{"id":295012,"date":"2023-07-26T19:05:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-gateway-powered-by-aws-express-setup-overview-and-prerequisites\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:08:00","slug":"ansys-gateway-powered-by-aws-express-setup-overview-and-prerequisites","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-gateway-powered-by-aws-express-setup-overview-and-prerequisites\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansys Gateway powered by AWS – Express Setup Overview and Prerequisites"},"content":{"rendered":"

\/<\/span><\/strong> Introduction<\/h2>\n

To enable your company to access Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources via Ansys Gateway powered by AWS, you must complete a setup process. This is automatically launched on the screen when you subscribe to Ansys Gateway powered by AWS.<\/span> There are two options available for setting up Ansys Gateway powered by AWS: Express<\/em><\/span> <\/strong>and Manual<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span> Ansys recommends Express setup as it requires minimal IT expertise and configuration. Manual setup is only needed if you want to integrate Active Directory with Ansys Gateway powered by AWS. <\/span> To perform the setup, you must have an Ansys ID. For more information about Ansys ID see the Ansys Account Management<\/a> guide or the Ansys Sign-In Help<\/a>. Post onboarding, users can sign in to Ansys Gateway web portal if their Ansys ID email address domain matches the Ansys ID email address domain of the IT administrator, which is used during onboarding. However, users need to be explicitly added to Project Space\/s to view or access any Project Space. <\/span>To prepare for connecting to Ansys Gateway powered by AWS, ensure that you meet the prerequisites for your desired setup method.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This article refers to Express Setup, For Manual Setup<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Please see:  Ansys Gateway powered by AWS – Manual Setup Overview and Prerequisites<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\/ <\/span><\/strong>Overview of Express Setup Overview and Prerequisites<\/span><\/h3>\n

Please see this short video: Express Setup to get started with Ansys Gateway powered by AWS (vidyard.com)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\/<\/span><\/strong> How Ansys Gateway powered by AWS works<\/span><\/h3>\n

Here is an overview of how everything connects and works together.<\/span>  <\/p>\n

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\/ <\/span><\/strong>Prerequisites<\/span><\/p>\n
This setup process is configured for customers with a single domain only. If your email\/authentication\/Active Directory domains are different from your main company domain, please contact Ansys support. This guide assumes that you have the following already set up:<\/span><\/p>\n
\/ <\/span><\/strong>Prepare you AWS environment<\/span><\/p>\n
To prepare for connecting to Ansys Gateway powered by AWS, you must have the following set up in AWS:<\/span><\/p>\n
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    AWS Administrator who is running Express setup should have full administrative privileges to run AWS Cloud Formation Template (AWSCloudFormationFullAccess policy) on their AWS account. During Express setup, AWS Administrator will be asked to run an AWS Cloud Formation Template which provides a shared access role with the following policies to Ansys Gateway by AWS and a default VPC will be created in the selected region.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n