Deploying a BMC Discovery virtual appliance into AWS
Prerequisites:
* AWS Access Key ID
* AWS Secret Access Key
* The ID of the region into which you are deploying the VA, for example, us-east-2
* The S3 storage bucket name and path within it to which to upload the vmdk file
The process
1. Download C:\BMC Discovery\Discovery_VA_23.3.00_866656_OL9.vmdk to your local machine 
2. Upload the vdmk image to AWS S3 bucket using CLI as follows:
$ aws s3 cp Discovery_VA_23.3.00_866656_OL9.vmdk s3://<bucketname>/<path>/Discovery_VA_23.3.00_866656_OL9.vmdk
3. Generate an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the disk image (This process is described in more detail in the  AWS documentation .):
a. Create a file called containers.json with the following content:
[
  {
    "Description": "BMC Discovery VMDK",
    "Format": "vmdk",
    "UserBucket": {
        "S3Bucket": "<bucketname>",
        "S3Key": "<path>/Discovery_VA_23.3.00_866656_OL9.vmdk"
    }
  }         
]
b. Import the VMDK disk image that you uploaded converting it to an AMI:
$ aws ec2 import-image --description "BMC Discovery VMDK" --license-type BYOL --disk-containers file://containers.json
The response will be JSON formatted. Ensure you make a note of the ImportTaskId attribute:
...
   "ImportTaskId": "import-ami-abcdf6fl"
...
The ImportTaskId attribute is used as the AMI Name in the AWS console.
c. The import will continue to execute. The status can be checked at intervals by executing the following command:
$ aws ec2 describe-import-image-tasks --region us-east-1 --import-task-ids <ImportTaskId>
While the task is still executing the response includes, among other details:
...
"Status": "active"
"StatusMessage": "<message>"
...
d. When the task is complete the response will include, among other details, the ImageId attribute. Ensure you make a note of it:
...
"Status": "completed"
"ImageId": "ami-abcd1572"
...
The ImageId is used as the AMI ID in the Amazon AWS console.
e. In the Amazon AWS console verify you can see the new image: 
* In the Amazon AWS console navigate to the EC2 Dashboard > Images > AMIs
* Locate the image by either AMI Name or by AMI ID. 
4. Launch an instance of the BMC Discovery virtual appliance
The following steps launch a BMC Discovery VM instances. This process is described in more detail in the  AWS documentation .
a. In the Amazon AWS console navigate to the EC2 Dashboard > Images > AMIs
b. Locate the image by either AMI Name or by AMI ID.
c. Select the AMI and click Launch
d. Configure the Instance details as normal.
e. When the instance state is "running" the appliance is ready to use.
5.After starting the appliance machine, type the machine Ipv4 address or public DNS in the browser and use the next credentials to first connect
user :system
password:system
You'll be asked to change the password upon first login

Optional – Integrate with AWS CloudWatch Logs to ingest the solutions logs
If you are interested in sending the solutions logs to our CloudWatch Logs module, please follow the instructions in the following link
 https://matrix-bmc.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/User+Instructions/CloudWatch+Logs/Usage+Instructions+-+CloudWatch+Logs+-+Please+add+to+the+bottom+of+Every+Usage+Document.docx
Please note that if you choose to integrate the solution logs with your CloudWatch Logs, additional costs may apply. Usage of Amazon CloudWatch services is subject to the pricing and billing policies set forth by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Any charges incurred as a result of integrating the solution logs with CloudWatch Logs are the responsibility of the end user