Prerequisites
Gather the required information, and understand and meet the Requirements and Prerequisites for Resource Connectors and Connector Groups.
- An AWS account.
- Supported architectures:
- Intel x86_64
- AMD64
- Required instance type for deployments in production environments: C5.xlarge
- Create the connector group in the region nearest to the geographical location where you will deploy these connectors.
- All connectors in a group must use the same environment, for example: AWS.
- Obtain the connector image from the AWS marketplace. For more information, see Get Connector Images on the AWS Marketplace
- Copy the provisioning key for the specific connector group where you will deploy these connectors. For more information, see Provisioning Keys for Resource Connectors.
- Disk encryption is recommended for your connectors. You configure this during connector deployment, but you should complete any prerequisites before deploying the image. For more information, see the AWS documentation.