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title: "Create a new Cloud9 IDE environment"
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1 . Within the AWS console, use the region drop list to select **us-east-1 (N. Virginia)**.  This will ensure the workshop script provisions the resources in this same region

2 . Navigate to the [cloud9 console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloud9/home) or just search for it under the **AWS console services** menu

3 . Click the **Create environment** button

4 . For the name use `lumigo-workshop`, then click **Next step**

5 . Select the default instance type **t3.medium**

6 . Leave all the other settings as default and click **Next step** followed by **Create environment**


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This will take about 1-2 minutes to provision
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### Configure Cloud9 IDE environment

When the environment comes up, customize the environment by:

1 . Close the **welcome page** tab

2 . Close the **lower work area** tab

3 . Open a new **terminal** tab in the main work area.

4 . Hide the left-hand environment explorer by clicking on the left side **environment** tab.


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If you don't like this dark theme, you can change it from the **View / Themes** Cloud9 workspace menu.
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Cloud9 requires third-party-cookies. You can whitelist the [specific domains]( https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud9/latest/user-guide/troubleshooting.html#troubleshooting-env-loading). Ad blockers, javascript disablers, and tracking blockers should be disabled for the cloud9 domain, or connecting to the workspace might be impacted.
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