Let’s get started!
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Note** If you need it in a different region, please feel free to send a support ticket https://cinedeck.com/contact/. We will reply to you shortly.
STAGE 1
Please log in the AWS console by following the link https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home?region=us-east-1#
You can easily set up your AMI instance by following these steps:
1. Choose AMI:
Please choose EC2 in the “Services’-‘Compute’ section, which you will find on the top left side of the console.
Click AMI in the ‘Images’ section in the left side menu.
You will be transferred to the page with a list of AMIs. Please click the line with Cinedeck Server 2.0. (1)* Test , and right mouse click-‘Launch’ to proceed.
Note! *AMI versions can vary.
2. Choose an Instance Type:
Find ‘Filter by’ menu- ‘All instance families’ and click ‘g4dn’, which is in the second column. Here you are welcome to choose vCPU that suits best at the moment. So please click the corresponding line and click ’Next: Configure Instance Details’ at the right bottom side of the page.
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3. Configure Instance Details:
You are on the page where all data is pre-set by default. Feel free to either change any field if needed or go ahead and click ‘Next: Add Storage’. See the right bottom page side.
4. Add Storage:
Here you can see two discs: a ‘root’ system disc. Please make sure to leave them both (root and EBS) as you won’t be able to use ‘root’ disc for recording.
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You can attach additional EBS volumes by clicking the ‘Add New Volume’ button and change settings of both root and additional volumes.
When all is set here, click ‘Next: Add Tags’ in the right bottom corner.
5. Add Tags:
On this step, click the ‘Add Tag’ button and create a key, value if needed. If not, just skip this step and click ‘Configure Security Group’.
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A tag consists of a case-sensitive key-value pair. For example, you could define a tag with key = Name and value = Web-server. A copy of a tag can be applied to volumes, instances or both. Tags will be applied to all instances and volumes.
6. Configure Security Group:
This step is to set up rules to control the traffic for your instance. To complete it, please:
Create a new or choose an existing security group
Add the following rules (click ‘Add rule’ button):
custom TCP rule with the port range 8989
custom TCP rule with port range 5960-5969
At the end, just hit ‘Review and Launch’
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7. Review:
You can review your setting details here. If you need to make corrections, you can apply changes by clicking ‘Edit’ from the corresponding section.
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If everything looks right, click the ‘Launch’ blue button in the bottom right corner.
Once done, you will see a pop up window, asking you to either generate a new key or use the existing one.
8. Creating a new key pair.
This private key is required to obtain the password used to log into your instance:
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And you are on the step to connect to your instance using the RDP client.
9. Connect your Instance using the RDP client
Choose an option and click ‘Get password’ and please give it 4-5 minutes to get created.
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Please reload the page to see your password.
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Please note, after hitting ‘Get password' , you’ll be asked to wait before retrieving it.
It usually takes up to 5 minutes, but from our experience this might take even an hour. So if you can’t see it in 5 minutes, just wait a bit longer and try to retrieve your password once again:
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And you are almost there! We’re done with the AWS console.
STAGE 2
1. Launch Microsoft Remote Desktop
Now you need to launch the ‘Microsoft remote desktop’’ and choose ‘Import from RDP file’ or find the ‘Remote desktop file’ on your pc and launch it:
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Choose the ‘remote desktop file’ you have downloaded, and insert the password generated in the AWS console ‘step 4’.
You are now connected. Find ‘NDI access manager’ and launch it please.
2. Launch NDI Access Manager
In this window:
Pick ‘Remote sources’ - ‘New’.
Insert the Device IP address (Private IPV4 address*), click ‘OK’-’OK’ to apply it.
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Click ‘Setup’, which can be found in the toolbar on the top
’Prefs’ - ‘Restart Application’ and give it a moment to actually get restarted.
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STAGE 3
3. Launch Cinedeck Client on your PC
Launch ‘Cinedeck client’ on your pc,
choose ‘Superuser’,
Click the icon (see screenshot below):
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*You can find Public and Private IPv4 addresses by choosing your instance as it is on the screenshot ( or follow ‘1. Choose AMI’ section of this manual):
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And you are on!
Have questions? Log a support ticket here.