AWS Bosh Setup

• Services->Network & Content Delivery->VPC

• Start VPC Wizard

• VPC with a single public subnet

  • Use defaults if not specified below
    • VPC Name: bosh-cf
    • Availiability - us-east-1a has the most resources. This is a choice though.
    • Subnet name - bosh-public-net <-- Giving a name here allows for a meaningful name in the list of subnets.
    • Select "Create VPC"

• Stay on VPC dashboard click on "Subnets"

  • Select the public subnet just create - bosh-cf
  • Select "Subnet Actions" drop down
    • Select "Modify auto-assign IP settings"
      • Select "Enable..." check box
      • Select "Save" push button

• Services->Compute->EC2

  • Security Groups
  • Create Security Group push button
  • Dialog displays
    • Security Group name: bosh-cf-sg
    • Description: Security Group for Bosh
    • VPC: bosh-cf
    • Click Create push button

• Select security from the list - bosh-cf-sg

• In the bottom tabs select "Inbound Rules" (TODO: Rework with jump box and bosh security groups)

  • Click Edit
  • Add Rule push button
  • Type: All TCP
  • Source: "Custom" from drop down
  • Source: "Select bosh-cf from autocomplete"
  • Add Rule push button
  • Type: All UDP
  • Source: "Custom" from drop down
  • Source: "Select bosh-cf from autocomplete"
  • Add Rule push button
  • Type: SSH (22)
  • Source: Select "My IP" from drop down.
  • Add Rule push button
  • Type: Custom TCP Rule
  • Port Range: 6868
  • Source: Select "My IP" from drop down.
  • Add Rule push button
  • Type: Custom TCP Rule
  • Port Range: 25555
  • Click "Save"

• Staying on the EC2 Dashboard under Network & Security select "Key Pairs" (Note: We used a common private key)

  • Create Key Pair push button
    • Key pair name: bosh
      • Private key is displayed on Mac or downloaded to Downloads area.
      • Move this file to your ~/.ssh directory
      • cd ~/.ssh
      • chmod 400

• Staying on the EC2 Dashboard under Instances select "Instances"

  • Select "Launch Instance" push button.
  • From "Choose AMI" select Ubuntu Server 14.04
  • Let default "t2.micro" selected
  • Select "Next:Configure Instance Details" push button
    • Network: bosh-cf
    • Everything else default
  • Select "Next: Add Storage" push button
    • Leave defaults
  • Select "Next: Add Tags" push button
    • Leave blank
  • Select "Next: Configure Security Group:
    • Assign a security group: Select Radio Button "Select an existing security group"
    • From list below select "bosh-cf-sg"
  • Select "Review and Launch" push button
  • Select "Launch" push button
  • In dialog
    • Under "Select a key pair" choose the "bosh" key pair created above.
    • Select "acknowledge" check box
    • Select "Launch Instances" push button
  • Select "View Instances" push button
  • Give our instance a name by selecting the pencil icon in the Name column.
  • When "Status Checks" column is 2 of 2, the instance is ready to use.

• ssh to instance

  • ssh -i ~/.ssh/ ubuntu@
  • sudo apt-get install ruby2.0 -y
  • sudo gem install bosh_cli --no-ri --no-rdoc
  • sudo gem install bundler --no-ri --no-rdoc
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install vagrant
  • vagrant plugin install vagrant-aws