Using Exasol Cloud Deployment Wizard

You can create a configuration for an Exasol cluster or single node system using Exasol's Cloud Deployment Wizard for public clouds. The wizard guides you through the sizing and configuration of the cluster using an Exasol standard Deployment Manager Template. After configuring your cluster you can download the pre-configured template and deploy it using Google Cloud Shell. All settings can be reviewed and customized in the Google Cloud Shell interface before deployment.

Prerequisite

  • You must have your account set up on Google Cloud Marketplace.
  • Enable the deployment manager API in the project where you want to deploy Exasol.
  • Ensure that you have sufficient quota for compute instances and storage (SSD persistent disk) required in the project.

Basic Mode

Do the following to use the wizard in Basic mode:

  1. Open Exasol Cloud Deployment Wizard in your web browser.
  2. Select your cloud platform.
  3. Select your region from the drop-down and click Continue.

  4. Select your raw data size from Raw Data Size.
  5. Select one of the following recommendations from System Recommendations:
    • Basic Configuration: Shows a minimum specification for you data size.
    • Balanced Configuration: Shows an average specification for you data size for good performance.
    • High Performance Configuration: Shows the best possible specification for you data size for high performance.

    The above options are shown depending on your selection in Raw Data Size.

  6. Click Continue. The Summary page shows all the details about the GCP instance.

  7. Do the following on the Summary page:

    1. Select Create New VPC to create a virtual network or Use Existing VPC or use an existing virtual network.

    2. Click Download template to download the Deployment Manager Template on your system.

You can now upload the downloaded template to GCP using Google Cloud Shell.

Advanced Mode

Do the following to use the wizard in Advanced mode:

  1. Open Exasol Cloud Deployment Wizard in your web browser.
  2. Select your cloud platform.
  3. Select your region from the drop-down and click Continue.

  4. Click Advanced Configuration button on the Configuration page.
  5. Configure the instance based on your requirements.

  6. Click Continue. The Summary pages shows all the details about the GCP instance.

  7. Do the following on the Summary page:
    1. Select Create New VPC to create a virtual network or Use Existing VPC or use an existing virtual network.

    2. Click Download template to download the Deployment Manager Template on your system.

You can now upload the downloaded template to GCP using Google Cloud Shell.

Launch Instance

Once the instance is in running state, you can connect to it using the IP address or the DNS name displayed in the console. To launch the instance, follow these steps:

  1. Copy and paste the IP address or the DNS name of the instance in a browser.
  2. You will receive a digital certificate to confirm. Once you have confirmed this, the installation is initialized, and the following screen is displayed.

  3. Once installation is complete, you will be redirected to the EXAoperation screen.

It may take up to 45 minutes for the EXAoperation to be online after deployment.

Next Steps

Connect to Exasol

After installing Exasol on GCP, you can do the following:

Load Data

After you have connected your choice of tool to Exasol, you can load your data into Exasol and process further. To learn more about loading data into Exasol, see Loading Data.

Administration

For the maintenance tasks related to Exasol on GCP, see Administration - Google Cloud Platform.