Mosek server in production on AWS

[Trevor Jennings]

Hello - I am looking to use Mosek in a production setting. I've followed the steps outlined here: https://docs.mosek.com/latest/licensing/licensecloud.html, and am able to get results from an AWS instance.

But, beyond these instructions, it needs some more work - like ensuring the IP address published by AWS is only accessible to my own code using authentication.

I'm currently using the Fusion API. So, when running the lines like:

```
M.optServerHost(host_name)
...
M.solve()
```
Underneath the hood I assume it's making a http request to the solver. I'm thinking along the lines of a proxy solver - but I'm also wondering if there's been anything published about best practices here. I haven't been able to find anything yet, so some suggestions would be appreciated. 

Thanks,
Trevor

[Michal Adamaszek]

Hi,

These are two completely separate topics: cloud licensing and optserver. One does not require the other and vice versa.

License token server in the cloud: the token server is designed for private closed networks and has no mechanism to prevent anybody knowing the IP to check out a license. There is no authentication.

Remote optimization server: You can use https and authentication tokens when submitting optimization jobs. But, again, not clear why to expose a production setting openly.

I suggest you contact Mosek support and then we can set up a meeting to better understand what you are trying to achieve and find the best solution. We don't have any additional published information about configuring the network surrounding Mosek.

Michal