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# AWS Event Engine Setup

This page is intended for workshop participants that are part of an AWS hosted event. If you're going through the workshop yourself in a self-paced manner, please disregard it and move over to the module.  

## Attending an AWS hosted event

To complete this workshop, you will be provided with an AWS account via the AWS Event Engine service. A team hash will be provided to you by event staff.

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If you are currently logged in to an AWS Account, you can log out using this [link](https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/logout!doLogout)
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### Logging into Event Engine Dashboard

1. Connect to the portal by clicking the button or browsing to [https://dashboard.eventengine.run/](https://dashboard.eventengine.run/). The following screen shows up. Enter the provided hash in the text box. The button in the bottom right corner changes to **Accept Terms & Login**. Click on that button to continue.

   ![Event Engine](/images/01_Prerequisites/event-engine-1-initial-screen.png)

2. Choose **AWS Console**, then **Open AWS Console**.

   ![Event Engine Dashboard](/images/01_Prerequisites/event-engine-2-dashboard.png)

3. Use a single region for the duration of this workshop - for example, **US East (N.Virginia)** - in the top right corner.

![Event Engine Region](/images/01_Prerequisites/event-engine-3-region.png)

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This account will expire at the end of the workshop and all the resources created will be automatically de-provisioned. You will not be able to access this account after today.
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