Initial Setup – Hourly Licensing

If you chose an hourly licensing method - after the instance is launched, you must first access the LoadMaster using SSH with the required key pair to enable WUI access. The example steps below use PuTTY as the SSH client.

1. Open the PuTTY client.

   

2. Enter the IP address of the LoadMaster instance. This is the IP address obtained in the Start a New Instance section.
3. In the main menu, navigate to Connection > SSH > Auth.

   

4. Click Browse.

   

5. Navigate to and select the key pair file that was exported in the Licensing Options section.

   

   Note: If you are using a client that does not accept PEM you must convert the key pair file to another format, for example PPK for Putty. For instructions on how to do this, refer to the following TechRepublic article: Connect to Amazon EC2 with a private key using PuTTY and Pageant.
6. If desired, you can save the settings so that you do not have to perform these steps each time you open a Putty session for this IP address. To do this, enter a name in the Saved Sessions text box and click Save.
7. Click Open.

   

8. Log in with the username bal. This is the default LoadMaster username.

   

9. Enter the passphrase if you specified one to be used for the private key.
10. A number of screens appear relating to configuring various network options. These can be left as the default values but can be changed if needed. Press OK on each screen to proceed:

    

11. A screen appears relating to the IP address.

    

12. The IP address for the default gateway should only be changed if you have an alternative gateway configured.

    

13. The default name server appears. You can optionally change this to an alternative name server if required.

    

14. Leave this option blank unless your environment requires a proxy server to access the internet.

    

15. If you selected an hourly licensing model, you are asked to enter the current LoadMaster password. By default, the password is set to the Instance ID which can be found in the AWS EC2 Dashboard by selecting Instances within the INSTANCES section of the main menu. Enter and confirm the new password.
    Note: The password must be reset to access the LoadMaster WUI. If you enter an incorrect password, you must restart SSH and go through the setup again.
16. Log in with the new password.
17. Connect to the LoadMaster using a browser by entering https://InstanceAddress:8443 in the address bar to continue configuration. The instance address can be the public IP address or the public DNS, both of which can be found in the EC2 Console in the Description tab.