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AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Volume or Tape Gateway on Amazon EC2 Host
Machine Image (AMI) is available in the AWS Marketplace. For volume gateway and tape gateways, we
recommend using the Launch from Website option.
Note
Amazon EC2 AMIs that are provided through AWS Marketplace might not be available in all AWS
Regions.
Provisioning an Amazon EC2 Host from AWS Marketplace
To deploy a gateway on an Amazon EC2 instance
1. Open the AWS Storage Gateway console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home.
2. On the Select host platform page, choose Amazon EC2.
3. Choose Launch with AWS Marketplace. You are redirected to AWS Marketplace, where you launch
the EC2 AMI.
4. On AWS Marketplace, choose Continue to Subscribe and choose Continue to Configuration on the
next page. If this is your first time using a Storage Gateway AMI, accept the terms of service.
5. On the Configure this Software page, choose a value for Fulfilment Option, Software Version, and
Region, and then choose Continue to Launch.
6. On the Launch this Software page, choose Launch from Website.
7. For EC2 Instance Type, choose an instance type. For information about supported instance types,
see Requirements for Amazon EC2 Instance Types (p. 11).
8. For Subnet Settings, choose the subnet that you want to launch your instance in.
9. For Security Group Settings, choose a security group. You can choose the default security group for
Storage Gateway.
The Launch from Website feature comes with an autogenerated security group that is named AWS
Storage Gateway-1-0-AutogenByAWSMP. For information about how to set up security group
settings, see Configuring Security Groups for Your Amazon EC2 Gateway Instance (p. 20).
10. For Key Pair Settings, choose the key pair that you want to launch your AMI with. If you don't have a
key pair, you can create one.
11. Choose Launch and then choose EC2 Console to see your instance in the Amazon EC2 console.
EC2 instances launched from the website come with one root Amazon EBS volume. If you need
to add additional EBS volumes to your instance, do so as a separate step after your instance is
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