# Installing Vulnerability Manager Plus on AWS

## How to install Vulnerability Manager Plus on AWS?

For those who wish to ease their server management using Amazon EC2 instance, you can now install Vulnerability Manager Plus on your instance and secure your endpoints with ease. To know more about EC2 instances click [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/EC2_GetStarted.html).

### Prerequisites

1. Ensure that the instance meets the [system requirements](https://www.manageengine.com/vulnerability-management/system-requirements.html) needed to install Vulnerability Manager Plus
2. Ensure that the instance's Public IP/DNS is not blocked by any firewall and is accessible to all client computers
3. Open the [ports](https://www.manageengine.com/vulnerability-management/help/vulnerability-management-architecture.html#server_port) of Vulnerability Manager Plus at Amazon [security groups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/VPC_SecurityGroups.html) for smooth communication between the Vulnerability Manager Plus server and the client computers

**Note:** The database can be hosted in AWS marketplace. Click [here](https://www.manageengine.com/vulnerability-management/system-requirements.html) to know the SQL server versions available in AWS.

### Steps

After purchasing your instance from Amazon Web Service, you can install Vulnerability Manager Plus on your instance by referring to this [presentation](https://www.manageengine.com/vulnerability-management/help/steps-to-install-VMP-at-aws-presentation.pdf).

You have now successfully installed the Vulnerability Manager Plus server. To proceed further, you have to install the Vulnerability Manager Plus agent on the computers you want to manage. Check out [this page](https://www.manageengine.com/vulnerability-management/help/scope-of-management.html) to know more on installing agents.

**Note:** When you access the Vulnerability Manager Plus using the public IP/DNS address, note that the "Public IP/DNS address" changes when the instance is stopped/terminated. As Vulnerability Manager Plus works on an agent-server model, it is recommended to use an Elastic IP address for uninterrupted communication between the server and the client computers. For more details on Elastic IP address click [here](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/elastic-ip-addresses-eip.html).

You have now successfully deployed Vulnerability Manager Plus on Amazon EC2 Instance.