// Replace the content in <>
// For example: “familiarity with basic concepts in networking, database operations, and data encryption” or “familiarity with <software>.”
// Include links if helpful. 
// You don't need to list AWS services or point to general info about AWS; the boilerplate already covers this.

This Quick Start assumes familiarity with Suricata and the following AWS services and components:

* http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/vpc/[Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)^]
* http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/ec2/[Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)^]
* http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AmazonEBS.html[Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS)^]
* http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/vpc-nat-gateway.html[NAT gateways^]
* http://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/latest/userguide/[Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling^]
* http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/[Amazon CloudWatch Logs^]
* https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/mirroring/what-is-traffic-mirroring.html[Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring^]