Connect to the Bastion Host

Now that you have access to the AWS account, follow the steps to connect to the bastion host:

If you’re using your own AWS account instead of EventEngine, click here

EventEngine - Connect to the Bastion Host.

  1. Connect to the bastion host using the information provided in the EventEngine team dashboard. To connect to a Windows Remote Desktop, use the following software depending on your Operating System:
  • Windows computers: Run MSTSC.exe command to open the Remote Desktop Client.
  • Mac computers: Remote Desktop 10
  • Linux computers: Remmina

bastion_dashboard

Your bastion host has all the required software to run this workshop and should look like this: bastion

Optional steps

The following steps are optional for ease of use. To keep the console and the step-by-step guide inside the bastion host and avoid having to go back and forth between the remote desktop session and your local computer, you can open the EventEngine, AWS console and instructions inside the bastion host:

  1. Connect to the bastion host and execute the following steps from inside the bastion host
  2. Open EventEngine https://dashboard.eventengine.run
  3. Insert the token provided by AWS employee
  4. In the Team Dashboard, click on AWS Console awsconsole
  5. Click on Copy Login Link loginlink
  6. Open this guideline Migration Immersion Day

If you are using EventEngine, please move forward to the next page.

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the information above is related to EventEngine. If you’re using your own AWS account, please follow the steps bellow

Your Own Account - Connect to the Bastion Host

This step is only required if you are using your own AWS account instead of EventEngine

  1. Sign in to your AWS Account AWS Console using an account with administrative privileges
  2. In the AWS console, open CloudFormation
  3. Open the stack named MigrationImmersionDay
  4. Check CloudFormation Outputs section
  5. Connect to the bastion host using the information provided in Cloudformation Output (BastionRDP). Sample screenshot below loginlink To connect to a Windows Remote Desktop, the following software must be used depending on your Operating System:
  • Windows computers: Run MSTSC.exe command to open the Remote Desktop Client.
  • Mac computers: Remote Desktop 10
  • Linux computers: Remmina

Default username for bastion host is Administrator. Use the password defined during the CloudFormation launch.

Your bastion host has all the required software to run this workshop and should look like this: bastion