Evaluation Deployment Guide for AWS

Step 1: Launch the instance with the AMI provided by RagaAI

To initiate the process, please reach out to our team with the following details:

• AWS Account ID

• AWS Region

Step 2: Create a VPC if not present

• Search for "VPC" in the top search bar and select VPC under the Networking & Content Delivery section

• Click Create VPC

• Select VPC and more and give a Name after checking select box Auto-generate

• Keeping all other options default, scroll down and click Create VPC

• After creation, you should be able to see the new VPC listed under Your VPCs

Step 3: Create a security group

• Navigate to Security Groups via Search

• Click on Create Security Group

• Provide a name for the group, e.g., CatalystSecurityGroup

• Provide a suitable description

• Select The VPC created in previous step

• Verify Outbound rules are already configures as in image below.

Add the following Inbound Rules:

• Add Port 80 and 22 with TCP protocol and Accessible from anywhere

• Optional: If you want to restrict access within your VPN, Add ports 22, 80 with the TCP protocol. In the destination, select "Custom" and enter your VPN's public IP. Users also need to add an inbound rule on same CIDR block of EC2 instace for port 80 in such situations.

• Review your settings and click on Create Security Group

• Remember to note the name of your security group for further steps

Step 4: Create an EC2 instance

• Find the section for EC2 from the services search bar

• Click on Launch Instance

• Provide a name for the instance, e.g., Catalyst

• Search the AMI name provided to you by navigating to My AMIs -> Shared with me -> <AMI Name shared>

Note: AMI Name can be different from what is shown in the above image

• Select m7g.2xlarge from the list of instance types

• Click Create New Key Pair and provide a name, e.g, catalystkey

• Hit edit against network settings

• Select the VPC created in previous step

• Select the public subnet available as in above screenshot

• Hit Select existing security group and select your group name noted earlier (CatalystSecurityGroup)

• Click Advanced details, in UserData section insert the token provided on mail.

• Review your instance configuration and click “Launch Instance”.

• Wait for at least 15 mins for the instance to be in running state.

  • Note the public IP of the machine. Access the portal via http://<public_ip>

  • It should render a login page

• Please note that API should be available at

  • http://<ec2_ip>/api

  • This should be configured for running the experiments.

  • Note if we are restricting ips in the inbound rules in Step 3, At this point we must add one rule like below

    • Type - HTTP

    • Source - Custom and IP as the <ec2_ip>/32 like in below image

• Please get login credentials on the mail