Deploying the Amazon Web Services CloudFormation stack

Part of configuring DNS data flow from Amazon Route 53 to IBM® NS1 Connect® through IBM Cloud Sync is to deploy the AWS CloudFormation stack.

Before you begin

Ensure that these are set up:

An API key for your NS1 Connect account
An Amazon Web Services (AWS) account with permissions to use AWS CloudFormation

About this task

The aws-route53-ns1-connect template in AWS CloudFormation defines the infrastructure of the AWS services that Cloud Sync uses to synchronize data to NS1 Connect. All resources that are configured by the template can be reviewed before installation in both the AWS Serverless Repository and in the public NS1 Connect GitHub repository.

Enter your API key and deploy the AWS CloudFormation stack to start synchronizing data from Amazon Route 53 to NS1 Connect.

Use your AWS account to complete this task.

Procedure

In AWS:

Set your region to US East (N. Virginia).
Search for or open the Serverless Application Repository service.
In the Serverless Application Repository, click Available applications.
On the Public applications tab, select the Show apps that create custom IAM roles or resource policies checkbox.
The aws-route53-ns1-connect application appears in the list.
From the list, click aws-route53-ns1-connect.
The Review, configure and deploy page opens showing the template, permissions, and settings for the application.
In the Application settings section, use the NS1APIKey field to enter the API key of your NS1 Connect account.
Select the I acknowledge that this app creates custom IAM roles and resource policies checkbox.
Click Deploy.

Results

The stack is deployed in the background and might take a few minutes to finish. If you want to see the progress, you can check the AWS CloudFormation stack for aws-route53-ns1-connect.

What to do next

Tag the zones in Amazon Route 53 that you want to synchronize to NS1 Connect. For more information, see Tagging DNS zones in Amazon Route 53.