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==== Prepare for the deployment

Do the following steps to prepare for the Quick Start deployment:

. Create an Amazon S3 bucket to store the files. 
. If you change the index.js file for the *GPOPackagesFunction* Lambda function, you must create a .zip archive file named *GPOPackagesFunction.zip*. Be sure it contains only this one file. Next, replace the archive file with the same name in the *Archives* folder. 
. Upload the *Archives*, *Scripts*, and *Templates* directories, including all files within those directories.
. Create a key pair to use with the Amazon EC2 instances.