The learning curve is steep and the terminology is challenging, too. Well written and easy to understand, this series is a must read if you want to use Amazon Web Services and FileMaker Server.I recently set up a Simple Email Service (SES) account to use with 360Works Cloudmail, and it is truly a challenging learning experience that is not for the faint of heart. But it is much easier than it was a 18 months ago when I first tried it. AWS handles all of that, and their interface has improved greatly since the last time I used it a couple of years ago. Or perhaps you’ll need redundancy, high speed fail over, or just extra processing power for high load times. And that’s a good thing in many ways: If you need more processors, memory, or hard drives, it’s just a setting change. All instances are virtual, meaning the server’s processors, hard drive space, and memory are carved out of much larger banks of servers. Part 1 walks you through setting up the AWS instance (what Amazon calls a server). If you’re willing to pay the price, you can get blazingly fast servers but all that can be explored later – the setup process is pretty much the same. Find out more about the terms of this offer here.Īlthough the Free Tier uses the bottom end of AWS’ hardware specs, we’ll be taking advantage of this offer just to check out what the service is like and if it might be a good match for us or any of our clients. If it’s good enough for all of them, it’s good enough for us right? So, let’s see what steps are involved in setting up our own Instance (AWS’ term for a virtual server).įirst up, AWS provide a Free Tier service, whereby setting up and using your virtual server in the cloud is free for 12 months as long as you stay within certain limits of usage etc. They now provide streaming services for Netflix and a whole list of other big name clients. What’s involved in setting up FileMaker Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the biggest players out there and reported to be among the most reliable.

Learn to set up your own FileMaker Server using Amazon Web Services in this step-by-step tutorial from Sounds Essential… Part one of an in-depth look at setting up an Amazon Web Server and installing FileMaker services by Duncan Baker of Sound Essentials:

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