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**Running the workshop in your own AWS account**  
If you want to run this workshop in your own AWS account (outside of events such as re:Invent,
Loft, Immersion Day, or any other event hosted by an AWS employee), please start at [Bootstrap AWS Cloud9](prerequisites/prerequisites-1.html).
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You can use the **orange arrowheads** on the left and right of the main frame to navigate between the chapters, or the navigation bar in the left frame.

Before we can start, we have to make sure our environment is up and running and current. Just click the **orange arrowheads** on the right to get started.