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title: "Welcome to Rancher on AWS"
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# Welcome to the Rancher on AWS Workshop
Learn how to easily deploy and manage Kubernetes with Rancher on the AWS Cloud!

**Created together by [Rancher Government Solutions](https://ranchergovernment.com) and [Amazon Web Services](https://aws.amazon.com) under the MIT-0 and CC-BY-4.0 Licenses.**

**To get started, please review the information below and then head over to the workshop content by clicking next!**

## Requirements
* Basic Knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS Infrastructure.
* AWS Account - If you don't have one, it's easy and free to [create one now](https://aws.amazon.com/)!
  * AWS Account with the ability to deploy into *us-east-1*.
  * AWS Account IAM Role with *elevated privileges* to interact with AWS Services.
  * AWS Service Quota with at least 1 VPC, 56 vCPUs, 220 GiB Memory, and 1750 Gi of Storage.

## Table of Contents
* [Introduction](/content/10-introduction/index.en.md)
  * [Workshop Overview](/content/10-introduction/11-workshop-overview/index.en.md)
  * [Workshop Environment](/content/10-introduction/12-workshop-environment/index.en.md)
  * [Documentation](/content/10-introduction/13-documentation/index.en.md)
* [Exploring the Cluster](/content/20-exploring-the-cluster/index.en.md)
  * [Exploring the Cluster](/content/20-exploring-the-cluster/21-exploring-the-cluster/index.en.md)
  * [Rancher Applications](/content/20-exploring-the-cluster/22-rancher-applications/index.en.md)
  * [Kubernetes Applications](/content/20-exploring-the-cluster/23-kubernetes-applications/index.en.md)
* [Creating a Cluster](/content/30-creating-a-cluster/index.en.md)
  * [Creating the EKS Cluster](/content/30-creating-a-cluster/31-creating-eks-cluster/index.en.md)
  * [Creating the RKE2 Cluster](/content/30-creating-a-cluster/32-creating-rke2-cluster/index.en.md)
* [Importing a Cluster](/content/40-importing-a-cluster/index.en.md)
  * [Importing the Cluster](/content/40-importing-a-cluster/41-importing-the-cluster/index.en.md)
* [Additional AWS Integrations](/content/50-additional-integrations/index.en.md)
* [Workshop Conclusion](/content/60-conclusion/index.en.md)

## GitHub Repository
Visit our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/aws-samples/rancher-on-aws-workshop) to find the workshop source code. We welcome your suggestions or improvements!