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= Installing a cluster on AWS
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In {product-title} version {product-version}, you can install a cluster on
Amazon Web Services (AWS) that uses the default configuration options.

== Prerequisites

* You reviewed details about the xref:../../../architecture/architecture-installation.adoc#architecture-installation[{product-title} installation and update] processes.
* You read the documentation on xref:../../../installing/overview/installing-preparing.adoc#installing-preparing[selecting a cluster installation method and preparing it for users].
* You xref:../../../installing/installing_aws/installing-aws-account.adoc#installing-aws-account[configured an AWS account] to host the cluster.
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If you have an AWS profile stored on your computer, it must not use a temporary session token that you generated while using a multi-factor authentication device. The cluster continues to use your current AWS credentials to create AWS resources for the entire life of the cluster, so you must use key-based, long-term credentials. To generate appropriate keys, see link:https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_access-keys.html[Managing Access Keys for IAM Users] in the AWS documentation. You can supply the keys when you run the installation program.
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* If you use a firewall, you xref:../../../installing/install_config/configuring-firewall.adoc#configuring-firewall-module_configuring-firewall[configured it to allow the sites] that your cluster requires access to.

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.Additional resources

* link:https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-files.html[Configuration and credential file settings ({aws-short} documentation)]

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.Additional resources

* xref:../../../web_console/web-console.adoc#web-console[Accessing the web console]

== Next steps

* xref:../../../installing/validation_and_troubleshooting/validating-an-installation.adoc#validating-an-installation[Validating an installation].
* xref:../../../post_installation_configuration/cluster-tasks.adoc#available_cluster_customizations[Customize your cluster].
* If necessary, you can xref:../../../support/remote_health_monitoring/remote-health-reporting.adoc#remote-health-reporting[Remote health reporting].
* If necessary, you can xref:../../../post_installation_configuration/changing-cloud-credentials-configuration.adoc#manually-removing-cloud-creds_changing-cloud-credentials-configuration[remove cloud provider credentials].
