Ohlala Operations for Amazon EC2

What is Ohlala Operations for Amazon EC2 ?

Ohlala Operations for Amazon EC2 is an easy-to-use tool that helps you manage your Amazon EC2 instances running Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. It will help automate:

  • The configuration of AWS SSM in your environment
  • The patching of your Microsoft Windows instances
  • A connectivity check with your Active Directory domain
  • Joining your Windows instances to your Active Directory domain

And more to come!

What does Ohlala Operations for Amazon EC2 look like ?

Ohlala Operations for Amazon EC2 is a web application that you can access from any device with a web browser.

Why should you use Ohlala Operations for Amazon EC2 ?

To save time!

Not every IT professional has time to invest in building skills on AWS. Sometimes migrating to AWS was not a choice made by the IT department, or you may have inherited an IT infrastructure built on AWS following an acquisition… Whatever the situation, we’re here to help!

At Ohlala Automation Solutions, we believe automation is the key to success. It allows you to focus on higher business value tasks while the automation do the boring an repetitive tasks.

How does Ohlala Operations for Amazon EC2 work ?

Ohlala Operations for Amazon EC2 relies on AWS Systems Manager to manage your Windows EC2.

To join Windows EC2 to your Active Directory domain, you will need to provide the credentials of an AD service account with the necessary permissions. Other functionalities do not use AD credentials and are executed on the Windows machine using a local account with systems privileges (this is how AWS SSM works).

How
Active Directory service account and password are stored in a Secrets Manager entry in your AWS account. The password is encrypted using the AWS KMS service.