Creating an Amazon Machine Image for Flame Family Products

This topic explains how to create an instance with Rocky Linux and install an Autodesk Flame Family product: Flame, Flare, or Flame Assist.

Prerequisites:

An Autodesk Account
The Rocky Linux AMI from Autodesk in your account

Warning

Do not use aws_configure or store your credentials when creating the image, as this would include your credentials in the Flame Family AMI.

Install Flame Family Product Software

Download the Flame Family product TAR files from your Autodesk Account.
Upload the Flame Family product files to an S3 bucket.
Launch an instance using the AMI created in the previous section. You need an instance with a GPU, a G4dn or G5 instance.
From your local machine, connect to the instance through ssh. Use the flameadmin account and the keypair of the instance.
```
ssh -i <keypair> flameadmin@<INSTANCE PUBLIC IP>
```
Create a temporary work folder:
```
mkdir -p /tmp/provisioning
```
(Optional) Set the time zone.

The Autodesk Rocky Linux AMI is set to the Eastern Time zone (America/New_York). Best practice is to set your instance to your timezone.
1. Get the list of time zones with the following command.
```
timedatectl list-timezones
```
2. From the list of time zones, locate the one you need such as America/New_York and use it to set the time zone on the instance.
```
sudo timedatectl set-timezone <Your-Timezone>
```

Install Flame Family products, replacing the <... TAR FILE> tags with the path of the files uploaded to the S3 bucket.

If installing Flame.

cd /tmp/provisioning

aws s3 cp <FLAME TAR FILE> flame.tar
tar xf flame.tar
cd `tar tf flame.tar | head -1 | cut -d "/" -f 1`
sudo ./INSTALL_FLAME --keepxorg --noui --noagreement

sudo sed -ir 's/^Audiodevice ALSA/#Audiodevice ALSA/' /opt/Autodesk/flame*/cfg/init.cfg
sudo sed -ir 's/^#Audiodevice PulseAudio/Audiodevice PulseAudio/' /opt/Autodesk/flame*/cfg/init.cfg

If installing Flare.

cd /tmp/provisioning

aws s3 cp <FLARE TAR FILE> flare.tar
tar xf flare.tar
cd `tar tf flare.tar | head -1 | cut -d "/" -f 1`
sudo ./INSTALL_FLARE --keepxorg --noui --noagreement

sudo sed -ir 's/^Audiodevice ALSA/#Audiodevice ALSA/' /opt/Autodesk/flare*/cfg/init.cfg
sudo sed -ir 's/^#Audiodevice PulseAudio/Audiodevice PulseAudio/' /opt/Autodesk/flare*/cfg/init.cfg

If installing Flame Assist.

cd /tmp/provisioning

aws s3 cp <FLAME_ASSIST TAR FILE> flameassist.tar
tar xf flameassist.tar
cd `tar tf flameassist.tar | head -1 | cut -d "/" -f 1`
sudo ./INSTALL_FLAMEASSIST --keepxorg --noui --noagreement

sudo sed -ir 's/^Audiodevice ALSA/#Audiodevice ALSA/' /opt/Autodesk/flameassist*/cfg/init.cfg
sudo sed -ir 's/^#Audiodevice PulseAudio/Audiodevice PulseAudio/' /opt/Autodesk/flameassist*/cfg/init.cfg

Clean up:

sudo sed -i 's/UUID=.*$/UUID=/' /opt/Autodesk/cfg/network.cfg
sudo sed -i 's/ID=.*$/ID=/' /opt/Autodesk/sw/cfg/sw_storage.cfg
sudo find /opt/Autodesk/ -type f \( -name '*.log' -o -name '*.log.[1-9]*' \) -exec rm -f {} \;
sudo sed -i 's|^\([# \\t]*\)Scope=224.0.0.1|Scope=239.0.0.1|' /opt/Autodesk/cfg/network.cfg
sudo sed -i 's/224.0.0.1/239.0.0.1/g' /opt/Autodesk/*/bin/verifyBurnConn

echo "net.ipv4.conf.all.force_igmp_version=2" | sudo tee --append /etc/sysctl.conf

sudo shred -u ~/.aws* /etc/ssh/*_key /etc/ssh/*_key.pub ~/.*history
cd && sudo rm -fr /tmp/provisioning

Clear the command line history and shut down the instance.
```
history -c
sudo shutdown now
```

You can now convert this instance image to a Flame AMI.

Create the final AMI

From the AWS Console, go the EC2 Instances page.
Right-click on the stopped instance that was created in the previous section.
Select Image and Templates Create Image.
Give the new image a name and a description.
Select No reboot.
Decide if you want the instance volume to be deleted on termination (Enabled by default).
You can keep all other options as default, or adjust according to your needs.
Click Create Image.
Your new AMI will appear in the AMI section of the EC2 Management Console.

You can now use this AMI to launch Flame-ready instances. For more information, see Autodesk Flame Configuration (Networked) to configure a Flame Family application networked with other Flames, Burn, or a project server.

To configure a standalone Flame, see Autodesk Flame Configuration (Standalone).

(Optional) Optimize the NVIDIA GPU for Your Instance

The optimization of the GPU depends on the instance type you are using; see AWS documentation for parameters specific to each available instance type.

For example, to set optimal NVIDIA GPU settings for a G4dn instance, enter the following settings on the command line.

  sudo nvidia-persistenced
  sudo nvidia-smi -ac 5001,1590

Creating an Amazon Machine Image for Flame Family Products

Install Flame Family Product Software

Create the final AMI

(Optional) Optimize the NVIDIA GPU for Your Instance

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