Automation Anywhere Cloud Service is a deployment model that enables organizations to create, run, and manage API Tasks within the AWS private cloud infrastructure that they manage. This deployment includes installing a Control Room in an AWS EC2 instance and provisioning the required AWS resources using an AWS CloudFormation stack.

Overview

The Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS private cloud feature enables you to deploy API Tasks within your AWS private cloud instead of Automation Anywhere-hosted cloud. This deployment mode keeps the sensitive and critical data within the network perimeter of the organization. Organizations can leverage secure and scalable infrastructure while maintaining full control over their automation workloads. This capability targets organizations that require private hosting to maintain data sovereignty, enhance security, meet compliance standards, and achieve low-latency performance. Hosting both Control Room and the Automation Anywhere Cloud Service resources within the same VPC reduces the latency and improves the throughput of API Tasks.

Automation Anywhere Cloud Service supports all the current API Tasks workflows that Automation Anywhere offers. Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS private cloud requires an Enterprise Platform to create, run, and manage API Tasks.

Benefits

The following are the benefits of running Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS private cloud:

  • Deploy API Tasks inside your AWS infrastructure, keeping sensitive and critical data in-house.
  • Deploy Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS private cloud in the region of your choice that has compliance-aligned data residency and security posture.
  • Create private endpoints to invoke and manage API Tasks within AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
  • Control scaling and performance of the AWS resources to support low-latency and high-throughput automations.
  • Integrate Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS private cloud with your existing Automation Anywhere platform components and services.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure of Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS private cloud includes an AWS EC2 instance and an AWS CloudFormation stack. You must set up and deploy both components in the same AWS VPC.

The Control Room runs on the EC2 instance within your AWS VPC. Automation Anywhere Cloud Service supports both Windows and Linux EC2 instances.

The Automation Anywhere CloudFormation template allows you to configure and provision the required AWS infrastructure for Automation Anywhere Cloud Service. You can use the template to create a CloudFormation stack and set up the resources, including the creation of the AWS Elastic Kubernetes Cluster (EKS).

Your organization manages and maintains the AWS environment and the underlying resources. The AWS administrator of the organization sets up the general AWS resources like VPCs, subnets, and security groups to host the Control Room and creates the associated IAM roles and policies for secure API access. Automation Anywhere provides the Control Room installer and the CloudFormation template. The template enables you to create IAM roles, security groups, and other resources that are specific to Automation Anywhere Cloud Service.

Note:
  • Currently, Automation Anywhere Cloud Service does not support deployments in us-west-1 - US West (N. California) region.
  • Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS supports AWS private cloud only. If your environment is on AWS public cloud, you cannot set up Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS public cloud.

Downloads

The Automation Anywhere Cloud Service artifacts are available in the A-People portal (A-People Downloads page (Login required)).

File Description
aacs-aws-onprem.yaml The aacs-aws-onprem.yaml CloudFormation template enables you to create the CloudFormation stack.
Automation360_Build_v38_<buildnumber>.zip The zip file contains the Automation 360 on-prem installer that is applicable for Automation Anywhere Cloud Service on AWS private cloud.