Launch and Deploy the Vector AMI
To launch the Vector AMI
1. On the “Actian Vector Analytic Database” page, click Continue to Subscribe.
If you are not logged in to your Marketplace account, you will be prompted to do so.
After your subscription is confirmed, you may select an Annual License to reduce subscription costs for the Enterprise Edition. The Community Edition does not have a License cost.
2. Click Continue to Configuration.
3. Select the AMI, a Software Version, and a Region from the dropdown.
4. Click Continue to Launch.
5. From the Choose Action dropdown, select a launch point. Perform the appropriate procedure, following.
To Launch from Website
a. Depending on your version of Vector, an EC2 Instance Type is selected by default:
• Vector Community Edition: m5.2xlarge
• Vector Enterprise Edition: m5.4xlarge
Select the EC2 Instance Type.
b. Choose a VPC and Subnet.
Note: Be sure to choose a VPC and Subnet that will enable your AMI to have network access to and from your location. A default VPC may not have restricted network access or may not auto-assign a public IP address. Verify your VPC settings or create a new one using the AWS Console. For more information, see
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/VPC_Subnets.html.
c. Select a Security Group.
We recommend that you Create a New Security Group Based on Seller Setting to ensure the correct ports are open to allow connectivity to the AMI and Database through JDBC and ODBC.
Enter a Name and Description for the new security group.
You can allow all IPs to have access or restrict access to a whitelisted group of IP addresses.
d. Select a Key Pair to use to access the Vector instance over SSH.
If there are no Key Pairs, create one in the Amazon EC2 Console.
e. In the lower right corner, click Launch.
The successfully deployed AMI confirmation page is displayed
f. Click the link for the EC2 Console page and review the newly launched EC2 instance details.
To Launch through EC2
The Step 2: Choose an Instance Type page is displayed.
a. Choose an Instance Type with your desired configuration, considering these choices:
• Type
• vCPUs
• Memory
• Storage
• Network Performance
• IPv6 Support
For Vector Community edition, we recommend at minimum a general purpose m4.2xlarge instance. Vector scales automatically with more cores and memory, so the higher the better.
b. Click Next.
The Step 3: Configure Instance Details page is displayed.
c. Modify any advanced configuration options and click Next.
The Step 4: Add Storage page is displayed.
d. Specify the storage size of at least 150 GB (the default) and volume type, then click Next.
The Step 5: Add Tags page is displayed.
e. (Optional) Create a tag applicable to volumes or instances by assigning a key-value pair.
f. Click Next.
The Step 6: Configure Security Group page is displayed.
g. Create your own security group using Director port 44223, configuring sources and ports for your system. “0.0.0.0/0” specifies everywhere.
h. Click Review and Launch in the lower right corner of the browser.
The Step 7: Review Instance Launch page is displayed.
i. Review your settings. If you need to change anything, click the applicable step link near the top of the browser window.
j. Click Launch.
k. Select an existing key pair or create a new key pair.
l. Click Launch Instance.
m. Review launch status.
n. Click the link to view the status of the launched instance in the EC2 Console.
The new instance appears in the list of instances in the EC2 console.
Important! Wait until the instance status checks are complete, to ensure that the instance is healthy. This may take several minutes.
You are now ready to interact with the Vector AMI using Actian Director or the Vector Command Line Interface. For more information, see
Running Queries, Creating Databases and Tables, and Loading Data.
