Architecture details
This section describes the components and AWS services that make up this solution and the architecture details on how these components work together.
AWS services in this solution
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Core. Used to deploy the solution and develop MCS internal and Third-Party Modules. |
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Core. Used to cache and deliver the MCS web console hosted in Amazon S3. |
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Core. Provides authentication to the MCS web console and API. |
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Core. Used to store information about MCS modules and the state of the modules. |
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Core. Used to run the workstations managed by the MCS Workstation Management module. MCS uses Amazon EC2 Image Builder to build Windows and Linux Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) used in the solution. |
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Core. Used to manage connections between MCS Workstation Management module and Amazon EC2 workstations. |
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Core. Used to authorize access to MCS using roles to manage resources effectively. MCS resources are limited by roles and policies defined in IAM and in Cognito user pools. |
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Core. Handles the processing logic for adding, updating, editing, or deleting MCS modules and storing sensitive information in Secrets Manager. |
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Core. Used as a database for the Leostream Broker EC2 instances. |
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Core. Used to manage domain resolution to load balancer addresses. |
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Core. Used to store module parameters that contain sensitive information. |
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Core. Used to manage the portfolio of MCS modules and to provision the CloudFormation stack when modules are enabled. |
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Core. Used to deploy an isolated virtual networking environment to build the MCS studio. Users can create a new VPC or import an existing one. |
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Supporting. Used for monitoring the solution and logs. |
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Supporting. Listens to CloudFront changes and invokes Lambda to update the state of MCS modules in DynamoDB. |
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Supporting. Provides object storage for content used in the MCS web console. |
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Supporting. Provides application-level resource monitoring, visualization of resource operations, and secrets management. |
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Supporting. Used to connect users securely to the workstations. |
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Optional. Used to deploy an instance of AWS Managed Microsoft AD. |
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Optional. Used to deploy a fully managed shared file system built on Windows Server. |
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Optional. Used to register and deregister MCS Third-Party Modules. |
