Some requirements to be aware of when deploying a LoadMaster in AWS are below:

  • Internet access in the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is required to license free and hourly-usage LoadMasters.
  • Using Bring Your Own License (BYOL) licensing in an AWS VPC does work without internet access when using the private IP address but only if Offline Licensing is used during the deployment.
  • Alternate default gateway support is not permitted in a cloud environment.
  • If you want to enable 10 Gb throughput for a LoadMaster in AWS, you must select an AWS virtual machine (VM) instance type that supports the 10 Gb ENA driver. You can do this on initial install, or by moving to a new instance type after installation. The following AWS VM instance types support the 10 Gb ENA driver: A1, C5, C5d, C5n, F1, G3, H1, I3, I3en, m4.16xlarge, M5, M5a, M5ad, M5d, P2, P3, R4, R5, R5a, R5ad, R5d, T3, T3a, u-6tb1.metal, u-9tb1.metal, u-12tb1.metal, X1, X1e, and z1d. Refer to the Supported Instance Types AWS page for further details.
  • Instance metadata: LoadMaster on AWS currently only supports Instance Metadata Service Version 1 (IMDSv1). If IMDSv2 is enforced on the instance, LoadMaster cannot obtain a license from the Progress licensing server.