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HOW TO CREATE AN AMAZON EC2 INSTANCE FOR THE SRV250
CONTENTS
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1 Getting Started with the AWS Console
4 Setting up the Security Firewalls
6 Installing the .NET Framework 3.5 and the Eltek Gateway
19 Installing FileZilla and setting up a FTP Server
25 Setting up the Firewall with Advanced Security
31 The Eltek Gateway Application
32 Checking the Ports are set up correctly
33 Configuring the SRV250 Logger and Darca Heritage
35 Confirming Darca Heritage can retrieve data
36 Further Information
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Amazon AWS Console: The back of house area in Amazon AWS - the account and control settings used
to set up and manage the instance.
Remote Desktop: The desktop of the virtual server where Eltek Gateway runs (this is the day-to-day
operating area of the EC2 instance - your virtual Microsoft Windows Server).
SRV250: The Eltek datalogger
Darca Heritage: The software used to configure the datalogger from a PC.
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USING YOUR PC - GETTING STARTED WITH THE AMAZON AWS CONSOLE
Create an Amazon AWS Account at: https://aws.amazon.com/account/ and sign in to the console.
Click the dropdown arrow next to “All
Services” and then click EC2
Click Launch Instance
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Scroll down the options until you get to
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Base
and click Select
N.B. It is possible to use other options,
but this is the one we would
recommend.
The default option is free, but you can
choose a variation with the options
that is appropriate for your use.
When you have chosen, click Review
and Launch.
Leave the default settings as they are
and click Launch.
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Click the dropdown menu and select
“Create a new key pair”. Give it a
name in the box below (MyFirstKey in
this example) and click Download Key
Pair. Save the file somewhere that you
can locate it easily in the future.
Click Launch Instances
Click View Instances
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USING YOUR PC - SETTING UP THE SECURITY FIREWALLS
The last step in the previous section will bring you to this menu; if you need to locate this menu again,
log in to the console, click EC2 as you did in the first step of the previous section, then click Instances
in the panel on the left.
Scroll over to the right of the panel and
click the link under Security Groups
(launch-wizard-1 in this example)
Click the Inbound tab
Click Edit
Click the Add Rule button to add
a new row
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You need to add rules as follows:
Type Protocol Port Range Source Description
Custom TCP TCP 21 Anywhere port21
Custom TCP TCP 11000 Anywhere port11000
Custom TCP TCP 1024-1124 Anywhere port1024
Custom TCP TCP 3389 Anywhere port3389
Click Save when you have added
all the rules.
Click Instances in the left panel
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USING YOUR PC - INSTALLING .NET FRAMEWORK 3.5 & ELTEK GATEWAY ON THE SERVER
From the Instances menu, make a note of the Instance ID
and the Availability Zone.
N.B. You may need to resize the Instance ID column to see
the whole ID. Hover over small grey bar just to the right of
the Instance ID column label, and when the cursor changes,
you will be able to click and drag right to resize.
Click Snapshots
In the dropdown here, click and select Public Snapshots
Click in the search bar here, then select Owner from the
dropdown menu, then click Amazon Images.
Click in the search bar again, click Description from the
dropdown menu, and then type in “windows”. Press Enter.
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Scroll down and select the Installation
Media that matches the version of Windows
Server you chose originally – it is this one if
you have chosen our recommendation.
Click the Actions dropdown button, then
click Create Volume.
Click in the Availability Zone box, then
choose the correct zone that you noted
down earlier.
Click Create Volume
Click on the volume you just created.
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Select your instance and then click
“Connect”.
Select your volume, press the Actions
button, then click Attach Volume.
Click in the Instance field and either type in the
Instance ID you noted down before, or click the
Instance ID that appears below in the dropdown.
Click Attach
Click the Instances option in the left
hand pane.
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Click Get Password and select the
location of the key file you saved
earlier, click Choose File and then click
Decrypt Password.
These are the Windows Server Admin
login credentials – save these somewhere
safe.
Click Download Remote Desktop File.
Select Save File and save it somewhere
it can easily be located again.
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Find the saved Remote Desktop
Connection file in the file explorer,
right-click on it and select Edit.
Click on the Local Resources tab
Click More…
Click the + next to Drives and then tick
next to Local Disk (C:)
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Click Connect
If you see this screen, click Connect
Enter the password that you created
before (the Windows Server Admin login)
and click OK
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If you see this screen, select Yes to continue.
Once the Remote Desktop has opened, right-click
on the Windows logo in the bottom left of the
screen, then click Disk Management.
Right-click on the Disk and click Online,
then close the window.
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In file explorer, click on the Windows 2012 R2 English Media
(D:) folder (or whichever Installation Media you selected
earlier) and open the sources folder.
Open the sxs folder
Click in the bar here, and copy
the address, e.g. D:\sources\sxs
At the bottom left of the screen, click on
the icon here to open Server Manager.
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Click on option 2: Add roles and features
Click Next
Leave the installation type as Role-based and click Next
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Leave the server selection as the default and click Next
Leave the server roles as the default and click Next
Tick .NET Framework 3.5 Features
Click Next
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Click Specify an alternative source path
Enter the file path that you previously copied from
the sources/sxs folder and click OK.
Click Install
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In file explorer, locate the Eltek
Gateway GPRS installation folder on your
PC’s C Drive, and copy it.
Go to the Local Disk of the server and
paste the folder into the C Drive, then
open the pasted folder, and run the
setup.exe.
When installation has finished, click Close.
Click Run
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Press Next on each of these three windows.
Click Close
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USING REMOTE DESKTOP - INSTALLING FILEZILLA & SETTING UP A FTP SERVER
You cannot access Internet Explorer via the Start Menu in the Instance – you have to find the
application via file explorer.
Download FileZilla Server from https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=server
N.B. Only download FileZilla Server. Do not download FileZilla Client.
Locate Internet Explorer in this folder
Open the application – you can create a
shortcut on the desktop for future use.
If this error message
appears, click Add…,
then Add on the next
window, then Close.
You can then proceed to
the webpage.
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Click to Download
Click Save
Locate the installer file. If it appears as the type
“file”, rename it to add .exe on the end and press
Enter.
Click I Agree
Click Next
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Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
When installation has finished, click Close
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Open FileZilla, leave the server settings as they are
and click Connect.
Click Edit in the file menu, then click Settings
Go to Passive mode settings
Tick Use custom port range and enter 1024-1048
Select to retrieve the external IP address from
http://ip.filezilla-project.org/ip.php or you can
also specifically put the address DNS name you use
in your remote desktop
e.g.: ec2-6-100-129-60.compute-1.amazonaws.com
Click OK
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In file explorer, create a new folder in the
Local Disk (C:) drive called EltekGateway
Back in FileZilla, click Edit in the file
menu, then Users
Click Add
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Minimise FileZilla.exe (do not shut it down) as it needs to be left running in the background (so that it can
transfer data from ‘C:\EltekGateway’).
Add a user account name and then click OK
Tick to add a password and type one in
Click Shared folders
Click Add and add the folder you previously set up
e.g. C:\EltekGateway
Tick to add Read, Write and Delete permissions
Click OK
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USING REMOTE DESKTOP - SET UP THE ‘WINDOWS FIREWALL WITH ADVANCED SECURITY’
Click on the windows logo in the bottom left of
the screen to bring up the start menu. Click on
Administrative Tools.
Open Windows Firewall with
Advanced Security.
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Click on Inbound Rules
Click on New Rule
Select Program
Click Next
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Select This program path. Click the browse button to navigate
to the FileZilla Server .exe program. In this example, it was in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Filezilla Server\FileZillaServer.exe
Click Next
Click Next
Leave this at the default setting
Leave these at the default settings (all ticked)
Click Next
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Name the rule “FileZillaServer”
Click Finish
Click to add another New Rule
Select Port
Click Next
Leave this as TCP
Choose Specific local ports and enter 11000
Click Next
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Leave this as the default setting
Click Next
Leave these as the default settings (all ticked)
Click Next
Call the rule Port 11000
Click Finish
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Click to add another New Rule
Select Program
Click Next
Select This program path and locate the GPRSServer.exe file (in this example
it was located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Eltek\GPRSServer\GPRSServer.exe)
Click Next
Leave this at the default setting
Click Next
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USING REMOTE DESKTOP - THE ELTEK GATEWAY APPLICATION
Leave these at the default settings (all ticked)
Click Next
Name this rule GPRSServer
Click Finish
Open the GPRS-Server program from the
desktop
Click on File then Properties
Make sure the port here is correct (11000)
Minimise the program (don’t close it) as it
needs to be left running in the background
(so that it can receive data from an SRV250).
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USING YOUR PC – CHECKING THE PORTS ARE SET UP CORRECTLY
Go to the Amazon Web Server EC2 Console and go to the Instances menu.
Navigate to https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports
You need to note down the IPv4 Public IP
Enter the saved the IPv4 Public IP here
Check the ports here (21, 11000, 3389) to see that
they are all open. Please note that this tool is unable
to check the port range 1024-1124.
If there are any closed ports, review the section
“Setting up the Security Firewalls” and check that
the FTP and Windows firewalls have been correctly
configured.
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USING YOUR PC - CONFIGURING THE SRV250 LOGGER AND DARCA HERITAGE
Open Darca Heritage from your PC.
Open Site Settings
Open Setup Squirrel
If the squirrel is currently logging, press Stop, then Clear.
Go into Squirrel Settings
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Go to the GPRS tab
Enter the IPv4 address that you noted down earlier
Ensure the server port is correct (11000)
These settings are relevant to your SIM provider, and also
need to be correct.
Click OK
Restart the squirrel and press Disconnect
to leave the squirrel setup.
Click Options
Click on the GPRS Server tab
Enter your details here.
The Host address is your Public IPv4 that you noted down.
The Port is 21.
The username is the name of the user that you set up in
FileZilla (ftp-user in this example).
The password is the password that you gave that user.
You can leave the folder blank as the FTP server is already
sharing the EltekGateway folder.
Click OK
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USING YOUR PC - CONFIRM DARCA HERITAGE CAN RETRIEVE DATA
Using one transmitter and the SRV250 logger, set up transmitters and Squirrel in the normal manner
(refer to the Darca Heritage guide for how to do this).
Check your GPRS-Server program is still running on the remote desktop (the EC2 instance).
In Site Settings, go to Setup Connection.
Select via GPRS
Tick GPRS – Import data from a
gateway file on the GPRS server
Click Done
Click Meter to check that the data is
coming through properly.
You’re all done!
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Further information on certain topics can be found with the following links:
Getting started with AWS:
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/tutorials/launch-windows-vm
More information about Security Groups:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/using-network-security.html
More information about Windows Optional Components:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/windows-optional-components.html
Creating and using volumes:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/ebs-using-volumes.html