Setting up an AWS Account
Discover how to set up a free AWS account, create a programmatic user with the right permissions, enable two-factor authentication, and configure your AWS credentials file to integrate smoothly with Terraform. This lesson guides you through essential AWS setup tasks to prepare for using Terraform in AWS projects.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
Setting up your free AWS account
Since Amazon changes these pages quite a bit, we’re just going to walk through the general process of what you need to do.
- Head over to https://aws.amazon.com
- Click on the create Free Tier Account link
- Fill in your details
- You will need to register a payment card. This is so that if you go over your free tier then Amazon can charge you. Do not worry about this if you follow the examples in this course, nothing should cost