Prepare the AWS Environment for the Upgrade

To upgrade virtual machines in AWS, you must create the image and snapshot from the new AMI. However, you can use the same AWS profile, VPC, S3 Bucket, and IAM role that you created at the time of deployment. See Deploy and Configure Virtual Machines in AWS.

Note:

To use AWS CLI, you require reference scripts. Download these script from the Splunk AppDynamics GitHub repository. In config.cfg, ensure to update or verify the configuration details such as tags, deployment configuration, and IP addresses. Run the scripts in the given order. For more information about AWS CLI, see AWS CLI Documentation.

To create virtual machines in AWS, you must use the m5a.4xlarge instance type. See M5a instances.

AWS ResourcesDescriptionReference Scripts
1Image

Upload the Splunk AppDynamics image in the S3 bucket that generates the AMI for Virtual Appliance. See Uploading objects.

 05-aws-upload-image.sh
2Snapshot

Snapshots help in using the AMI that you have uploaded to S3 bucket. Complete the following steps to obtain an AMI ID:

  1. Import the snapshot.
  2. Register the snapshot.
Note: The AMI ID is used to create virtual machines.

06-aws-import-snapshot.sh

07-aws-register- snapshot.sh