Install Vertica with manually deployed AWS resources

Vertica provides an AMI that you can install on AWS resources that you manually deploy. This section will guide you through configuring your network settings on AWS, launching and preparing EC2 instances using the Vertica AMI, and creating a Vertica cluster on those EC2 instances.

Choose this method of installation if you are familiar with configuring AWS and have many specific AWS configuration needs. (To automatically deploy AWS resources and a Vertica cluster instead, see Installing Vertica with CloudFormation templates.