Cloud overview
Connect AWS accounts to discover EC2 instances and onboard them in Alpacon.
What Cloud does
- Connect an AWS account: link an account with a guided CloudFormation setup. Alpacon receives read-only access to your EC2 inventory, and optionally permission to install the agent.
- Discover EC2 instances: Alpacon keeps an up-to-date inventory of your instances across regions, syncing automatically.
- Install the agent: roll out the Alpamon agent to an instance with one click via AWS Systems Manager (SSM), or follow a manual SSH guide.
- Manage in one place: onboarded instances become regular Alpacon servers you connect to through work sessions.
Key concepts
Cloud account: a connected AWS account. Alpacon discovers instances and (optionally) installs agents within it. See Connect an AWS account and Manage accounts.
Instance: an EC2 instance discovered in a connected account. See Instance inventory.
Agent installation: onboarding an instance by installing the Alpamon agent so it becomes a managed Alpacon server. See Install the agent.
How it works
- Connect an AWS account with the guided wizard.
- Alpacon discovers your EC2 instances and keeps the inventory in sync.
- Install the agent on the instances you want to manage.
- Onboarded instances appear under Servers and are accessed through work sessions.