Activating your Virtual License
To begin the setup process for your Virtual Flexbox (vFlex), you will first need to navigate to the Flexboxes page in your ClearView Flex Admin panel. From there select the Virtual Licenses tab. Here you will find a list of all your allocated virtual licenses and their associated virtual Flexboxes on your Project.
If you do not have any available Virtual Licenses, speak to your account manager for more information.
By selecting the spanner icon next to the license you want to use, you can start the self-managed provisioning process.
A simple form will allow you to input a Flexbox name and the location of the Flexbox.
The Flexbox name is a free form field. This will be used for other users on your Project to identify the Flexbox when creating review sessions and for other management purposes. Select something appropriate and recognisable. It will need to be unique within the context of the project.
Locations relate to where our Flexbox infrastructure is situated. Select the one nearest to where your vFlex is hosted to ensure the lowest possible latency for your Flex sessions.
Select “Generate Activation Key” to move to the next stage.
This will generate an activation key and login credentials required to register your vFlex.
You must copy your Activation Key and save it if not using it immediately. You will not be able to access this information later.
Basic Requirements
To get started with ClearView Flex on AWS, you'll need:
An AWS Account: If you don't have one, you'll need to create an AWS account.
Basic EC2 Knowledge: Understanding concepts like virtual machines (AMIs), instances, and security groups will be helpful.
Access Granted by Us: We'll provide you with an AMI image (a template for launching your virtual Flexbox) and an activation key.
Key Terms
AMI (Amazon Machine Image): A template used to create a virtual machine on AWS.
EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud): An AWS service that provides on-demand virtual computers for your applications.
Recommendation: We suggest using a C6a.2xlarge instance type for optimal performance with your vFlex.
Testing Setup
We will set up a virtual license on your ClearView Flex project and grant your AWS account access to an AMI image.
You can find the AMI in the AWS console, by searching for an "AMI name" containing the word ClearView Flex. Once you have created an EC2 instance from the AMI, you can log on at the virtual machine console with the provided credentials and use an activation key to register the virtual appliance with the ClearView Flex platform.
Provisioning your vFlex Appliance in AWS
Once the EC2 instance has been successfully launched, connect to the instance serial console (see Connect to the EC2 Serial Console) and log in with the credentials obtained in the previous step:
Run the registration command, providing the activation key. This command will register the appliance with the ClearView Flex platform and complete the process of setting up the virtual machine:
Once this process is completed, you can exit and disconnect from the serial console:
You can now add your virtual Flexbox to a group (see Managing Flexboxes in a Group), configure the NDI settings (see Flexbox Network Settings). Once you've done this, it will be ready to use.
Removing a Flexbox from a Virtual license
If you want to free up a license for use with another virtual machine, you will need to remove the Flexbox from the license. To do so, find the desired license in your Virtual license list on the Virtual licenses tab of the Flexbox page of the ClearView Flex Admin panel.
Select the ‘X” button in the table. You’ll be asked to confirm that you wish to remove the Flexbox from the license. This will prevent any existing virtual machine activated using this license from functioning.
Video Walkthrough of Setup