Enable/Disable AWS

Amazon EC2 support is an opt-in feature that is available for a small additional fee on top of your normal OnApp license. Please contact your account manager before enabling Amazon EC2 support.


To enable AWS for your cloud, follow the procedure below:

  1. Go to your OnApp Control Panel > Admin > Settings > Configuration and switch on the Allow users connect to AWS toggle.
    This will enable AWS for the cloud.

  2. Go to the Admin > Users menu and click the name of the appropriate user.

  3. Find Amazon Web Services and click Connect.

  4. To connect, provide the following credentials:

    • AWS access key - go to your Amazon profile > Security credentials > Users > Manage 

    • AWS secret access key - use the same path as above. For security reasons, AWS secret access key is stored encrypted in the OnApp DB.

  5. In the left navigation pane of your Control Panel, a new entry AWS > EC2 instances will appear.

    If AWS is disabled, the above option will disappear from the dashboard, but all users’ credentials will be kept in OnApp DB.

See also:

OnApp License

Manage EC2 Instances

Launch New EC2