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title: "Self-Guided Workshop Setup"
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# Self-Guided Workshop Setup
Welcome to the Self Guided Setup section! This workshop requires an AWS account where there is IAM user/identity that has proper permissions to set up the necessary AWS components to work through the workshop.

Here is a preview of what we will be setting up:

<ol>
    <li>Creating an AWS account with proper permissions</li>
    <li>Setting up AWS keys</li>
    <li>Create a workspace</li>
    <li>Creating an IAM role for your workspace</li>
    <li>Attaching an IAM Role</li>
    <li>Configure Workshop Specific Requirements</li>
</ol>

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The examples and sample code provided in this workshop are intended to be consumed as instructional content. These will help you understand how various AWS services can be architected to build a solution while demonstrating best practices along the way. These examples are not intended for use in production environments.
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### Next Section: Configuring your environment
Next we'll decribe how you configure your environment.