The XProtect BYOL CloudFormation template

The XProtect BYOL CloudFormation template deploys all components that are necessary to run the XProtect VMS.

Diagram of the AWS Cloud and marketplace, region, and VPC integration.

The CloudFormation template:

  • Creates a new Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and subnet.

  • Deploys a single-server XProtect VMS installation on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance using a custom Amazon Machine Image (AMI).

  • Attaches two Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) volumes to the EC2 instance:

    Volume Description
    Operating system volume (disk 0) The volume contains the Windows Server 2022 operating system, XProtect VMS software, and (optional) Microsoft SQL Server Express for the VMS databases.
    Media database volume (disk 1) The volume contains database optimized for recording and storing audio and video data from your connected cameras and devices.