Quick Install Guide for Datameer Express on AWS

Install Datameer Express from Amazon Marketplace. 

This guide steps through the requirements and process for installing Datameer Express through the Amazon Marketplace. 

Product Limitation

  • Jobs must be executed on the Datameer server. No other running environment integrations are supported.
  • Please refer to the sizing guidelines for workloads.

Prerequisites and Recommendations

Desktop requirements 

  • All desktop users of the platform must have the latest version of Google Chrome installed on their desktops.
    • Google Chrome must have the PNaCl client installed and enabled.
    • PNaCl Version: 0.50.x.y or later
  • All desktop users must be able to connect to the EC2 instance through the enterprise infrastructure. 

Sizing guide 

Use the following guidelines to select your instance size: 

Datameer's Instance Recommendations

Instance typeAverage data size workload
m4.2xlarge  (recommended)4GB - 8GB
m4.4xlarge  8GB - 16GB
c4.8xlarge  16GB - 64GB

The Datameer Express EBS volume type is GP2 and the size is a constant 250GB. 

Prerequisites

Before you begin, please review the End User License Agreement (EULA)

Installation Steps

  1. Select Datameer Express product from the AWS Marketplace
  2. Select desired product version and initiate the launch for the required region.
  3. Select one of two options for launching Datameer Express:
    • For quick launch select Launch from Website
    • For a more detailed configuration select Launch through EC2

Launching from Website

  1. Select minimum required settings :
  2. Proceed to Launch

Launching through EC2

  1. Navigate to EC2 Console for the required region.
  2. Select an Instance Type (see sizing recommendations above). 
  3. Configure Instance Details.
  4. Configure Storage: Select a local EBS volume; the default volume includes 250GB storage.
  5. Configure Security Group: Use a security group that exposes access to port numbers 22 and 80.
  6. Select AWS Key Pair for secure access.
  7. Review configuration and Launch the instance.

Accessing Datameer Express

  1. Access the instance via a web browser using a public hostname and log in with the following credentials:
    1. Username: admin
    2. Password: <instance ID>
  2. Navigate to View > Admin Tab in the application menu to configure the platform (including user management).

Using Datameer

After you have successfully logged in, check out some of our resources to help you get the most out of Datameer: