Head over to and sign up for a free account. The entire FMS setup will take a couple of blog posts, and in this first one we’ll be dealing with the initial set up and security configuration of our AWS account – it’s the less exciting part of the process but an essential one. If you’re willing to pay the price, you can get blazingly fast servers but all that can be explored later – the setup process is pretty much the same. Find out more about the terms of this offer here.Īlthough the Free Tier uses the bottom end of AWS’ hardware specs, we’ll be taking advantage of this offer just to check out what the service is like and if it might be a good match for us or any of our clients. If it’s good enough for all of them, it’s good enough for us right? So, let’s see what steps are involved in setting up our own Instance (AWS’ term for a virtual server).įirst up, AWS provide a Free Tier service, whereby setting up and using your virtual server in the cloud is free for 12 months as long as you stay within certain limits of usage etc. They now provide streaming services for Netflix and a whole list of other big name clients. The most complicated of the three is the last, as it involves a decent amount of set up, and choosing a provider from the vast market of cloud services can be daunting.īut this got us thinking… What’s involved in setting up FileMaker Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the biggest players out there and reported to be among the most reliable.

Set up your own FMS using one of the many cloud services availableĮach of these options has their pros and cons, but they’re all viable solutions, depending on the needs of the users/organization.Utilize one of the many FileMaker hosting providers in the marketplace.

Purchase FMS and a dedicated computer (Mac or PC) to run it on and host locally.

Using FileMaker Server (FMS) provides more flexibility, security, functionality, backups, better performance – the list goes on, but it’s a wise decision on their part.īut then comes the question, how and where to host? We’ve been working with a client recently who wants to host the FileMaker solution we’ve built for them on FileMaker Server – Hooray! We couldn’t agree more. Signing Up and Setting Up Security Credentials

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