AWS Region

This page explains how to use the AWS Region identifier to uniquely identify workloads deployed on AWS.

Understanding the AWS Region identifier

When you deploy applications to AWS, you use the region to isolate and group resources by geographic location. Each AWS Region contains multiple availability zones and is useful for controlling latency and data residency. For more info, see “Regions and Availability Zones” in the AWS docs.

Applicable deployment type

Aembit supports the AWS Region identification method for Edge-based deployments on Virtual Machines deployed to AWS.

Create a Client Workload with an AWS Region identifier

To configure a Client Workload with an AWS Region identifier, follow these steps:

1. Log into your Aembit Tenant.

2. Click Client Workloads in the left nav pane.

3. Click New, revealing the Client Workload pop out menu.

4. Enter the Name and optional Description for the Client Workload.

5. Under Client Identification, select AWS Region.

   For Value, enter the AWS Region where the workload is running.

   For example, if your AWS Region is us-west-2, enter that in the Value field.

   If you don’t know the AWS Region or how to find it, see Find AWS Region.

6. Click Save.

   Aembit displays the new Client Workload on the Client Workloads page.

Client Workload identifier uniqueness

When you identify a Client Workload using a single identifier such as this one in a complex environment, this identifier may not always provide sufficient uniqueness.

To avoid Aembit unintentionally matching something beyond what it’s intended to match, Aembit recommends that you set additional identifiers to compliment this one, creating a Client Workload identity that’s unique across your environment.

See Using multiple Client Workload identifiers for guidance on combining this identifier with more specific identifiers such as those on the Client Workload Identifiers overview page, which includes vendor- and technology-specific identifiers.

Find AWS region

To find your AWS Region in the AWS Console, follow these steps:

Note

You can also find the AWS Region in the resource metadata, EC2 dashboard, or by using the AWS CLI.

Be sure to enter the region in its standard format (for example us-east-1, eu-central-1).

1. Go to the AWS Management Console.

2. Open the service (for example, EC2) that hosts your resource.

3. You’ll see the region in the top-right corner of the Console or in the resource’s details.

   Use this value in your Aembit configuration.