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Use the solution - Guidance for Deploying a Prebid Server on AWS

Use the solution

Demo website

The solution includes a demo website that demonstrates end-to-end integration with Prebid.js and provides a working example of banner and video ad units.

Accessing the demo website

After deploying the solution with the bidder simulator:

  1. Sign in to the AWS CloudFormation console.

  2. Locate the BiddingServerSimulator stack.

  3. In the Outputs tab, find the DemoWebsiteUrl value.

  4. Open the URL in your web browser to access the demo website.

The demo website includes:

  • Banner ad unit examples

  • Video ad unit examples with VAST instream video support

  • Integration with Prebid.js showing real-time bidding flow

  • Visual demonstration of ad rendering

For detailed information about the demo website implementation and customization options, see the demo website README in the GitHub repository.

Testing RTB Fabric connectivity

If you deployed the solution with RTB Fabric integration (--include-rtb-fabric flag), you can verify that bid requests are being routed through the AWS RTB Fabric private network.

  1. Sign in to the AWS RTB Fabric console.

  2. Navigate to Fabric Links in the left navigation pane.

  3. Locate the Fabric Link created by the solution (named with your stack name prefix).

  4. Verify the link status is Active.

Monitor RTB Fabric metrics

RTB Fabric provides CloudWatch metrics for monitoring traffic through the Fabric Link:

  1. Sign in to the Amazon CloudWatch console.

  2. Navigate to Metrics > All metrics.

  3. Select the RTBFabric namespace.

  4. View metrics such as:

    • RequestCount - Number of bid requests sent through the Fabric Link

    • DataTransferred - Amount of data transferred through the link

    • Latency - Request latency through the Fabric Link

Querying metrics with Athena

Metrics collected from the Prebid Server application running on ECS are stored in the MetricsEtl S3 bucket for querying with Athena.

This section details information on the metric definitions, Glue table schemas, and example queries to get started.