c. From the Actions drop-down, select Instance State > Start to start the instance.
2. Take the Conferencing Node out of maintenance mode via the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface on the Management Node:
a. Go to Platform > Conferencing Nodes.
b. Select the Conferencing Node.
c. Clear the Enable maintenance mode check box and select Save.
3. Update the Conferencing Node's static NAT address, if appropriate.
If your Conferencing Node instance was configured with an auto-assigned public IP address, it will be assigned a new public IP
address when the instance is restarted.
a. Go to Platform > Conferencing Nodes and select the Conferencing Node.
b. Configure the Static NAT address as the instance's new public IP address.

After reinstating a Conferencing Node, it takes approximately 5 minutes for the node to reboot and be available for conference
hosting, and for its last contacted status to be updated on the Management Node.

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Permanently removing a Conferencing Node instance

If you no longer need a Conferencing Node instance, you can permanently delete it from your Pexip Infinity platform.
To remove a Conferencing Node instance:

1. If you have not already done so, put the Conferencing Node into maintenance mode via the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface
on the Management Node:
a. Go to Platform > Conferencing Nodes.
b. Select the Conferencing Node(s).
c. From the Action menu at the top left of the screen, select Enable maintenance mode and then select Go.
While maintenance mode is enabled, this Conferencing Node will not accept any new conference instances.
d. Wait until any existing conferences on that Conferencing Node have finished. To check, go to Status > Live View.
2. Delete the Conferencing Node from the Management Node:
a. Go to Platform > Conferencing Nodes and select the Conferencing Node.
b. Select the check box next to the node you want to delete, and then from the Action drop-down menu, select Delete selected
Conferencing Nodes and then select Go.
3. Terminate the Conferencing Node instance on AWS:
a. From the Amazon VPC console, select Instances to see the status of all of your instances.
b. Select the instance you want to permanently remove.
c. From the Actions drop-down, select Instance State > Terminate to remove the instance.

Adding ENA support to an instance

As of version 21, Pexip Infinity supports AWS instance types that use the Elastic Network Adapter (ENA). This includes C5 instance
types.
If you are switching to a C5 instance and your node was originally deployed with version 20 or earlier, then you need to add ENA
support to the instance, otherwise your instance will not start:

1. Ensure that your Pexip Infinity platform is running version 21 or later.

2. Shut down the instance.
3. Run the AWS CLI command:
aws ec2 modify-instance-attribute --instance-id <instance_id> --ena-support

See this article for the PowerShell variant.

4. Run the following command to confirm ENA support has been added:
aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids <instance_id> --query "Reservations[].Instances[].EnaSupport"

It should output:
[ true ]

5. Power on the instance type (or change the instance type and power on).

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Viewing cloud bursting status

You can view the current status of your overflow nodes and locations, and view a history of all events that have been applied to
overflow nodes.

Viewing current status

Go to Status > Cloud Bursting to see an overview of the media load of your principal locations (that contain your "always-on"
Conferencing Nodes), and whether your overflow nodes and locations are in use.
l Any issues relating to your cloud bursting deployment will also be shown on this page.
l The list of principal locations only includes those locations that are configured with a Primary overflow location that contains
bursting nodes.
l An approaching threshold message is displayed in the Available HD connections column for the principal locations when the
number of available HD connections is less than or equal to the bursting threshold plus two.
This message changes to bursting threshold reached when the number of available HD connections is less than or equal to the
bursting threshold (and therefore overflow nodes are started up).
l You can manually start any overflow nodes by selecting Start for the required node (the Start option is in the final column of the
Cloud overflow nodes table).
l The status page dynamically updates every 15 seconds.

Viewing historic events

Go to History & Logs > Conferencing Node History to see all of the events (stop, start or running) that have been applied to overflow
Conferencing Nodes and, where appropriate, the reason why the event was applied (for example if a node was shut down as there was
no longer a need for the extra capacity).

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