README-SHARING-NON-TERRAFORM.md

Overview

You can share your environment with non-terraform users.

Pre-requisites

• You must have enabled the RDP server in your etc/bluedata_infra.tfvars file (rdp_server_enabled=true)
• Don't forget to run ./bin/terraform_apply.bin after updating variables

Instructions

• Non-terraform users will need to install an AWS client
• An IAM user with very limited permissions has been created for the non-terraform user
• The AWS access and secret key for the IAM user are in generated/non_terraform_user_scripts.txt
• The script contains a command allowing users to start/stop the EC2 instances
• The script contains a command allowing users to update the NACL and Security Groups to permit access from their IP address
• The script contains a command allowing users to retrieve the RDP host public IP address

Optional

• You can provide users access to the environment using a VPN (L2TP+IPSEC)
• You can add additional users to the VPN - see here
• It is recommend to enable an EIP for the RDP server in your etc/bluedata_infra.tf file (create_eip_rdp_linux_server=true) so users don't have to keep updating the VPN server IP address
• Don't forget to run ./bin/terraform_apply.bin after updating variables