Prerequisites
You need a few things before you can install and run Jaspersoft Business Intelligence on Amazon Web Services:
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An Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. |
If you already have an account, log into AWS.
To create an AWS account, go to the Amazon Web Services sign up page, select My Account > AWS Management Console, then click Create a new AWS account and follow the instructions.
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If you have a personal Amazon.com account stored in your browser, AWS uses that account by default. You need to sign out of Amazon or, preferably, use a different browser to set up an AWS account separate from your personal account.
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If you plan to use Jaspersoft for AWS BYOL, you need an annual subscription license. To purchase licenses for BYOL contact Jaspersoft Sales |
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The procedures in this section work for both Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS (Hourly and BYOL) for AWS and Jaspersoft for AWS with MultiTenancy.
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Required Permissions
Depending on how you use Jaspersoft for AWS, you need various permission sets.
Using our CloudFormation (CF) templates
Using our CF templates typically requires some admin permissions. AWS permissions required to launch a new JasperReports Server instance include:
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CloudFormation create stack and events |
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Create and run EC2 instances |
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Create EC2 security groups |
AWS permissions required to launch the template to create a JasperReports Server role or user include:
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Grant access to RDS, Redshift, and EC2 |
Connecting to the data source
Permissions required to connect to the data source include:
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Access to RDS and/or Redshift |
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Permissions to create and modify the database security groups in each |
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Permissions to create and modify EC2 security groups |
Please note that this document does not address connectivity to Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR).
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