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Accessing AMI-based software - AWS Marketplace

Accessing AMI-based software

Once you purchase an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)-based software product with contract pricing, you will be directed to the product’s website for account setup and configuration. The usage charges will then appear on your regular AWS account billing report.

To access the AMI-based software product

  1. On the AWS Marketplace console, navigate to View Subscription and view the license for the software product.

  2. On the Procurement page:

    1. Choose Manage License to view, grant access, and track usage of your entitlements in AWS License Manager.

    2. Choose Continue to Configuration.

  3. On the Launch page, review your configuration and choose how you want to launch the software under Choose Action.

  4. On the Choose an Instance Type, choose an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance, and then choose Next: Configure Instance Details.

  5. On the Configure Instance Details page, for IAM role, choose an existing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role from your AWS account.

    If you don't have an IAM role, choose the Create new IAM role manually link and follow the instructions.

    Note

    When you purchase a product with contract pricing, a license is created by AWS Marketplace on the AWS account that your software can check using the License Manager API. You will need an IAM role to launch an instance of the AMI-based product.

    The following IAM permissions are required in the IAM policy.

    JSON
    {
   "Version":"2012-10-17",
   "Statement":[
      {
         "Sid":"VisualEditorO",
         "Effect":"Allow",
         "Action":[
            "license-manager:CheckoutLicense",
            "license-manager:GetLicense",
            "license-manager:CheckInLicense",
            "license-manager:ExtendLicenseConsumption",
            "license-manager:ListReceivedLicenses"
         ],
         "Resource":"*"
      }
   ]
}

  6. After the instance details are configured, choose Review and Launch.

  7. On the Review Instance Launch page, select an existing key pair or create a new key pair, and then choose Launch Instances.

    The Initiating Instance Launches progress window appears.

  8. After the instance is initiated, go to the EC2 dashboard, and under Instances, see that the Instance state displays Running.