Adobe MEDIA SERVER - Launch Adobe Media Server Instance

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Last updated 9/20/2013
Chapter 1: Getting started
Adobe® Media Server (AMS) on Amazon Web Services is a pre-configured instance of Adobe Media Server Extended
running on hardware in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Use Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web
Services to stream live and on-demand media to Adobe® Flash® Player and Adobe® AIR®.
Note: The latest AMS version available on AWS is AMS 5.
To get started, complete the tasks in “Create an account and connect to the server” on page 1. Then complete the
“Tutorials: on-demand and live streaming” on page 6 to start streaming media.
To watch a video of an Amazon Web Services Evangelist explaining how to create an account and connect to the
server, see Using the AWS Management Console with Amazon EC2.
Create an account and connect to the server
Create an Amazon Web Services account and order Adobe Media Server
1 Sign up for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account at aws.amazon.com/ec2/.
For detailed instructions, see Sign up for EC2 in “Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Getting Started Guide”.
2 To order Adobe Media Server for Amazon Web Services with your AWS account, go to
www.adobe.com/go/learn_fms_aws_order_en.
3 Read the pricing terms and click Place your order.
There is a $5.00 monthly subscription fee. This fee allows you to run an unlimited number of Adobe Media Server
instances. In addition to the monthly subscription fee, there is a fee for hourly usage and a fee for data transfer.
Note: Read the product license agreement at adobe.com/products/eulas/.
Launch an instance of Adobe Media Server
To start using Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services, launch a virtual server, known as an Amazon EC2
instance.
For additional information and screenshots, see Launch an Instance in “Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Getting
Started Guide”.
1 Sign in to your Amazon Web Services account at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2.
The AWS Management Console launches with the EC2 tab open.
2 In the AWS Management Console, click Launch Instance.
3 Click Community AMIs (Amazon Machine Images).
According to Amazon, “An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) contains all the information needed to create a new
instance of a server. For example, an AMI might contain all the software to act as a web server (e.g., Linux®,
Apache, and your web site), or all the software to act as a Windows® database server (e.g., Windows and SQL Server).”
4 Locate the latest Adobe Media Server AMI IDs on this page.