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title: RELIANOID v8 Deployment Guide as BYOL in AWS
description: "**This guide explains how to deploy an instance of the RELIANOID Enterprise Edition Load Balancer on the AWS Cloud Platform using a BYOL License.** **Why deploy RELIANOID on AWS?** RELIANOID is a powerful and feature-rich load balancer that supports advanced…"
url: "https://www.relianoid.com/resources/knowledge-base/enterprise-edition-v8-administration-guide/relianoid-v8-deployment-guide-as-byol-in-aws/"
updated: "2025-07-28"
category: Enterprise Edition / Administration Guide v8
---

# RELIANOID v8 Deployment Guide as BYOL in AWS

**This guide explains how to deploy an instance of the RELIANOID Enterprise Edition Load Balancer on the AWS Cloud Platform using a BYOL License.**

**Why deploy RELIANOID on AWS?**
 RELIANOID is a powerful and feature-rich load balancer that supports advanced networking capabilities, including Layer 7 proxying, SSL offloading, content switching, Web Application Firewall, Intrusion Prevention and Detection System, Multi Factor Authentication, VPN, stateful clustering for high availability, real-time notifications, and more. It brings a robust **Site Reliability Experience** to your cloud infrastructure.

## Create a RELIANOID Enterprise Load Balancer Instance on AWS

**1. Log in to your AWS account.**
 Access the AWS Management Console and click on **Launch Instances**.

![relianoid load balancer create aws instance](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/00-launch-new-instance_aws_relianoid.webp)

**2. Set the instance name and search for RELIANOID**
 Under **Applications and OS Images (AMI)**, search for **RELIANOID**.

![relianoid load balancer aws marketplace search](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/01-search-for-relianoid_aws.webp)

**3. Select the RELIANOID AMI**
 From the **Amazon Marketplace** results, choose **RELIANOID ADC Enterprise Edition**.

![relianoid enterprise v8 aws marketplace listing](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/relianoid_ee_v8_aws_marketplace_listing-1024x413.webp)

**4. Continue to configuration**
 Click **Continue** to proceed with the instance configuration.

![relianoid load balancer enterprise v8 aws subscription](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/relianoid_ee_v8_aws_marketplace_product_subscription-1024x589.webp)

**5. Choose an instance type**
 Select an instance type with appropriate resources for your use case.

**Recommendation**: At least 2 vCPUs for SSL Offload operations.

Choose your **Key Pair** to enable SSH access to the appliance.

![relianoid load balancer aws instance type](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/04-instance-type-and-key-pair_aws_relianoid.webp)

**6. Configure firewall settings (Security Groups)**
 Set up security groups according to your needs.
 For management, allow the following:

- HTTPS port 444 from the Internet
- SSH port 22 from the Internet

For public virtual services, allow the following:

- Custom TCP traffic from Anywhere
- HTTPS (port 443) traffic from the Internet
- HTTP (port 80) traffic from the Internet

![relianoid load balancer aws instance firewall settings](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/05-firewall-settings_aws_relianoid.webp)

**7. Allocate storage**
 Assign at least **20 GB** of disk space for the instance.

![relianoid load balancer aws instance storage](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/06-storage_aws_relianoid.webp)

**8. Review and launch the instance**
 Review all settings and launch the instance.

![relianoid load balancer aws launch instance](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/07-launch-instance_aws_relianoid.webp)

**9. Verify the instance status**
 Ensure the instance enters the **Running** state.

![relianoid load balancer aws instance listing](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/08-instance-list_aws_relianoid.webp)

**10. Locate the Public DNS**
 From the instance summary, copy the **Public IPv4 DNS**. You'll use this for accessing the system via SSH and web browser.

![](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/09-instance-info_aws_relianoid-1024x316.webp)

## Initial Setup of RELIANOID Enterprise Load Balancer on AWS

**11. Connect via SSH**
 SSH into the instance using the **admin** user:

`ssh -i your-key.pem admin@<Public_IP>`

Then switch to the root user and change the **root** password:

`sudo su -
passwd`

It would appear to re-type the password to avoid any mistake.

**12. Access the Web GUI**
 In your web browser, go to:

`https://<Public_IP_or_DNS>:444`

You may see a warning that the connection is not private. Click **Advanced** and **Proceed** to continue.

![relianoid load balancer aws web interface access](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11-access-web_aws_relianoid.webp)

**13. Log in to the web interface**
 At the login page, use:

`Username: root
Password: the one you set in the previous step`

![relianoid load balancer aws login page](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/12-login-page_aws_relianoid.webp)

**14.** Once logged successfully in the web GUI, please activate the instance via [https://www.relianoid.com/activate-ee](https://www.relianoid.com/activate-ee). A form will be shown to insert the **Key** generated, **Hostname** and your **Email**. After submitting the form, a PEM certificate file will be downloaded after few seconds. Finally, upload the PEM file in the webGUI of your new instance.

![relianoid load balancer enterprise aws instance activation](https://www.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/13-activation_aws_relianoid.webp)

**15.** Finally, access to the web GUI.

![relianoid load balancer aws instance web interface dashboard](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/14-logged-in_aws_relianoid-1024x563-1.webp)

## AWS Clustering setup

Finally, if clustering is required, please follow this guide to setup a stateful clustering with two instances:
 [https://www.relianoid.com/resources/knowledge-base/howtos/advanced-load-balancing-and-clustering-in-amazon-web-services/](https://www.relianoid.com/resources/knowledge-base/howtos/advanced-load-balancing-and-clustering-in-amazon-web-services/)

**Enjoy the load balancing experience with RELIANOID Enterprise Load Balancer in the Cloud!**

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