Technical requirements

You will need an AWS account with root access. Everything we will do in this chapter will be unavailable in the Free Tier, which means it will cost you a small amount to follow the hands-on sections. You will also require AWS Command-Line Interface (CLI) access. The AWS guide at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html explains the steps that are required, but I will summarize them here: 

1. Create an AWS account if you have not already done so.
2. Download the latest version of the AWS CLI from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/welcome-versions.html#welcome-versions-v2.
3. Create an access key for your administration user by going to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/getting-started_create-admin-group.html#getting-started_create-admin-group-cli. 
4. Run the aws configure command to set up a profile for your user.

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