Installing Transformer on Amazon Web Services

You can install Transformer on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

1. In the AWS Marketplace, search for StreamSets Transformer.

   The Marketplace includes a small, medium, and large Transformer offer, based on the maximum number of Spark executors allowed for each pipeline. For more information, see the details in the Marketplace listing or see Spark Executors.

2. Subscribe to the appropriate StreamSets Transformer offer, accept the terms and conditions, and then click Continue to Configuration.
3. Select the appropriate AWS fulfillment options, and then click Continue to Launch.
4. To launch Transformer from the AWS marketplace website, choose Launch from Website and then complete the following steps:
   1. Select the recommended EC2 instance type or choose another instance type based on your expected workload.

      See the minimum requirements for details.

   2. Select the appropriate VPC, subnet, and key pair settings.
   3. For the security group settings, click Create New Based on Seller Settings, enter a name for the new security group, and then configure the range of IP addresses that can access the Transformer web-based UI on port 19630.
      Important: The default range of 0.0.0.0/0 gives all IP addresses access to Transformer. Be sure to modify the default value to restrict access to known IP addresses only.
   4. Click Launch.
5. To launch Transformer from the AWS EC2 console, choose Launch through EC2 and then complete the following steps:
   1. Click Launch.
   2. Select the recommended EC2 instance type or choose another instance type based on your expected workload.

      See the minimum requirements for details.

   3. Configure the instance details, storage, and tags as needed.
   4. When configuring the security group for the instance, configure the range of IP addresses that can access the Transformer web-based UI on port 19630.
      Important: The default range of 0.0.0.0/0 gives all IP addresses access to Transformer. Be sure to modify the default value to restrict access to known IP addresses only.
   5. After reviewing the details, click Launch.
6. When launching the instance, note the instance ID on the Launch Status page.
   The password to Transformer matches the instance ID.

   AWS might require a few minutes to launch an instance.

7. To access Transformer, enter the following URL in the address bar of your browser:

   http://<Public DNS of EC2 instance>:19630

   For example if your DNS is ec2-12-345-678-999.compute-1.amazonaws.com, enter:

   http://ec2-12-345-678-999.compute-1.amazonaws.com:19630

8. To log in, enter admin as the user name and the EC2 instance ID as the password.

   For information on administering Transformer, such as viewing logs and restarting Transformer, see .

   Tip: If you are new to Transformer, here are the basics.