Setting Up Your AWS Environment
TUTORIAL
Introduction
Follow step-by-step instructions to set up your account and environment
Overview
In this tutorial, we will take you through setting up your AWS account and development environment. This will allow you to interact with your AWS account and programmatically provision any resources you need.
What you will accomplish
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
- Create a new AWS account
- Secure the root user
- Create an IAM user to use in the account
- Set up the AWS CLI
- Set up an AWS Cloud9 environment
AWS experience
Beginner
Time to complete
30–45 minutes
Cost to complete
Free Tier eligible
Requires
Recommended internet browser: The latest version of Chrome or Firefox
Last updated
August 26, 2022
Modules
This tutorial is divided into the following short modules. You must complete each module before moving to the next one.
- Create your AWS account (10 minutes)
- Secure your AWS account (10 minutes)
- Set up the AWS CLI (10 minutes)
- Set up AWS Cloud9 integrated development environment (IDE) (15 minutes) - Optional