• 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. Role and Permissions Used to Access AWS Resources
    • 2.7.1. IAM Role Created for Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
    • 2.7.2. Verifying the IAM Role in AWS Console
    • 2.7.3. Permissions Used by Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
    • 2.7.4. Removing the IAM Role
  • 2.8. Updating Account Permissions to Allow the Creation of Autoscaling Clusters
  • 2.9. Requirements for Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
  • 2.10. Connecting an Ansys Application License Server
  • 2.11. Allowing or Preventing the Generation of Public IP Addresses for Virtual Machines
  • 2.12. Configuring Internet Access for Virtual Machines Without Public IP Addresses
  • 2.13. Associating Additional Domains with a Tenant
  • 2.14. Checking the Status of Ansys Services
• 3. AWS Accounts
  • 3.1. Specifying AWS Account Information
  • 3.2. Editing an AWS Account Nickname
  • 3.3. Removing an AWS Account
• 4. Availability Zones
  • 4.1. Ensuring Connectivity Between Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and Availability Zones
  • 4.2. Adding Availability Zones
  • 4.3. Editing the Name of an Availability Zone
  • 4.4. Removing an Availability Zone
• 5. Firewalls
  • 5.1. Domains Required for Firewall Allowlist
  • 5.2. Specifying Firewall Exceptions
  • 5.3. Removing a Firewall Exception
• 6. Users
  • 6.1. How Users are Added to Ansys Gateway powered by AWS
  • 6.2. Viewing User Information
  • 6.3. Adding Users
  • 6.4. Changing a User's Access Level
  • 6.5. Removing a User
• 7. Project Spaces
  • 7.1. Creating a Project Space
  • 7.2. Setting User Permissions in a Project Space
  • 7.3. Editing Project Space Settings
  • 7.4. Allowing Failed Resources to be Retained in AWS Cloud
  • 7.5. Deleting a Project Space
    • 7.5.1. Deleting a Project Space Directly from the Project Space
    • 7.5.2. Deleting a Project Space from the Administration Page
• 8. Budgeting
  • 8.1. Setting a Budget for a Project Space
  • 8.2. Monitoring Budget Usage
  • 8.3. Disabling a Budget Cap
• 9. Virtual Desktops
  • 9.1. Creating a Virtual Desktop
  • 9.2. Renaming a Virtual Desktop
  • 9.3. Setting Shutdown Timers for a Virtual Desktop
  • 9.4. Deleting a Virtual Desktop
• 10. Autoscaling Clusters
  • 10.1. Creating an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.2. Checking the Installation Status of Autoscaling Cluster Applications
  • 10.3. Adding Applications to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.4. Adding Ansys HPC Platform Services to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.5. Adding Queues to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.6. Deleting a Queue from an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.7. Mounting a Storage to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.8. Unmounting a Storage from an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.9. Renaming an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.10. Viewing the Tags Applied to an Autoscaling Cluster
  • 10.11. Deleting an Autoscaling Cluster
• 11. HPC Clusters
  • 11.1. Creating an HPC Cluster
  • 11.2. Renaming an HPC Cluster
  • 11.3. Setting a Shutdown Timer for an HPC Cluster
  • 11.4. Deleting an HPC Cluster
• 12. OS Images
  • 12.1. Operating System Support
  • 12.2. What You Should Know About the Rocky Linux OS Image by CIQ
  • 12.3. Important Notes About CentOS Linux Images
    • 12.3.1. Getting CentOS Support and Security Fixes
    • 12.3.2. What You Should Know About CentOS by Perforce
  • 12.4. Converting a Virtual Desktop to an OS Image
  • 12.5. Configuring Support for the 'Convert to OS Image' Feature
  • 12.6. Viewing OS Images
  • 12.7. Deleting an OS Image
• 13. Applications
  • 13.1. Configuring Applications
  • 13.2. Managing Application Licenses
  • 13.3. Beta Applications
    • 13.3.1. Beta Disclaimer
    • 13.3.2. Allowing or Preventing Access to Beta Applications
• 14. Cluster Packages
  • 14.1. Configuring Cluster Packages
• 15. Storage
  • 15.1. Storages Created for Autoscaling Clusters
    • 15.1.1. Types of Amazon Storages
      • 15.1.1.1. Amazon Elastic File System
      • 15.1.1.2. Amazon FSx for Lustre
      • 15.1.1.3. Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
    • 15.1.2. Comparison of Amazon Storage Types
  • 15.2. Viewing Shared Storages in a Project Space
  • 15.3. Automatic Mounting of Shared Storages
  • 15.4. Mounting Shared Storage on Virtual Desktops
  • 15.5. Unmounting Shared Storages from Virtual Desktops
  • 15.6. Deleting Shared Storage from a Project Space
  • 15.7. Data Protection for Shared Storages
  • 15.8. File Storage Servers
    • 15.8.1. Creating a File Storage Server with Shared Folders
      • 15.8.1.1. Creating a File Storage Server
      • 15.8.1.2. Creating Shared Folders on a File Storage Server
    • 15.8.2. Adding Storage from Existing File Servers
    • 15.8.3. Enabling Access to a Shared Folder on a File Storage Server
      • 15.8.3.1. Assigning Shared Folder Access to Selected Project Spaces
      • 15.8.3.2. Assigning Shared Folder Access from within a Project Space
    • 15.8.4. Automatic Mounting of Shared Folders
    • 15.8.5. Manually Mounting a Shared Folder onto a Virtual Machine
    • 15.8.6. Viewing Shared Folders Available to a Project Space
    • 15.8.7. Accessing a Mounted Share on a Virtual Machine
      • 15.8.7.1. Accessing a Mounted Share on a Windows Virtual Machine
      • 15.8.7.2. Accessing a Mounted Share on a Linux Virtual Machine
    • 15.8.8. Unmounting Shared Folders from Virtual Desktops
    • 15.8.9. Removing Access to a Shared Folder on a File Storage Server
    • 15.8.10. Deleting a Shared Folder on a File Storage Server
    • 15.8.11. Data Backup and Recovery for Shared Folders
• 16. Tags
  • 16.1. Creating Tags
  • 16.2. Editing Tag Definitions
  • 16.3. Editing Tag Values in a Project Space
  • 16.4. Deleting Tags
  • 16.5. Required vs Inherited Tags
• 17. Templates
  • 17.1. Saving a Virtual Desktop Configuration to a Template
    • 17.1.1. Creating a Virtual Desktop Template During Virtual Desktop Creation
    • 17.1.2. Creating a Virtual Desktop Template from an Existing Virtual Desktop
  • 17.2. Saving Configured Applications to an Application Package Template
    • 17.2.1. Creating an Application Package Template During Virtual Desktop Creation
    • 17.2.2. Creating an Application Package Template from an Existing Virtual Desktop
  • 17.3. Viewing Templates
  • 17.4. Deleting a Template
• 18. Cost and Usage Reporting
• 19. General Settings
  • 19.1. Allowing or Forbidding Local Drive Mapping on Virtual Machines