Launching EC2 instance in AWS for SAP HANA

Here we go with the practical steps involves in launching the Amazon EC2 instance for SAP HANA Database:

Practical steps:                                                                                     

1. Login to AWS account.                                                                                                                       
2. Make sure that your in correct Datacenter, if anything wrong. Make it correct.                                
3. As shown in the below screen shot. Now navigate to services --> under compute section -->EC2                                   

The resultant screen for above step 3, looks like below screen.                                                            

4. Now click on launch instance option as highlighted below.                                                              

5. Here in my case, I'm launching EC2 instance for SAP HANA database. So my choice here is SUSE Linux.                               

6.In the below phase, Choose an instance type. Based on SAP HANA database requirements, select the  RAM and ROM sizes here.

Then click on Next: Configure instance details option as highlighted below in the right side bottom of the screen.

7. provide inputs in the below step and click on Next.                                                                           

• Number of instances: if the requirement is to create 2 system with same configuration they provide 2 as input in this field.
• Request spot instance: Based on the financial status of the individual select this option otherwise leave it. 
• Choose your corresponding Availability Zone. Activating the checkbox Enable termination protection makes it impossible to accidentally delete this instance.
• Enable cloud watch monitoring if required to pay attention on billing.                                              

8.Four volumes  (in my case with 68 GB storage space) must be added.                                                  

in the below screenshot by default root volume is available.

• Click on Add New Volume option as highlighted below.

9.Add storage details for SAP HANA server, based on requirement.                                                                                                              

• Click on Next: Tag Instance as highlighted below.                                                                           

10. Tag instance - Generally used for identify the system out of many systems.

eg: tag with employee id. to whom the system is assigned to.

 tag with server name.                                                   

Name your instance, e.g. “SAP HANA SPS7”.   

                                                                  

11. Configure security group: It will act like virtual firewall, through which communications can be done with specific ports number only
If you formerly already had an AWS instance, you can use the same Security Group ID as before. Otherwise you can create a new one:

12. After reviewing your data one more time, you are ready to launch your instance.                      

For accessing the operating system via SSH, you can keep using your current key pairs. Should you not have one yet, then you must create one now.

Success! Your instance is now up and running!