AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery labs step by step

 

1. Create an Elastic Disaster Recovery (EDR) Replication Instance

• Navigate to EDR Console: In the AWS Management Console, search for "Elastic Disaster Recovery" and select the service.
• Create Replication Instance: Click "Create replication instance".
• Configure Instance:
  • Name: Provide a meaningful name.
  • Instance type: Choose an appropriate instance type based on your workload.
  • Availability Zone: Select the desired availability zone.
  • IAM role: Create a new IAM role with necessary permissions to access EC2, S3, and other required resources.
  • Tags: Add any relevant tags for organization and management.
• Create: Click "Create replication instance".

Elastic Disaster Recovery Console showing the creation of a replication instance

2. Create a Replication Configuration

• Navigate to Replication Configurations: In the EDR console, select "Replication configurations".
• Create Replication Configuration: Click "Create replication configuration".
• Configure Replication:
  • Name: Provide a meaningful name.
  • Replication instance: Select the previously created replication instance.
  • Source VPC: Choose the VPC containing your source resources.
  • Target VPC: Choose the VPC where the disaster recovery resources will be deployed.
  • Replication settings: Configure replication settings like replication frequency, data transfer rate, and retention policy.
• Create: Click "Create replication configuration".

Elastic Disaster Recovery Console showing the creation of a replication configuration

3. Create a Replication Group

• Navigate to Replication Groups: In the EDR console, select "Replication groups".
• Create Replication Group: Click "Create replication group".
• Configure Replication Group:
  • Name: Provide a meaningful name.
  • Replication configuration: Select the previously created replication configuration.
  • Replication group type: Choose the desired replication group type (e.g., manual, automated).
  • Failover settings: Configure failover settings like failover mode and automatic failover triggers.
• Create: Click "Create replication group".

Elastic Disaster Recovery Console showing the creation of a replication group

4. Add Resources to the Replication Group

• Select Replication Group: Choose the newly created replication group.
• Add Resources: Click "Add resources".
• Select Resources: Choose the EC2 instances or other resources you want to replicate.
• Add: Click "Add".

Elastic Disaster Recovery Console showing the addition of resources to a replication group

5. Test Failover

• Select Replication Group: Choose the desired replication group.
• Initiate Failover: Click "Initiate failover".
• Confirm Failover: Confirm the failover operation.