# AWS Setup Script

## AWS Setup Script

The setup script creates an IAM user, role and assigns [required permissions](/overview/provision-new-cluster/register-cloud-account/aws/iam-access-policies.md) to use the AWS Services in gopaddle platform. It then registers the newly created IAM User Credentials in gopaddle.

{% hint style="info" %}
You can choose to execute the steps manually. The script can be downloaded from <https://gp-quickstart.s3.amazonaws.com/gp-aws-init.sh>
{% endhint %}

The script assigns [fine-grained permissions](/overview/provision-new-cluster/register-cloud-account/aws/iam-access-policies.md) to the newly created IAM User based on the region and the services selected.

## Executing AWS Setup script

Perform these steps in your local desktop environment

1. Install & Configure AWS CLI and the required utilities - jq, unzip.

```sh
apt update
apt install -y jq unzip
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install
```

2. Create an AWS IAM User with [these](https://gp-cloudformation-roles.s3.amazonaws.com/quickstart-IAM-permissions.json) admin privileges. These privileges are required to create a new IAM user, assign roles to the user and register the IAM User in gopaddle. To review the policies associated with these roles, check the [IAM Access Policies](/overview/provision-new-cluster/register-cloud-account/aws/iam-access-policies.md).
3. Configure the AWS CLI with the IAM **admin** user credentials

```sh
aws configure
```

4. Execute the script generated in [Quickstart AWS Setup](/overview/provision-new-cluster/register-cloud-account/aws/quickstart-aws-setup.md) in your local environment


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