CoPilot Deployment Methods

You can deploy Aviatrix CoPilot directly from any supported cloud service provider (CSP) marketplace (single instance only), by using Terraform scripts, or by using the Aviatrix Controller user interface (available for AWS starting from Controller release 6.7.1185).

General Recommendation for Choosing Which Deployment Method

General recommendations for which deployment method to use are as follows:

  • For Amazon Web Services, use Marketplace Cloudformation (preferred), or Terraform scripts (preferred) or Aviatrix Controller user interface.

  • For Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, use Terraform scripts.

Deploy from the CSP Marketplace

Deploying from the CSP marketplace takes only a few clicks to provision and launch the instance. This method is particularly used for single-node use cases immediately after subscribing; you must subscribe to a CoPilot offer in the marketplace as a first step for all deployment methods. The marketplace deployment is not supported for a fault-tolerant (clustered) deployment. See Subscribe to a CoPilot Offer in the Marketplace.

Deploy by using Terraform Scripts

If you are knowledgeable in deploying infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, it is convenient to launch CoPilot by using Terraform scripts. You can launch a simple or clustered deployment using Terraform scripts. At this time only AWS and Azure are supported for launching a CoPilot clustered deployment using Terraform. A summary of steps for launching a single instance using Terraform is provided at Deploy CoPilot using Terraform. Please refer to the Aviatrix Terraform Module for CoPilot for the most current instructions and samples on GitHub here: https://github.com/AviatrixSystems/terraform-modules-copilot.

Deploy from Aviatrix Controller User Interface

If your Controller is in AWS, you can launch a CoPilot simple or fault tolerant (clustered) deployment from the Aviatrix Controller user interface. This deployment method has its advantages because the associated auto-deploy process configures security group rules that are required for CoPilot and Controller and gateway inter-connectivity. See Deploy CoPilot from your Controller UI (AWS Only).