This document provides instructions for setting up project-open (PO) on Amazon AWS Elastic Cloud within 10 minutes. It outlines downloading a PO virtual machine image, selecting an AWS region and instance type, configuring security groups and storage, and launching the instance. The instructions then guide configuring PO through the initial wizard, restarting for changes to take effect, and accessing the administrative guide for further configuration. Contact information is provided for questions.

1. ]project-open[ V4.0 on
Amazon AWS Elastic Cloud
Getting started with ]project-open[ within
10 minutes
Web: www.project-open.com
Wiki: www.project-open.org
Twitter: www.twitter.com/projop
Facebook: www.facebook.com/projectopen.org
Mail: info@project-open.com

2. Amazon AMI Virtual Machine Image
 A ]project-open[ virtual machine image is available for instant deployment:
 Thanks to the ]po[ partner Promit and the team from Rock Solid IT for
providing the image.
 The following slides with walk you through the process of setting up ]project-
open[ within about 10 minutes (or 15, if you don’t have an Amazon account
yet).
 For questions and suggestions about this AMI please use the SourceForge
forum at:
http://aws.amazon.com/amis/-project-open-ami-v-1-5-1369664509
http://sourceforge.net/p/project-open/discussion/295937/thread/ea7e74dc/

3. Please select a data-
center close to you
Please start off by
entering the URL from
the previous slide

4. Please select a data-
center close to you
You need to have
an Amazon account
associated with a
credit card

6. Please select:
“M1 SMALL”
]po[ will not work with a “T1
Micro” instance!

7. The default value are
OK for a production
instance of ]project-
open]. You

8. This is the default:
Your database will be lost after
termination (not stop…), but
backups will be saved on /dev/sdf

9. These tags are completely
optional.

10. You need to create a
key pair, unless you
already have a key
defined previously.

11. Your new key will allow you to log
to your virtual machine as “root”.

13. You can create alerts
optionally.

15. The new instance is running now.
The new instance is running
now.
This is the name for your
new server. We will use this
in the next page

16. Select your virtual machine and
click on “Connect” for
connection parameters
For SSH connection to your
server please select your
virtual machine and click on
“Connect” for connection
parameters

17. For Web access just paste
your instance name from the
last slide
Please login with
sysadmin@tigerpond.com
and password
“system”

18. You have to go through
this configuration wizard
for the basic
configuration.
You will be able to run
this wizard later and
modify your settings.

19. We get here after selecting
values from the previous 7
slides.
Please click (open in new
window) the known issues of
this version and review the
known issues.
Depending on the issues you
may decide to upgrade later.
Finally start the
configuration
process

20. Please scroll down to the end
of the page and restart your ]
po[ server to activate the
changes.
The restart may take 30-90
seconds, depending on your
type of instance.

21. This is the normal restart
message.

22. You will have to login again as
sysadmin@tigerpond.com/
with password “system”.

23. The “Home” page includes a new
“Interactive Administration Guide” that
helps administrators to configure the
system.
We offer training and support.
]project-open[ is a large and flexible
system. There are many configuration
options that might confuse you.
Please save yourself time and help us
to finance development by contracting
of our services.
Nobody would expect to be able to
configure a SAP or Navision ERP
without training.
The section below will guide you
through some of the most important
configuration steps.
Please click on the (?) icon for help for
each step.

24. Thank you
 Web: www.project-open.com
 Wiki: www.project-open.org
 Twitter: www.twitter.com/projop
 FB: www.facebook.com/projectopen.org
 Mail: info@project-open.com