1. Launch EC2 Instance

You should expect to pay roughly $100 / month for an EC2 instance that can run Hubble.

1. In AWS, go to EC2 > Instances > Launch Instances

2. Give it a name and select Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type and 64-bit (x86)

3. Choose m5.xlarge for instance type (~$70/mo)

4. In Key pair (login), select Create a new key pair , then select RSA and .pem format, and save it

5. In Network settings, select Allow SSH traffic from Anywhere

6. In Configure storage, select 20 GiB of gp3 storage($30/mo)

7. Click Launch Instance on the righthand side menu

Configure Network Permissions

1. Go to EC2 → Instances
2. Click on the Instance ID
3. Click on Security > Security groups > (Security Group ID)
4. Click on Edit inbound rules and Edit outbound rules on the group page and add rules until they match the screenshot below

1. Add port 2281 to the inbound rules if you wish to use the HTTP API

   

3. Connect to your Instance

1. Find your .pem file from earlier and run chmod 400 key.pem
2. Go to EC2 → Instances, click on the Instance ID and copy the IPv4 Address
3. Connect with ssh ubuntu@<ipv4 address> -i key.pem

4. Setup and run hubble

Follow the remaining instructions on installing hubble