NVIDIA Isaac Sim™ Development Workstation (Windows)

1. Prerequisites: To create and use Workstation instances you will need:

• AWS Account
• AWS Key Pair created for authentication
• AWS security group to control access to ports
• Port 22 for SSH
• Port 8443 for connecting with NICE DCV
• PuTTY to SSH into the AMI instance (Windows)
• NICE DCV client

2. Launch the AMI: Navigate to the AWS Omniverse AMI marketplace product page.

• To create your own AWS instance, select the View purchase options button
• If you have not already subscribed to the software, you will need to Accept Terms the first time. This may take a few minutes to complete.
• When the subscription is completed, click the Continue to Configuration button
• On the Configure this software page list, click the Continue to Launch button
• On the Launch this software page:
• Set the Choose Action option to Launch through EC2
• Click the Launch button
• When the EC2 page opens, name your instance
• Set the Instance type to g6e.2xlarge if not already listed
• Set the Key Pair (login) to use your Key Pair file
• In the Network settings section, select the Select existing security group option. In the Common security groups dropdown select your security group
• In the Summary section on the right side of the page, click Launch instance
• Find your named instance in the table. It will take a few minutes for the instance state to change from Initializing to Running

3. Connect to the AMI Instance Before you log in, make sure that:

• Your AMI instance is running
• PuTTY is installed
• NICE DCV Client is installed
• Key Pair created

Follow the instructions below depending on the OS you are running and the instance type.

a) Using PuTTY to connect for Linux instances - Copy the Public IP Address of your instance. You can find this by - Pick the checkbox next to your instance to select it - In the information panel below the table, find the Public IPv4 address and copy it - Open up PuTTY - In the Host Name (or IP Address) input paste your instances Public IPv4 address - Expand Connection > SSH > Auth > Credentials. Browse to the location of your Key Pair, and select it - Select Open in the PuTTY dialog to connect. - When you are connected to the AMI, change the password. The password needs to be changed in order for the NICE DCV connection to work. - Change the password for the ubuntu account in order to use the Amazon DCV client. Using sudo passwd ubuntu The password needs to be set via SSH/PuTTY each time a new instance is created, this is by design for security reasons - Enter a new password. Check your session is running by using sudo dcv list-sessions. There should be a console session running. b) Using EC2 to Connect for Windows Instances - Select your instance from the EC2 page and from the toolbar select Connect - On the Connect to instance page select the RDP Client tab - Set your username and then select Get password - Upload your private key file associated with the instance and select Decrypt password - Use this username and password to log in when you connect with DCV Client c) Connect to the Instance with DCV Client - Open the Amazon DCV Client and enter the public IP address of your instance in this format (https://<public IPv4>:8443), followed by Connect. - If you see the Server Identity Check message, select Trust and Connect - Log in using the Username: ubuntu and the password that you just set in PuTTY followed by the Login button - The Ubuntu desktop GUI will now be displayed in the Amazon DCV window

Congratulations! You have now logged in to your AMI instance. It is ready for use.