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title = "Setup"
date = 2019-12-02T07:05:12-08:00
weight = 1
chapter = true
pre = "<b>Start here: </b>"
description = "Setup the lab environment and connect to the lab instance on Amazon EC2."
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## GETTING STARTED

To set up this workshop, choose one of the following links, depending on whether you are:
- […running the workshop on your own (in your own account)]({{< ref "start-here/user-account/" >}}), or
- […attending an AWS-hosted event (using AWS-provided hashes)]({{< ref "start-here/aws-event/" >}})

Once you have completed with either setup, continue on to:
- [Exercise 1: DynamoDB Capacity Units and Partitioning]({{< ref "/design-patterns/ex1capacity" >}})