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Using AWS OpsHub to Manage Devices

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Using AWS OpsHub to Manage Devices - AWS Snowball Edge Developer Guide

The Snowball Edge now offer a user-friendly tool, AWS OpsHub, that you can use to manage your devices and local AWS services. You use AWS OpsHub on a client computer to perform tasks such as unlocking and configuring single or clustered devices, transferring files, and launching and managing instances running on Snowball Edge. You can use AWS OpsHub to manage both the Storage Optimized and Compute Optimized Snow device types. The AWS OpsHub application is available at no additional cost to you.

AWS OpsHub takes all the existing operations available in the Snowball API and presents them as a graphical user interface. This interface helps you quickly migrate data to the AWS Cloud and deploy edge computing applications on Snowball Edge.

AWS OpsHub provides a unified view of the AWS services that are running on Snowball Edge and automates operational tasks through AWS Systems Manager. With AWS OpsHub, users with different levels of technical expertise can manage a large number of Snowball Edge. With a few clicks, you can unlock devices, transfer files, manage Amazon EC2-compatible instances, and monitor device metrics.

When your Snow device arrives at your site, you download, install, and launch the AWS OpsHub application on a client machine, such as a laptop. After installation, you can unlock the device and start managing it and using supported AWS services locally. AWS OpsHub provides a dashboard that summarizes key metrics such as storage capacity and active instances on your device. It also provides a selection of AWS services that are supported on the Snowball Edge. Within minutes, you can begin transferring files to the device.

This video provides an overview of AWS OpsHub functionality.

Managing profiles with AWS OpsHub

You can create a profile for persistent storage of your credentials on your local file system. Using AWS OpsHub, you have the option to create a new profile any time you unlock the device using the device IP address, unlock code, and manifest file.

You can also use the Snowball Edge Client to create a profile at any time. See Configuring a profile for the Snowball Edge Client.

To create a profile
  1. Unlock your device locally and sign in according to the instructions in Unlocking a Snowball Edge device with AWS OpsHub.

  2. Name the profile and choose Save profile name.

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