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AWS Snowcone User Guide AWS Snowcone Table of Contents What Is AWS Snowcone? ..................................................................................................................... 1 Use Cases .................................................................................................................................. 1 Pricing ...................................................................................................................................... 1 How AWS Snowcone Works ................................................................................................................. 2 AWS Snowcone Workflow ........................................................................................................... 2 How Import and Export Jobs Work .............................................................................................. 4 Online Data Transfer Between Snowcone and AWS Storage Services with DataSync ..................... 4 Offline Data Transfer Between Snowcone and Amazon S3 ....................................................... 4 Exporting Jobs from Amazon S3 .......................................................................................... 4 How Export Jobs Work ....................................................................................................... 5 Using Export Ranges .......................................................................................................... 5 Export Range Examples ...................................................................................................... 6 For Import Job Storage .............................................................................................................. 7 For Compute Job Storage ........................................................................................................... 8 Device Specifications .......................................................................................................................... 9 Summary .................................................................................................................................. 9 Hardware and Network ............................................................................................................. 10 Top View ......................................................................................................................... 10 Rear Panel ....................................................................................................................... 10 Front Panel ...................................................................................................................... 11 Ruggedization Specifications ...................................................................................................... 12 Snowcone Power Supply and Accessories .................................................................................... 12 Setting Up ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Sign Up for AWS ...................................................................................................................... 13 Before You Order ............................................................................................................................. 14 About the Local Environment .................................................................................................... 14 Working with Special Characters ................................................................................................ 14 Amazon EC2 ............................................................................................................................ 15 Pricing for Compute Instances on Snowcone ........................................................................ 16 Prerequisites .................................................................................................................... 16 Creating a Linux AMI from an Instance ................................................................................ 16 Creating a Linux AMI from a Snapshot ................................................................................ 16 Getting Started ................................................................................................................................ 19 Creating a Snowcone Job .......................................................................................................... 19 Step 1: Plan Your Job ....................................................................................................... 20 Step 2: Choose Your Shipping Preferences ........................................................................... 20 Step 3: Choose Your Job Details ......................................................................................... 20 Step 4: Choose Your Security Preferences ............................................................................ 22 Step 5: Choose Your Notification Preferences ....................................................................... 23 Step 6: Download AWS OpsHub ......................................................................................... 24 Step 7: Review and Create Your Job ................................................................................... 24 Using AWS OpsHub to Manage Devices ............................................................................................... 25 Unlocking a device ................................................................................................................... 25 Unlocking a device locally ................................................................................................. 26 Unlocking a device remotely .............................................................................................. 26 Verifying the signature of AWS OpsHub (optional) ........................................................................ 27 Managing AWS services ............................................................................................................. 29 Using Compute Instances Locally ....................................................................................... 30 Using NFS file share to upload files .................................................................................... 33 Using AWS DataSync to transfer files to AWS .............................................................................. 35 Transferring files .............................................................................................................. 36 Using AWS IoT Greengrass on EC2 instances ................................................................................ 36 Setting up your Amazon EC2 instance ................................................................................. 37 Managing Your Devices ............................................................................................................. 38 iii AWS Snowcone User Guide AWS Snowcone Rebooting Your Device ...................................................................................................... 38 Editing Your Device Alias ................................................................................................... 38 Getting Updates ............................................................................................................... 39 Managing Profiles ............................................................................................................. 39 Using the Snowball Edge Client ......................................................................................................... 41 Downloading and Installing the Snowball Edge Client ................................................................... 41 Commands for the Snowball Edge Client .................................................................................... 41 Configuring a Profile for the Snowball Edge Client ............................................................... 42 Getting Your QR Code for NFC Validation ............................................................................ 43 Unlocking an AWS Snowcone Device ................................................................................... 43 Updating a Snowcone ....................................................................................................... 43 Getting Credentials ........................................................................................................... 46 Starting a Service on Your Snowcone Device ........................................................................ 46 Stopping a Service on Your Snowcone Device ...................................................................... 47 Getting Your Certificate for Transferring Data ...................................................................... 47