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title = "Environment Set up"
menutitle="Set Up"
date = 2021-04-21T07:39:31-05:00
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_These instructions are for users running the lab in their own AWS account. If you are part of a workshop, check the AWS Cloud9 console in the correct region for a running environment named "DynamoDBC9" before you follow these instructions. You may not need to launch the template._
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Download this [Cloud Formation Template](/files/hands-on-labs/dynamodb-labs-vpc.yaml) to your local machine.
You'll now create a stack in your AWS environment using this template. The deployed stack will contain the following.
* 1 Public Subnet
* 3 Private Subnets
* AWS Cloud9 Envrionment deployed in the Public Subnet
### Creating the Stack
Navigate to [Cloud Formation console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home) using your AWS management [console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/). Choose *Create Stack* . If you have existing stacks, then select *With new resources (standard)* during this step.
On the Create stack page, choose *Upload a template file* option. Select *Choose file* and upload the .yaml file you downloaded earlier. Choose *Next*
Give a name for the Stack and a ProjectTag. For this lab, we'll use `dynamodb-labs` as the name and `dynamodb-labs` as the tag. `dynamodb-labs` is the default value for tag.
Choose *Next* in the following screen and then choose *Create Stack*.
The stack will be created in few minutes and you can view the VPC, public and private subnet IDs under the *Outputs* tab of your stack. You'll be using the VPC created by this Cloud Formation Template for the other sections of the lab.
