See the document APEX File Storage for AWS architecture for details about the architecture. APEX File Storage for AWS deployment consists of four high-level steps:
- Plan your deployment: APEX File Storage for AWS has a predefined supported configuration, including cluster size, cluster capacity, EC2 instance type, EBS volume type, and so on. You must know about the supported configuration before you start to deploy the cluster. For details, see the documentation Supported cluster configuration.
- Prerequisites check list: You must fulfill all the prerequisites before following this guide to deploy a cluster. For details, see the section Prerequisites.
- Deploy AWS infrastructure: After you have planned your deployment and fulfilled the prerequisites, you can use onefs module to deploy AWS resources. For details, see the section Deploy AWS resources.
- Set up the cluster: To add additional nodes to the cluster, connect to the first node of the cluster. For details, see the section Set up the cluster.