FusionHub and Cloud Platform integration (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

[Jason]

FusionHub is Peplink’s virtual SpeedFusion appliance which allows you to establish SpeedFusion between cloud servers and physical Peplink units and supports a number of Hypervisor Platforms along with a growing number of Cloud Platforms.

• Installing on AWS

Deploying Peplink FusionHub at AWS Marketplace

Acquiring FusionHub from AWS Marketplace (Firmware 8.0.2s127 onwards) - June 2020 Now you can acquire the FusionHub instance from AWS Marketplace, as illustrated with steps below. Login to AWS Marketplace [image] Once logged in, look for the FusionHub using the search tool [image] The FusionHub will be shown in the search results page, click on the FusionHub to continue. [image] Select the Region and the EC2 Instance type for your FusionHub, then click “Continue to Subscribe” for…

Installing on MS Azure

Deploying FusionHub in Microsoft Azure Using it's Dashboard (Azure GUI)

Hello Community, Having posted the Powershell script and instructions for deploying FusionHub into Azure over the weekend which can be found at the link below: Deploying FusionHub in Microsoft Azure Using Local Powershell It occurred to me that not everyone will be comfortable configuring, running or working with Powershell. So, I have duplicated the same process using the Azure Dashboard. In order to simplify the instructions, I have added them to each image for the configuration. It looks …

Deploying FusionHub in Microsoft Azure Using Local Powershell

Hello Community, I have been meaning to do this for a while but now here it is, hopes it helps some of you. I was trying to deploy a FusionHub VM into Azure using the instructions provided by Peplink but could not get it to work and came up with errors probably because some of the commands have been deprecated. If you would like to use the Azure Dashboard to deploy your FusionHub in Azure, I have created another post at this link: Deploying FusionHub in Microsoft Azure Using it’s Dashboard (A…

• Installing on Google Cloud

Configuring FusionHub for Google Cloud Engine

FusionHub is the virtual SpeedFusion appliance from Peplink which allows you to establish SpeedFusion connections between cloud servers and physical Peplink devices, among those supported is Google Cloud. Configuration (Google Cloud platform) - Download the GCE FusionHub image here Login and go to the Console - Under Home > Storage, go to Storage > Browser [1] We’ll need to create a Bucket for the FusionHub instance. Click Create Bucket - [2] Name the bucket, it can be whatever you l…

• Installing on Digital Ocean

FusionHub - Installation in Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean is one of the easiest cloud platforms to install FusionHub in. There are three basic steps: From your Digital Ocean dashboard Under the Manage section choose Images and then Custom Images click on Upload Image. Choose the fusionhub.vmdk file that you downloaded here. [Screen Shot 2020-01-17 at 11.06.51 AM] Choose More to the right of the FusionHub.vmdk listed in your images and choose Start a droplet - you may need to first make that image available in the region you want t…

[Venn]

Hello,

Any success in getting a LAN interface up with GCP? I’m struggling here…

[TK_Liew]

May I know any reason LAN interface is needed?

[Venn]

Same reasons as for a LAN interface in a privately hosted Hub. If you need specific routing in a fully GCP hosted environment.

[mystery]

Is any cloud provider better than the other for Fusionhub Solo?

What are the typical monthly costs? I am assuming they break out CPU v RAM v Bandwidth? Any way to estimate what it might cost per month to run a Fusionhub Solo instance?

The digitalocean post at: FusionHub - Installation in Digital Ocean shows its $5/month for 1TB. Pretty straight forward!

Thanks!

[C_Metz]

Azure was a pain to setup and even though most of it is free for 1 year, I’m exceeding their free 15GB outbound traffic rule and paying around $8.70 for 100GB of bandwidth each month. I was forced to go with them because they own the only reasonably close data center to me. I’m in Austin and they have a facility in San Antonio. Added latency is under 10ms.

I tried using Peplink cloud service, but the data center it connected me to was in New York and it was adding around 150ms of latency. My decision on cloud was solely driven by closest data center.

[MartinLangmaid]

@C_Metz

My decision on cloud was solely driven by closest data center.

Vultr is in Dallas try pinging tx-us-ping.vultr.com $5/month for their entry level VM with 1Tb of data transfer.

[C_Metz]

Thanks to Martin for the tip! Vultr has slightly less latency and will save me $$$ I’m a happy camper. One final question. Since Vultr doesn’t automatically use a firewall in front of the VM… Is FusionHub considered a “hardened” image? IE, do I need to add a firewall instance in front of it, or is it just like their physical appliances… IE good for being placed directly onto the internet?

[MartinLangmaid]

Glad it’s worked out for you!
It’s hardened, just do the usual and change admin username and password to something longer and more complex.

For future reference I made a video showing how to setup Fusionhub on vultr.
https://peplink.ninja/2020/05/02/how-to-setup-peplink-fusionhub-on-vultr-com/

[Venn]

Hello,

Are you working on an easy solution for Alibaba cloud?

Thanks !

[stego]

Just followed your video and setup a solo fusionhub license. Tested on my B20x with mac based outbound policy. Very cool!

We will be using a Max 700 with a WAN and Wifi as Wan connections to improve our livestreaming quality for our parish.

I got to this thread looking for advice on protecting the FusionHub appliance on Vultr. DDOS not available in my region (Canada) but as you mentioned above, its already hardened.

Thanks again, video was very well done and straightfoward.