Access Archives

Before you begin

Deploy Proficy Historian for AWS.

About this task

Archives and log files are stored in Elastic File System (EFS). This topic describes how to access them for troubleshooting, monitoring, etc.

Procedure

  1. Launch an EC2 instance. While launching the EC2 instance, under Configure Instance Details, in the Network field, select the VPC in which you have deployed Proficy Historian for AWS. In addition, in the Subnet field, select the public subnet of the VPC.
    Note down the path to the .pem key file and the public IP address or DNS of the EC2 instance.
  2. In the list of EC2 instances, select the check box corresponding to the one that you have created.
  3. Select Actions > Security > Change security groups.
    The Change security groups window appears.
  4. In the Select security groups field, select the EKS cluster that you have created while deploying Proficy Historian for AWS, select Add security group, and then select Save.
    CAUTION: Do not remove any security group.
  5. From the machine using which you want to access archive files, run the following command to connect to the EC2 instance: 
    ssh -i <path to your .pem key file> ec2-user@<public IP/DNS of the EC2 instance>
  6. Create a directory in the EC2 instance.
  7. Access the AWS console.
  8. Select EFS, and then select the EFS instance that contains the EKS cluster name.
  9. Select Attach.
  10. Copy the value in the Using the NFS client field.
  11. Paste the value in the EC2 instance terminal.
  12. Access the directory that you have created in step 6.
    The directory contains a folder named historian, which contains the archives and log files.