Installing Erdas Professional 2010 on Amazon EC2

Erdas Professional can only be installed on Windows platform.
1. Basic 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (AMI Id: ami-cdc22ea4)
2. Download Erdas Apollo Professional 2010 from Erdas website (http://www.erdas.com/Products/ERDASProductInformation/tabid/84/currentid/3148/objectid/3148/default.aspx), you will need to register, and an instruction of how to download it from ftp.erdas.com will be given.
3. Install PostgreSQL (at least 8.3) and PostGIS extension 1.5
4. Create a new database using template_postgis. The username/password/database info will need to be entered into Apollo installation window at some point.
5. Download and install the Erdas net-License Manager (http://www.erdas.com/Products/ERDASProductInformation/tabid/84/currentid/3148/objectid/3148/~/tabid/84/currentid/2491/default.aspx)
6. Request evaluation license from Erdas websites, and follow the instruction of how to install it.
7. Once the license file is installed, you should be able to access http://your-amazon-ec2:8080/apollo-client and http://your-amazon-ec2:8080/erdas-apollo.