This chapter provides information about the Infoblox vNIOS for AWS (Amazon Web Services) virtual appliance and explains how to deploy it in the AWS public cloud. vNIOS for AWS is a virtual Infoblox appliance designed for operation in Amazon VPCs (Virtual Private Clouds). You can deploy large, robust, manageable and cost effective Infoblox Grids in your AWS cloud, or extend your private Infoblox Grid to your virtual private cloud resources in AWS.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• About Infoblox vNIOS for AWS
  • Key Features of Infoblox vNIOS for AWS
  • About the Infoblox AWS API Proxy
  • Infoblox vNIOS for AWS AMI Shapes
• Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Deployments
  • Shared-Services VPC Deployments
  • Multiple-VPCs Full-Public-Cloud Deployment
    
• Configuring AWS Access for NIOS Cloud Admins
  • Assigning AWS User Credentials to the NIOS Cloud Admin Account
  • Configuring the NIOS Cloud Admin User
    
  • Setting Administrative Permissions for Infoblox vNIOS for AWS
• Provisioning vNIOS for AWS Using the Paid NIOS Model
• Provisioning vNIOS for AWS Using the BYOL Model
  • Obtaining the Infoblox vNIOS for AWS AMI
  • Defining Network Settings for Your New Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Instance
  • Initializing New Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Instances with the AWS User Data Field
  • Defining Storage Settings for your New Instance
  • Using AWS Tags with Infoblox Extensible Attributes to Identify Resources for IP Address Assignments
  • Defining an AWS Instance Security Group
  • Completing Your Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Instance Launch
• Provisioning Infoblox vNIOS for AWS using Elastic Scaling
  • Initial Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Configuration with Elastic Scaling
  • Defining AWS User Data Settings for Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Instances using Elastic Scaling
  • Continuing Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Instance Configuration
    
• Additional Configuration for vNIOS for AWS
  • Setting the DNS Name Server for the Amazon VPC
  • Starting and Stopping the vNIOS Appliance in AWS
  • Delegating NIOS Objects to the Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Grid Member
• vDiscovery on AWS VPCs
  • Credentials for vDiscovery
  • Objects Discovered and Collected by vDiscovery
  • Creating DNS Records for Discovered IP Addresses
• Using Infoblox vNIOS for AWS with AWS VPCs, Subnets and IP Addresses
  • Subnet CIDR Guidelines
  • NIOS-AWS Subnet Size Restrictions
  • NTP and Hybrid Cloud Synchronization
  • Using an Elastic IP Address
    
  • NIOS Treatment of AWS Public IP Addresses and Elastic IP Addresses
    
  • Common Guidelines for Infoblox vNIOS for AWS Usage