Secondary Region

Deploying the Amazon CloudFormation Template

1.1 Create the application in the secondary region N. California (us-west-1) by launching this CloudFormation Template.

1.2 Specify stack parameters.

Change the IsPrimary parameter to value no.

Leave LatestAmiId as the default values

1.3 Click Next to continue.

1.4 Leave the Configure stack options page defaults and click Next to continue.

1.5 Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the checkbox to acknowledge IAM role creation, then click Create stack.

You will need to wait for the Hot Secondary Region stack to have a status of Completed before moving on to the next step. This will take approximately 15 minutes.