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title: "Provisioning vNIOS for AWS Using the BYOL Model"
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The topics below describe the procedure to launch and provision an Infoblox vNIOS for AWS instance in your AWS VPC from the AWS console. This procedure supports provisioning vNIOS for AWS using the BYOL (Bring Your Own Licensing) model. It provides the full sequence of steps to manually provision a new Infoblox vNIOS for AWS instance in non-HA and HA (high availability) setups. You may use the BYOL to establish your Infoblox NIOS features for your deployment of an instance.

Follow the instructions in topics below to deploy a vNIOS instance for AWS:

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If you are provisioning instances with an HA setup, an ability available from NIOS 9.0.4, then see the *[About Deploying a vNIOS for AWS Instance with High Availability](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/1867448335)* topic for a consolidated list of steps you must perform to deploy instances with HA.

When you use the BYOL licensing model, you can install licenses using the standard methods described in the <span style="color: #000000">*[Infoblox NIOS Documentation](https://docs.infoblox.com/)*</span>, which includes a set of temporary feature licenses.

All other NIOS features are available for use in vNIOS for AWS instances and can be enabled by their respective licenses.

> ⚠️ **Note**
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> ⚠️ - DHCP services can run on NIOS instances deployed on AWS to offer instances that are outside AWS. Due to AWS restriction, DHCP cannot be offered for instances running on AWS.
> ⚠️ - When installing licenses for IB-FLEX appliances, first, you must set the hardware type by running the `set hardware-type` command, and then install the NIOS licenses. For more information, see the *About IB-FLEX* section in the *[Infoblox NIOS Documentation](https://docs.infoblox.com/)*.

You may also use Elastic Scaling (dynamic licenses) to automatically provision and configure vNIOS instances in the AWS VPC. For more information about these licensing models, see *[Provisioning Infoblox vNIOS for AWS using Elastic Scaling](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NAIG/pages/37716415)*.

Installation of the vNIOS for AWS AMI (Amazon Machine Image) involves a series of steps in the AWS console where you can configure and launch a new Infoblox vNIOS for AWS instance. You can launch an instance from the Amazon EC2 console or the AWS Marketplace console for global regions other than AWS China.  
You may use the BYOL to establish your Infoblox NIOS features for your deployment of an instance.