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title: "Enable Elastic in AWS Marketplace"
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The first step you need to take is to activate Elastic in your AWS account. The best way to do so is to subscribe to Elastic via AWS Marketplace using [ela.st/aws](https://ela.st/aws)
![AWS Marketplace](/images/AWS-Marketplace-Elastic-Cloud-Elasticsearch-Service.png)

During the setup you will need to create an Elastic Cloud Account which automatically starts your 7-day free trial.
![Create Elastic Cloud Account](/images/AWS-Marketplace-Elastic-Cloud-Elasticsearch-Service-step2.png)

You can skip step 3, which is installing the default CloudFormation script. We will do that as workshop preparation in a later stage when we will also install the sample app for you.
Finally click on "Launch product" which will lead you to the Elastic Cloud Configuration portal.
![Access Elastic Cloud Portal](/images/AWS-Marketplace-Elastic-Cloud-Elasticsearch-Service-step3+4.png)