You should setup a PostgreSQL database manually to be used by the ToolJet server.
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Follow the steps below to deploy ToolJet on AWS EC2 instances.
1. Setup a PostgreSQL database and make sure that the database is accessible from the EC2 instance.
2. Login to your AWS management console and go to the EC2 management page.
3. Under the `Images` section, click on the `AMIs` button.
4. Find the [ToolJet version](https://github.com/ToolJet/ToolJet/releases) you want to deploy. Now, from the AMI search page, select the search type as "Public Images" and input the version you'd want `AMI Name : tooljet_vX.X.X.ubuntu_bionic` in the search bar.
5. Select ToolJet's AMI and bootup an EC2 instance.
Creating a new security group is recommended. For example, if the installation should receive traffic from the internet, the inbound rules of the security group should look like this:
protocol| port | allowed_cidr|
----| ----------- | ----------- |
tcp | 22 | your IP |
tcp | 80 | 0.0.0.0/0 |
tcp | 443 | 0.0.0.0/0 |
6. Once the instance boots up, SSH into the instance by running `ssh -i <path_to_pem_file> ubuntu@<public_ip_of_the_instance>`
7. Switch to the app directory by running `cd ~/app`. Modify the contents of the `.env` file. ( Eg: `vim .env` )
If there are self signed HTTPS endpoints that Tooljet needs to connect to, please make sure that `NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS` environment variable is set to the absolute path containing the certificates.
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8.`TOOLJET_HOST` environment variable determines where you can access the ToolJet client. It can either be the public ipv4 address of your instance or a custom domain that you want to use.
Examples:
`TOOLJET_HOST=http://12.34.56.78` or
`TOOLJET_HOST=https://yourdomain.com` or
`TOOLJET_HOST=https://tooljet.yourdomain.com`
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We use a [lets encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/) plugin on top of nginx to create TLS certificates on the fly.
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Please make sure that `TOOLJET_HOST` starts with either `http://` or `https://`
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9. Once you've configured the `.env` file, run `./setup_app`. This script will install all the dependencies of ToolJet and then will start the required services.
10. If you've set a custom domain for `TOOLJET_HOST`, add a `A record` entry in your DNS settings to point to the IP address of the EC2 instance.
12. You're all done, ToolJet client would now be served at the value you've set in `TOOLJET_HOST`.
#### Deploying Tooljet Database
ToolJet AMI comes inbuilt with PostgREST. If you intend to use this feature, you'd only have to setup the environment variables in `~/app/.env` file and run `./setup_app` script.
