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title: "Bridgecrew setup"
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weight: 9
pre: "3.3 "
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You’ll need to sign up for a free Bridgecrew account to follow along with this tutorial. You can sign up for a free account [here](https://bridgecrew.cloud).
### Checkov
In this tutorial, we’re also going to use [Checkov](https://www.checkov.io). Checkov works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can install it with pip:
```bash
pip3 install checkov
```
If installing globally on your system (not in a python venv or pipenv) you may need to have permissions to write the libraries to the necessary locations, ie:
```bash
sudo pip3 install checkov
```
If you run into problems, try the [alternate install instructions](https://docs.bridgecrew.io/docs/ingesting-scan-data#installation).
### Install Yor.io
We’ll also be using a new Bridgecrew open source tool, Yor, to make tagging and tracing infrastructure between code and the cloud easier, to install into our linux environment, run the following:
```bash
wget -q -O - https://github.com/bridgecrewio/yor/releases/download/0.1.62/yor-0.1.62-linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xvz -C /usr/bin
```
### Bridgecrew API token
Throughout the tutorial, you’ll need to use the Bridgecrew API token. You can access [it here](https://www.bridgecrew.cloud/integrations/api-token) or in your Bridgecrew account by navigating to the Integrations tab and selecting API Token. Add a token for the workshop and make sure to copy it before closing out.
We'll use the API token in a few places with the environment variable `YOUR_BC_API_KEY`. To make following along easier, set this variable to equal your API token using the following command in your terminal:
```bash
YOUR_BC_API_KEY=
```