Getting started with Snow Family devices

To connect the device to your network

1. Open the front and back doors, sliding them inside the device door slots. Doing this gives you access to the touch screen on the LCD display embedded in the front of the device, and the power and network ports in the back.

   Note

   Don't close the front and back doors while you're using the Snowball Edge device. The open doors allow air to cool the device. Closing the doors while using the device may cause the device to shut down to prevent overheating.

2. Open the top door and remove the provided power cable from the cable nook, and plug the device into power.

3. Choose one of your RJ45, SFP+, or QSFP+ network cables, and plug the device into your network. The network ports are on the back of the device.

4. Power on the AWS Snowball Edge device by pressing the power button above the LCD display.

5. When the device is ready, the LCD display shows a short video while the device is getting ready to start. After about 10 minutes, the device is ready to be unlocked.

6. (Optional) Change the default network settings through the LCD display by choosing CONNECTION.

   You can change your IP address to a different static address, which you provide by using the following procedure.

To change the IP address of an AWS Snowball Edge device

1. On the LCD display, choose CONNECTION.

   A screen appears that shows you the current network settings for the AWS Snowball Edge device. The IP address below the drop-down box is automatically updated to reflect the DHCP address that the AWS Snowball Edge device requested.

2. (Optional) Change the IP address to a static IP address. You can also keep it as is.

To get your credentials using the console

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Snow Family Management Console.

2. On the console, search the table for the specific job to download the job manifest for, and then choose that job.

3. Expand that Job status pane, and choose View job details.

4. In the details pane that appears, expand Credentials and then do the following:

   • Make a note of the unlock code (including the hyphens), because you need to provide all 29 characters to unlock the device.

   • In the dialog box, choose Download manifest, and follow the instructions to download the job manifest file to your computer. The name of your manifest file includes your Job ID.

   Note

   We recommend that you don't save a copy of the unlock code in the same location in the computer as the manifest for that job. For more information, see Best practices for using a Snowball Edge device.

1. Retrieve your root user credentials

   Use the snowballEdge list-access-keys and snowballEdge get-secret-access-key to get your local credentials. For more information, see Getting credentials for a Snow Family device.

2. Configure the root user credential using aws configure

   Supply the AWS Access Key ID, AWS Secret Access Key, and Default region name. The region name must be snow. Optionally supply a Default output format. For more information about configuring the AWS CLI, see Configuring the AWS CLI in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.

3. Create one or more local users on your device

   Use the create-user command to add users to your device.

   
   aws iam create-user --endpoint endpointIPaddress:6078 --profile ProfileID --region snow --user-name UserName
                       

   After you add users according to your business needs, you can store your AWS root credentials in a safe location and only use them for account and service management tasks. For more information about creating IAM users, see Creating an IAM user in your AWS account in the IAM User Guide.

4. Create an access key for your user

   Warning

   This scenario requires IAM users with programmatic access and long-term credentials, which presents a security risk. To help mitigate this risk, we recommend that you provide these users with only the permissions they require to perform the task and that you remove these users when they are no longer needed. Access keys can be updated if necessary. For more information, see Updating access keys in the IAM User Guide.

   Use the create-access-key command to create an access key for your user.

   
   aws iam create-access-key --endpoint endpointIPaddress:6078 --profile ProfileID --region snow --user-name UserName
                       

   Save the access key information to a file and distribute to your users.

5. Create an access policy

   You might want different users to have different levels of access to functionality on your device. The following example creates a policy document named s3-only-policy and attaches it to a user.

   {
     "Version": "2012-10-17",
     "Statement": [
       {
         "Effect": "Allow",
         "Action": "s3:*",
         "Resource": "*"
       }
     ]
   }    
   

   
   aws iam create-policy --endpoint endpointIPaddress:6078 --profile ProfileID --region snow --policy-name s3-only-policy --policy-document file://s3-only-policy
   

6. Attach the policy to your user

   Use the attach-user-policy to attach the s3-only-policy to a user.

   
     aws iam attach-user-policy --endpoint endpointIPaddress:6078 --profile ProfileID --region snow --user-name UserName --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::AccountID:policy/POLICYNAME