Deploying Infor SyteLine on Amazon Web Services
While Azure dominates SyteLine cloud deployments, AWS offers compelling options for organizations with existing AWS investments or multi-cloud strategies. SyteLine runs on Windows Server with IIS and SQL Server, both fully supported on AWS EC2 and RDS. This guide covers the AWS-specific configuration decisions for a production SyteLine environment.
EC2 Instance Types for SyteLine
AWS instance selection for SyteLine follows similar principles to Azure but uses different instance families. The r6i and m6i families provide the memory-to-compute ratios that SyteLine's IDO layer and SQL Server require. Graviton ARM instances are not compatible with SyteLine's Windows-only architecture.
- Application Server: r6i.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 64 GB) for IDO and Mongoose services
- Web Server: m6i.xlarge (4 vCPU, 16 GB) for IIS-hosted SyteLine Web UI
- Database: r6i.4xlarge (16 vCPU, 128 GB) for self-managed SQL Server on EC2
- EBS gp3 volumes with provisioned IOPS for SQL Server data files and transaction logs
- Placement groups for low-latency communication between application and database instances
RDS SQL Server vs EC2-Hosted SQL Server
Amazon RDS for SQL Server simplifies database management but introduces limitations relevant to SyteLine. RDS does not support SQL Agent jobs with PowerShell steps, certain CLR operations, or linked servers to non-RDS instances. Evaluate your SyteLine customizations against these constraints before choosing RDS.
- RDS Multi-AZ deployment for automatic failover with SyteLine-compatible recovery times
- EC2-hosted SQL Server with Windows Server Failover Clustering for full feature access
- RDS backup retention up to 35 days with automated snapshots and cross-region replication
- License Included vs Bring Your Own License pricing models for SQL Server Enterprise
- Performance Insights monitoring for identifying slow SyteLine IDO queries on RDS
VPC and Security Architecture
AWS VPC design for SyteLine requires private subnets, NAT gateways, and security group rules tailored to SyteLine's communication ports. AWS Directory Service or self-managed Active Directory on EC2 provides the Windows authentication that SyteLine requires for user login and IDO session management.
- Multi-AZ VPC with private subnets for database and application tiers
- Application Load Balancer with SSL termination for SyteLine web endpoints
- AWS Directory Service for Microsoft AD or AD on EC2 for SyteLine authentication
- Security groups allowing port 1433 only from application subnet CIDR ranges
- AWS Systems Manager Session Manager for secure server access without SSH or RDP exposure
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