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# Getting Started

To start the workshop, you first need an AWS account and to provision the resources for the workshop.  Please choose the link from one of the following options:

**Option 1:**
[Running the workshop on your own (in your own AWS account)](/10_aws_prerequisites/20_self_paced.html)

**Option 2:**
[Attending an AWS hosted event (using AWS provided hashes)](/10_aws_prerequisites/10_aws_event.html)