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Machine Learning in AWS

Follow this guide to deploy the Machine Learning module for AWS private data processing.

Prerequisite

Before you deploy the Machine Learning module, you must complete these steps on the Set Up AWS Account and VPC for Private Data page...

  1. Configured a VPC dedicated to Alteryx Analytics Cloud (AAC) as mentioned in the Create a VPC section.

  2. Service account and base IAM policy attached to the service account as mentioned in the Configure IAM section.

  3. Successfully triggered private data processing provisioning as mentioned in the Trigger Private Data Handling Provisioning section.

Account Setup

Step 1: Configure IAM

Step 1a: Create Machine Learning IAM Policy

You need to create a custom IAM policy. Name it AAC_MachineLearning_SA_Policy and use the following policy document. We recommend using the JSON tab instead of the visual editor. AACAAC requires some * permissions to run. Expect some security warnings when you create the policy.

    {
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iam:PassRole",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*",
            "Condition": {
                "StringEqualsIfExists": {
                    "iam:PassedToService": [
                        "ec2.amazonaws.com",
                        "ec2.amazonaws.com.cn"
                    ]
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "eks:*",
                "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
                "kms:CreateGrant",
                "kms:Decrypt",
                "kms:DescribeKey",
                "kms:Encrypt",
                "kms:GetKeyPolicy",
                "kms:GetKeyRotationStatus",
                "kms:ListGrants",
                "kms:ListResourceTags",
                "kms:ListRetirableGrants",
                "kms:PutKeyPolicy",
                "kms:RetireGrant",
                "kms:RevokeGrant",
                "kms:ScheduleKeyDeletion",
                "kms:TagResource",
                "kms:UntagResource"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:eks:*:*:addon/*/*/*",
                "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*",
                "arn:aws:eks:*:*:nodegroup/*/*/*",
                "arn:aws:eks:*:*:identityproviderconfig/*/*/*/*",
                "arn:aws:eks:*:*:access-entry/*/*/*",
                "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
                "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor2",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
                "iam:CreateOpenIDConnectProvider",
                "iam:CreatePolicy",
                "iam:CreatePolicyVersion",
                "iam:CreateRole",
                "iam:DeleteOpenIDConnectProvider",
                "iam:DeletePolicy",
                "iam:DeletePolicyVersion",
                "iam:DeleteRole",
                "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
                "iam:DetachRolePolicy",
                "iam:GetOpenIDConnectProvider",
                "iam:GetPolicy",
                "iam:GetPolicyVersion",
                "iam:GetRole",
                "iam:GetRolePolicy",
                "iam:GetUser",
                "iam:GetUserPolicy",
                "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
                "iam:ListAttachedUserPolicies",
                "iam:ListGroupsForUser",
                "iam:ListInstanceProfilesForRole",
                "iam:ListPolicyTags",
                "iam:ListPolicyVersions",
                "iam:ListRolePolicies",
                "iam:PassRole",
                "iam:PutRolePolicy",
                "iam:TagOpenIDConnectProvider",
                "iam:TagPolicy",
                "iam:TagRole",
                "iam:UntagOpenIDConnectProvider",
                "iam:UntagPolicy",
                "iam:UntagRole",
                "iam:UpdateOpenIDConnectProviderThumbprint",
                "iam:UpdateRole",
                "iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:iam::*:policy/*",
                "arn:aws:iam::*:oidc-provider/*",
                "arn:aws:iam::*:user/*",
                "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor3",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "autoscaling:*",
                "ec2:*",
                "eks:CreateCluster",
                "eks:ListClusters",
                "elasticloadbalancing:*",
                "iam:GetAccountName",
                "iam:ListAccountAliases",
                "iam:ListRoles",
                "iam:CreateInstanceProfile",
                "iam:DeleteInstanceProfile",
                "iam:GetInstanceProfile",
                "iam:TagInstanceProfile",
                "iam:UntagInstanceProfile", 
                "iam:RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile", 
                "iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile", 
                "kms:CreateKey",
                "logs:CreateLogGroup",
                "logs:DeleteLogGroup",
                "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
                "logs:ListTagsLogGroup",
                "logs:PutRetentionPolicy",
                "logs:TagResource",
                "logs:UntagResource",
                "logs:TagLogGroup",
                "logs:UntagLogGroup",
                "logs:ListTagsForResource",
                "networkmanager:Describe*",
                "networkmanager:Get*",
                "networkmanager:List*",
                "s3:CreateBucket",
                "s3:DeleteBucket",
                "s3:DeleteBucketPolicy",
                "s3:DeleteBucketWebsite",
                "s3:DeleteObject",
                "s3:DeleteObjectVersion",
                "s3:DeleteObjectVersionTagging",
                "s3:GetAccelerateConfiguration",
                "s3:GetBucketAcl",
                "s3:GetBucketCORS",
                "s3:GetBucketLocation",
                "s3:GetBucketLogging",
                "s3:GetBucketObjectLockConfiguration",
                "s3:GetBucketOwnershipControls",
                "s3:GetBucketPolicy",
                "s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus",
                "s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock",
                "s3:GetBucketRequestPayment",
                "s3:GetBucketTagging",
                "s3:GetBucketVersioning",
                "s3:GetBucketWebsite",
                "s3:GetEncryptionConfiguration",
                "s3:GetLifecycleConfiguration",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:GetObjectAcl",
                "s3:GetObjectVersion",
                "s3:GetObjectVersionAcl",
                "s3:GetObjectVersionAttributes",
                "s3:GetObjectVersionForReplication",
                "s3:GetObjectVersionTagging",
                "s3:GetObjectVersionTorrent",
                "s3:GetReplicationConfiguration",
                "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:ListBucketVersions",
                "s3:PutAccelerateConfiguration",
                "s3:PutBucketAcl",
                "s3:PutBucketCORS",
                "s3:PutBucketLogging",
                "s3:PutBucketObjectLockConfiguration",
                "s3:PutBucketOwnershipControls",
                "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
                "s3:PutBucketPublicAccessBlock",
                "s3:PutBucketRequestPayment",
                "s3:PutBucketTagging",
                "s3:PutBucketVersioning",
                "s3:PutBucketWebsite",
                "s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration",
                "s3:PutLifecycleConfiguration",
                "s3:PutObject",
                "s3:PutObjectAcl",
                "s3:PutObjectVersionAcl",
                "s3:PutObjectVersionTagging",
                "sts:GetCallerIdentity",
                "memorydb:CreateSubnetGroup",
                "memorydb:CreateUser",
                "memorydb:CreateAcl",
                "memorydb:CreateCluster",
                "memorydb:TagResource",
                "memorydb:DescribeSubnetGroups",
                "memorydb:DescribeUsers",
                "memorydb:DescribeACLs",
                "memorydb:DescribeClusters",
                "memorydb:ListTags",
                "memorydb:DeleteUser",
                "memorydb:DeleteSubnetGroup",
                "memorydb:DeleteAcl",
                "memorydb:DeleteCluster",
                "memorydb:UpdateAcl",
                "memorydb:UpdateCluster",
                "memorydb:UpdateSubnetGroup",
                "memorydb:UpdateUser"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor4",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "secretsmanager:*",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:*"
        }
    ]
}

Step 1b: Tag the IAM Policy

Tag the custom IAM policy created in Step 1a.

Tag Name

Value

AACResource

aac_sa_custom_policy

Step 1c: Attach IAM Policy

Attach the AAC_MachineLearning_SA_Policy IAM policy to the aac_automation_sa service account created on the Set Up AWS Account and VPC for Private Data page.

Anmerkung

AAC_MachineLearning_SA_Policy is an example policy name. You can choose any name for the policy, but the name must start with AAC_MachineLearning.

Step 2: Configure Subnet

Anmerkung

If you purchased Designer Cloud and Machine Learning, then configure the subnets as mentioned in the Designer Cloud setup guide. Both Designer Cloud and Machine Learning resources share the same subnets.

Machine Learning in the private data plane requires up to 4 subnet groups. Each group contains 3 individual subnets, each in a different availability zone.

  1. eks_control group (required): The EKS control plane uses this subnet to accept incoming job execution requests.

  2. eks_node group (required): The EKS cluster uses this subnet to execute Alteryx software jobs (for example, connectivity, conversion, processing, and publishing).

  3. public group (required): This group doesn’t run any services but the eks_node group uses it for egress out of the cluster.

  4. aac_private group (required): This group runs services private to the private data processing.

Step 2a: Create Subnets in the VPC

Configure subnets in the aac_vpc VPC.

Create subnets and tag them following this example. Modify values, as needed, to meet your network architecture…

CIDRs

Subnet Name

Subnet

AZ

Tag Name

Tag Value

10.64.0.0/18

eks_node

10.64.0.0/21

AZa

AACSubnet

eks_node

eks_node

10.64.8.0/21

AZb

AACSubnet

eks_node

eks_node

10.64.16.0/21

AZc

AACSubnet

eks_node

10.10.0.0/21

eks_control

10.10.0.0/27

AZa

AACSubnet

eks_control

eks_control

10.10.0.32/27

AZb

AACSubnet

eks_control

eks_control

10.10.0.64/27

AZc

AACSubnet

eks_control

public

10.10.0.128/27

AZa

AACSubnet

public

public

10.10.0.160/27

AZb

AACSubnet

public

public

10.10.0.192/27

AZc

AACSubnet

public

private

10.10.1.0/25

AZa

AACSubnet

private

private

10.10.1.128/25

AZb

AACSubnet

private

private

10.10.2.0/25

AZc

AACSubnet

private

Wichtig

You must tag subnets with Tag Name and Tag Value as mentioned in the table.

Step 2b: Subnet Route Tables

Create the route table for your subnets.

Anmerkung

This route table is an example.

Subnet Name

Route Destination

Target

Comments

eks_node

/18 CIDR Block

/21 CIDR Block

<s3 prefix id>

0.0.0.0/0

Local

Local

<vpce endpoint id>

<gateway id>

Configure the same routes to all 3 AZs subnet routing tables.

eks_control

/18 CIDR Block

/21 CIDR Block

<s3 prefix id>

0.0.0.0/0

Local

Local

<vpce endpoint id>

<gateway id>

Configure the same routes to all 3 AZs subnet routing tables.

public

/18 CIDR Block

/21 CIDR Block

0.0.0.0/0

Local

Local

<internet gateway id>

Configure the same routes to all 3 AZs subnet routing tables.

Anmerkung

Your <gateway id> can be either a NAT gateway created per AZ or a transit gateway, depending on your network architecture.

Step 3: Quota Adjustment

Your private data plane requires a quota increase on these services. Adjust the Applied quota value numbers as follows:

Amazon EC2

  • Quota Name: Running On-Demand Standard (A, C, D, H, I, M, R, T, Z) instances

  • Quota Description: Maximum number of vCPUs assigned to the Running On-Demand Standard (A, C, D, H, I, M, R, T, Z) instances.

  • AWS default quota value: 5

  • Applied quota value: 2500

Request Quote Increase

  1. Sign in to the AWS account console.

  2. Search for Service Quotas and select the service.

  3. Select AWS Service from left navigation pane.

  4. Search for the service (for example, Amazon EMR Serverless or Amazon EC2).

  5. Select the quota name.

  6. Select Request quota increase.

  7. Request the specified quota increase.

Egress

Host 

Port 

Protocol 

Purpose 

us.app.unleash-hosted.com 

443

HTTPS

Retrieve feature flags from Unleash.

Private Data Processing

Achtung

Wenn Sie eine der durch AAC bereitgestellten Public-Cloud-Ressourcen ändern oder entfernen, nachdem die private Datenverarbeitung bereitgestellt wurde, führt dies zu einem inkonsistenten Status. Diese Inkonsistenz löst Fehler während der Auftragsausführung oder der Aufhebung der Bereitstellung der Einrichtung für die Verarbeitung der privaten Datenebene aus.

Step 1: Trigger Machine Learning Deployment

Data plane provisioning triggers from the Admin Console inside AACAAC. You need Workspace Admin privileges within a workspace in order to see it.

  1. From the AACAAC landing page, select the Profile menu and then select Workspace Admin.

  2. From the Admin Console, select Private Data Handling and then select Processing.

  3. Select the Machine Learning checkbox and then select Update.

Selecting Update triggers the deployment of the cluster and resources in the AWS account. This runs a set of validation checks to verify the correct configuration of the AWS account.

Anmerkung

The provisioning process takes approximately 35–40 minutes to complete.

After the provisioning completes, you can view the created resources (for example, EC2 instances and node groups) through the AWS console. It is very important that you don't modify them on your own. Manual changes might cause issues with the function of the private data plane.