• 1. Introduction
• 2. Installation and Setup
  • 2.1. Requirements for Integrating with Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
  • 2.2. Roles and Policies Required for IT Administrators when Setting Up Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
  • 2.3. Express vs Manual Setup
  • 2.4. Express Setup
  • 2.5. Manual Setup
  • 2.6. Post-Setup Steps in Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
  • 2.7. Activating a Private Offer from Ansys When Already Subscribed to Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
  • 2.8. Role and Permissions Used to Access AWS Resources
    • 2.8.1. IAM Role Created for Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
    • 2.8.2. Verifying the IAM Role in AWS Console
    • 2.8.3. Permissions Used by Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
    • 2.8.4. Removing the IAM Role
  • 2.9. Updating Account Permissions to Allow the Creation of Autoscaling Clusters
  • 2.10. Requirements for Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
  • 2.11. Connecting an Ansys Application License Server
  • 2.12. Allowing or Preventing the Generation of Public IP Addresses for Virtual Machines
  • 2.13. Configuring Internet Access for Virtual Machines With Public IP Addresses
  • 2.14. Configuring Internet Access for Virtual Machines Without Public IP Addresses
  • 2.15. Allowing or Forbidding Local Drive Mapping on Virtual Machines
  • 2.16. Associating Additional Domains with a Tenant
  • 2.17. Checking the Status of Ansys Services
• 3. IT Policy Extensions
  • 3.1. Supported Formats for IT Policy Extension Scripts
  • 3.2. Prerequisites for Confidential IT Policy Extensions
    • 3.2.1. Storage Requirements for Confidential IT Policy Extension Scripts
    • 3.2.2. Permissions Required to Allow Access to Confidential IT Policy Extension Scripts
  • 3.3. Adding IT Policy Extensions
  • 3.4. Configuring the Deployment of IT Policy Extensions
  • 3.5. Viewing and Managing IT Policy Extensions
    • 3.5.1. Editing the Properties of an IT Policy Extension
    • 3.5.2. Deleting an IT Policy Extension
  • 3.6. Viewing and Managing IT Policy Extension Configurations
    • 3.6.1. Specifying the Execution Order of IT Policy Extension Scripts
    • 3.6.2. Editing the Properties of an IT Policy Extension Configuration
    • 3.6.3. Deleting an IT Policy Extension Configuration
  • 3.7. Viewing Details of IT Policy Extensions Executed on a Resource
• 4. AWS Accounts
  • 4.1. Specifying AWS Account Information
  • 4.2. Editing an AWS Account Nickname
  • 4.3. Removing an AWS Account
• 5. Availability Zones
  • 5.1. Viewing Availability Zones
  • 5.2. Ensuring Connectivity Between Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and Availability Zones
  • 5.3. Adding Availability Zones
  • 5.4. Editing the Name of an Availability Zone
  • 5.5. Removing an Availability Zone
• 6. Firewalls
  • 6.1. Domains Required for Firewall Allowlist
  • 6.2. Specifying Firewall Exceptions
  • 6.3. Removing a Firewall Exception
• 7. License Settings
  • 7.1. Configuring License Settings for Ansys Applications
    • 7.1.1. Configuring Shared Web Licensing
    • 7.1.2. Configuring FlexNet Licensing
    • 7.1.3. Configuring Ansys Elastic Licensing
  • 7.2. Configuring License Settings for 2024 R1 Applications
  • 7.3. Editing License Settings
    • 7.3.1. Enabling or Disabling a Configured Licensing Type
    • 7.3.2. Setting the Priority of Licensing Types
    • 7.3.3. Uploading a New Token for Shared Web Licensing
    • 7.3.4. Removing a FlexNet License Server
    • 7.3.5. Editing FlexNet License Server Settings
    • 7.3.6. Unassigning a FlexNet License Server from a Region
    • 7.3.7. Editing Ansys Elastic Licensing Settings
  • 7.4. Viewing the License Settings Used by a Resource
• 8. Users
  • 8.1. How Users are Added to Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
  • 8.2. Viewing User Information
  • 8.3. Adding Users
  • 8.4. Synchronizing Active Directory Users on Demand
  • 8.5. Changing a User's Access Level
  • 8.6. Removing a User
• 9. Project Spaces
  • 9.1. Creating a Project Space
  • 9.2. Setting User Permissions in a Project Space
  • 9.3. Editing Project Space Settings
  • 9.4. Allowing Failed Resources to be Retained in AWS Cloud
  • 9.5. Deleting a Project Space
    • 9.5.1. Deleting a Project Space Directly from the Project Space
    • 9.5.2. Deleting a Project Space from the Administration Page
• 10. Budgeting
  • 10.1. Setting a Budget for a Project Space
  • 10.2. Monitoring Budget Usage
  • 10.3. Disabling a Budget Cap
• 11. Virtual Desktops
  • 11.1. Creating a Virtual Desktop
  • 11.2. Renaming a Virtual Desktop
  • 11.3. Setting Timers for a Virtual Desktop
  • 11.4. Deleting a Virtual Desktop
• 12. Autoscaling Clusters
  • 12.1. Creating an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.2. Checking the Installation Status of Autoscaling Cluster Applications
  • 12.3. Adding Applications to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.4. Adding Ansys HPC Platform Services to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.5. Adding Queues to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.6. Deleting a Queue from an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.7. Mounting a Storage to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.8. Unmounting a Storage from an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.9. Renaming an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.10. Viewing the Tags Applied to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 12.11. Deleting an Autoscaling Cluster
• 13. HPC Clusters
  • 13.1. Creating an HPC Cluster
  • 13.2. Renaming an HPC Cluster
  • 13.3. Setting a Shutdown Timer for an HPC Cluster
  • 13.4. Deleting an HPC Cluster
• 14. OS Images
  • 14.1. Operating System Support
  • 14.2. What You Should Know About the Rocky Linux OS Image by CIQ
  • 14.3. Important Notes About CentOS Linux Images
    • 14.3.1. Getting CentOS Support and Security Fixes
    • 14.3.2. What You Should Know About CentOS by Perforce
  • 14.4. Converting a Virtual Desktop to an OS Image
  • 14.5. Configuring Support for the 'Convert to OS Image' Feature
  • 14.6. Viewing OS Images
  • 14.7. Deleting an OS Image
• 15. Applications
  • 15.1. Configuring Applications
  • 15.2. Beta Applications
    • 15.2.1. Beta Disclaimer
    • 15.2.2. Allowing or Preventing Access to Beta Applications
• 16. Storage
  • 16.1. Storages Created for Autoscaling Clusters
    • 16.1.1. Types of Amazon Storages
      • 16.1.1.1. Amazon Elastic File System
      • 16.1.1.2. Amazon FSx for Lustre
      • 16.1.1.3. Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
    • 16.1.2. Comparison of Amazon Storage Types
  • 16.2. Viewing Shared Storages in a Project Space
  • 16.3. Automatic Mounting of Shared Storages
  • 16.4. Mounting Shared Storage on Virtual Desktops
  • 16.5. Unmounting Shared Storages from Virtual Desktops
  • 16.6. Deleting Shared Storage from a Project Space
  • 16.7. Data Protection for Shared Storages
  • 16.8. File Storage Servers
    • 16.8.1. Creating a File Storage Server with Shared Folders
      • 16.8.1.1. Creating a File Storage Server
      • 16.8.1.2. Creating Shared Folders on a File Storage Server
    • 16.8.2. Adding Storage from Existing File Servers
    • 16.8.3. Enabling Access to a Shared Folder on a File Storage Server
      • 16.8.3.1. Assigning Shared Folder Access to Selected Project Spaces
      • 16.8.3.2. Assigning Shared Folder Access from within a Project Space
    • 16.8.4. Automatic Mounting of Shared Folders
    • 16.8.5. Manually Mounting a Shared Folder onto a Virtual Machine
    • 16.8.6. Viewing Shared Folders Available to a Project Space
    • 16.8.7. Accessing a Mounted Share on a Virtual Machine
      • 16.8.7.1. Accessing a Mounted Share on a Windows Virtual Machine
      • 16.8.7.2. Accessing a Mounted Share on a Linux Virtual Machine
    • 16.8.8. Unmounting Shared Folders from Virtual Desktops
    • 16.8.9. Removing Access to a Shared Folder on a File Storage Server
    • 16.8.10. Deleting a Shared Folder on a File Storage Server
    • 16.8.11. Data Backup and Recovery for Shared Folders
• 17. Tags
  • 17.1. Creating Tags
  • 17.2. Editing Tag Definitions
  • 17.3. Editing Tag Values in a Project Space
  • 17.4. Deleting Tags
  • 17.5. Required vs Inherited Tags
• 18. Templates
  • 18.1. Saving a Virtual Desktop Configuration to a Template
    • 18.1.1. Creating a Virtual Desktop Template During Virtual Desktop Creation
    • 18.1.2. Creating a Virtual Desktop Template from an Existing Virtual Desktop
  • 18.2. Saving Configured Applications to an Application Package Template
    • 18.2.1. Creating an Application Package Template During Virtual Desktop Creation
    • 18.2.2. Creating an Application Package Template from an Existing Virtual Desktop
  • 18.3. Viewing Templates
  • 18.4. Deleting a Template
• 19. Cost and Usage Reporting