Step 2 – Launch an EC2 instance - AWS PCS

Step 2 – Launch an EC2 instance

To launch an EC2 instance

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances, and then choose Launch Instances to open the new launch instance wizard.

  3. (Optional) In the Name and tags section, provide a name for the instance, such as PCS-LoginNode. The name is assigned to the instance as a resource tag (Name=PCS-LoginNode).

  4. In the Application and OS Images section, select an AMI for one of the operating systems supported by AWS PCS. For more information, see Supported operating systems.

  5. In the Instance type section, select a supported instance type. For more information, see Supported instance types.

  6. In the Key pair section, select the SSH key pair to use for the instance.

  7. In the Network settings section:

    1. Choose Edit.

      1. Select the VPC of your AWS PCS cluster.

      2. For Firewall (security groups), choose Select existing security group.

        1. Select a security group that permits traffic between the instance and the target AWS PCS cluster’s Slurm controller. For more information, see Security group requirements and considerations.

        2. (Optional) Select a security group that allows inbound SSH access to your instance.

  8. In the Storage section, configure storage volumes as needed. Make sure to configure sufficient space to install applications and libraries to enable your use case.

  9. Under Advanced, choose an IAM role that allows access to the cluster secret. For more information, see Get the Slurm cluster secret.

  10. In the Summary pane, choose Launch instance.