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Only complete this section if you are running the workshop on your own. If you are at an AWS hosted event (such as re:Invent, Kubecon, Immersion Day, etc), go to [Start the workshop at an AWS event](/getting_started/aws_event.html).
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## Installing eksctl for managing Amazon EKS

```shell
curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp

sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin

eksctl version
```

## Installing aquactl for managing Aqua operations

The interactive Aqua Security aquactl command line tool simplifies the deployment of Aqua Platform on a variety of environments, including Amazon EKS. 

```shell
curl -O https://get.aquasec.com/aquactl/v3/aquactl && chmod +x ./aquactl

./aquactl --help
```