--- title: "Self Guided Setup" chapter: true draft: false weight: 4 --- # Self-Paced Workshop 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. Worried about costs associated with this workshop? Don't worry, there's a page that will allow you to request for AWS credits to pay for any costs incurred through this workshop! Here is a preview of what we will be setting up: 1. Creating an AWS account with proper permissions 1. Requesting AWS credit from AWS Marketplace 1. Creating a Cloud9 IDE Workspace 1. Creating an IAM Role 1. Attaching an IAM Role 1. Configuring Cloud9 Workspace 1. Create EKS cluster