Amazon AiCache Getting Started Manual

Brand: Amazon

Model: AiCache

Type: Getting Started Manual

Amazon AiCache is a powerful caching appliance that can help you to improve the performance of your website or application. It is easy to use and can be up and running in minutes. With AiCache, you can:

Reduce page load times: AiCache stores frequently requested data in memory, so that it can be delivered to your users more quickly. This can lead to significant improvements in page load times, especially for websites that are heavily reliant on database queries.
Improve website performance: AiCache can help to improve the overall performance of your website by reducing the load on your web server. This can lead to faster response times and fewer errors, which can result in a better user experience.

Reduce page load times: AiCache stores frequently requested data in memory, so that it can be delivered to your users more quickly. This can lead to significant improvements in page load times, especially for websites that are heavily reliant on database queries.
Improve website performance: AiCache can help to improve the overall performance of your website by reducing the load on your web server. This can lead to faster response times and fewer errors, which can result in a better user experience.

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AiCacheAmazonWebServices(AWS)GettingstartedGuide:

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Version:1.0

1‐ RegisteringforAiCacheAmazonMachineImage(AMI)

a‐ Ifyou arealreadyregisteredskipthisstepandgotoStep2.

b‐ Gotohttp://aicache.com/

clickonAmazontopmenu,Clickonordernow

c‐ Thiswilltakeyouto ourpaymentpageonAmazon.com.

d‐ LoginwithyourAmazoncredentialsthenclickcontinue,fillinthenecessaryinformation

thenclickcontinue.Followtheonscreenwizard.

e‐ Onceyouaredonewiththe

registrationprocess,amessagewillappeargivingyoua

verificationcode.

f‐ Youarenowreadytogotostep2.

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2‐ LaunchinganewAiCacheinstanceusingtheAiCacheAMI:

a‐ GotoAWSManagementconsoleathttps://console.aws.amazon.com/

selecttheAmazon 

Ec2tab.

b‐ SigninusingthesameAWSaccountthatyouhaveregisteredwithinstep1.

Youwillseeadashboardthatlooksliketheonebelow:

c‐ SelectAMIsontheleftsidemenu:

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d‐ Youwillbepresentedwitha

screenshowingmanyAMIsfromdifferentprovidersasshown

below:

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e‐ Intheviewingdropdownbox,selectpublicimages,intheemptytextboxstarttyping

aicache.

f‐ YoumightbepresentedwithanumberofaicacheAMIs,selecttheonewhichismore

recent.AiCacheAMIsstartwithaaicache/prefix

g‐ SelecttheappropriateAMIthenclickLaunch

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h‐ DependingonwhetheritisyourfirsttimeusingAWSEC2,andonyourspe cificneeds,AWS

managementconsolemightaskyoutocreateanewkeypair.UsuallywithAiCacheyouare

notlikelytoneedthekeypair,

howeveritisrequiredbyAmazonAWS,anditis

recommendedthatucreateakeypairwithauniquenameforaicache

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i‐ Typethekeypairname,clickonCreateanddownloadkeypair,thenclickcontinue.

Warning:Keypairisconsideredconfidential,ifanyone

canaccessyourkeypairheislikely

tobeabletocontrol,terminate,restartortamperwithyourAicacheandanyAmazonEC2

instanceyoulaunchusingthiskeypair.

j‐ Click“continue”toconfigurefirewallsettingsforyourAiCacheinstance.

k‐ Dependingonwhetheryouhavebeenusing

AWS,andonyourspecificneedsyoumightbe

requiredtosetupyourinstance firewall.Thefirewallconfigurationiscalled(securitygroups)

usingAmazonterminology.Withaspecificsecuritygroupyoucansetyourfirewalltoallow

certainIPaddressestoaccesscertainportsonyourinstance.

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SinceAicacheisbasicallyawebserveryoushouldallowallclientstoconnecttoport80,you

shouldalsoremembertoallowyourselfto

useSSHtoconnecttotheinstancethusport20

andport22shouldalwaysbeopen.Asarecommendationforpeoplegettingstartedwith

AWSEC2andAicachesetthefirewalltobeverypermissive;youcancomebacklaterand

changethefirewallpolicytosuityourneeds.Thus

allyouhavetodoistoselectSSHport22

thencontinue,bydefaultthistranslatestoaninstancewithallportsopen.

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l‐ Onceyouaredonewiththesecuritygroupsclickcontinue

m‐ Nextyouwillbepresentedwiththefinalscreenwhereuselectthenumber

ofaicache

instancesyouwouldliketostart,selectthesecuritygroupandthekeypair,andthenlaunch

theinstance.

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3‐ ConnectingtotheinstanceandrunningAiCache:

a‐ Afterlaunchingtheinstance,andifyougotoinstancesmenuontheleft,youshouldbeable

toseetheinstancewithstatusshownaslaunching.Afterawhile,and whentheinstance

statuschangetorunning,youwill

beabletoconnecttoSSHtotheinstance.

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b‐ UsethepublicDNSnameoftheinstance(server)toSSHtotheserver.

IfyouareusingaLinux,orMacOSbasedoperatingsystemsshisstraightforward,ifyouare

usingWindowsthereisafree

SSHsolutionforwindows,formoreinformationonusingand

downloadingPutty(Ansshsolutionforwindows)pleasevisit

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

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4‐ ConnectingtoAiCacheinstance:

ForallEC2exp ert s:donottrytologintotheinstanceasroo twithprivatekeycertificate,root

accesstotheinstancehasbeendisabled.

AllAiCacheusersshouldlogintotheinstanceusingthefollowingcredentials:

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AicacheLinuxUseraccount

:

Username:aiuser

Password:a1ca$hP@ss

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Note:Usersareencouragedto changethedefaultpasswordusinglinux“passwd”command

assoonastheylogintotheinstance.

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Oncetheuserisloggedinhewilllandintothedirectory/home/aiuser

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ThisdirectorycontainsallthenecessaryscriptsforyoutocompletelysetupandrunAiCache.

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Ifyoudo anLScommand“ls”inyourhomedirectoryyouwillseeanumberoffiles:

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1‐ AdminGuide.pdf:thisguideisthesameguideusedfornonAWSAicachewhichisalso

availableonAicachewebsitehttp://aicache.com/admguide.pdf

.Thisguidehasallthe

necessarydetailsforyou toconfigureAiCachecompletely

Notes:

a‐ AspecialadminguideforAWSuserswillbeavailablesoon.

b‐ Whereverthemanualusesthenameaicachebinary(aicache)youusestartAiCache.sh

scriptinstead.

c‐ NotethatnonAWSAiCachebinary

needsalicensefiletorunwherevertheAWS

AiCachebinarydoesnotrequireanylicensefileasaparameter.

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2‐ startAiCache.sh

ThisisashellscriptthatisusedtostartAiCacheserver.

Youcanpassalltheparameterstothisshellscriptasdescribedintheusermanualforthe

normalnonAWSaicachebinaryexceptthelicensefileparameter,sinceAiCacheAWS

doesn’tneedalicense.

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The

mainandmostimportantparametertobepassedtothescripttostarttheAiCache

serveristheconfigurationfileparameter(‐f)followedbytheabsolutefullpathtothe

aicacheconfigurationfile,thusforexampletostartAicacheserverwiththesample.cfg

(sampleconfigurationfile)inyourhome

directoryyouwouldusethecommand

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./startAiCache.sh‐f/home/aiuser/example.cfg

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Notes:

a‐ RunningAiCachewithexample.cfgimmediatelywillproduceerrorssincethis

isasampleconfigurationfilethathasnorealmappingtoarealdomain.Use

thesampleconfigurationfiletogetstarted.

b‐ Donotforgettobackupexample.cfgbeforemodifyingit,incaseyouhave

errors

youcangobackandcompareyourfiletothesamplefile.

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3‐ terminateAiCache.sh

Thisfileisavailableon lyforAWSaicacheusers,thisfileisusedtoterminateAiCacheserver

runningontheinstance,toterminateAiCachesimplycallthisscriptpassingtheaicache

configurationfile(

withoutthe–fparameterasinstartAiCache.sh)

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./terminateAiCache.sh/home/aiuser/example.cfg

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4‐ example.cfg:

Thisfileisasampleconfigurationfilethatyoucanuse togetstartedquicklyconfiguringand

runningaicache.

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5‐ ReadMe.txt,asimplereadmefilewhichhasinformationaboutAiCacheandAicache

support.

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Amazon AiCache Getting Started Manual

Brand: Amazon

Model: AiCache

Type: Getting Started Manual

Reduce page load times: AiCache stores frequently requested data in memory, so that it can be delivered to your users more quickly. This can lead to significant improvements in page load times, especially for websites that are heavily reliant on database queries.
Improve website performance: AiCache can help to improve the overall performance of your website by reducing the load on your web server. This can lead to faster response times and fewer errors, which can result in a better user experience.

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