Create an aws(Amazon Webservices) account

Gourab Chandra Parida — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 18:06:34 +0000

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.
In order to getting started with amazon web services
First you need to create an account

Creation of account

1. Go to:

Amazon web services console
Your starting page will look like this

2. Click on Sign In to the Console

You will land into this page:

3. Select Create a new AWS account

Your landing page would be this:

4. Enter your credentials:

In Root user email address, enter your email address, edit the AWS account name, and then

Choose Verify email address.

Tip: For Root user email address, use a corporate email distribution list (for example, it.admins@example.com) or email box if your account is a professional AWS account. Avoid using an individual's corporate email address (for example, paulo.santos@example.com). With this practice, your company can retain access to the AWS account even when an employee changes positions or leaves the company. The email address can be used to reset account credentials.

Tip: For AWS Account name, use an account naming standard so that the account name can be recognized in your invoice or Billing and Cost Management console. If it's a company account, then consider using the naming standard of organization-purpose-environment (for example, ExampleCompany-audit-prod). If it's a personal account, consider using the naming standard of first name-last name-purpose (for example, paulo-santos-testaccount).

5. Verify your email address

An AWS verification email will be sent to this address with a verification code.

Enter the code you receive, and then choose Verify. The code might take a few minutes to arrive. Check your email and spam folder for the verification code email.

Copy and paste this code into the field;
and click on Verify

6.Create your password
In order to create a Strong Password, use Strong Password Generator
Strong Password Generator
or any other strong password generator to create secured account.

Click On Generate:

Enter your Root user password and Confirm root user password, and then choose Continue.

Note: Don't forget to save your password into some notepad or some where secured.

7.Add your contact information

Select Personal or Business.

Note: Personal accounts and business accounts have the same features and functions.

Enter your personal or business information.

Important: For business AWS accounts, it's a best practice to enter the company phone number rather than a personal cell phone number. Configuring a root account with an individual email address or a personal phone number can make your account insecure.

Read and accept the AWS Customer Agreement.

Choose Continue.

You receive an email to confirm that your account is created. You can sign in to your new account using the email address and password that you registered with. However, you can't use AWS services until you finish activating your account.

8.Add a payment method

On the Billing information page, enter the information about your payment method, and then choose Verify and Add.

If you want to use a different billing address for your AWS billing information, choose Use a new address. Then, choose Verify and Continue.

Important: You can't proceed with the sign-up process until you add a valid payment method.

And click on Continue:

9.Verify your phone number

i)On the Confirm your identity page, select a contact method to receive a verification code.
ii)Select your phone number country or region code from the list.
iii)Enter a mobile phone number where you can be reached in the next few minutes.
iv)If presented with a CAPTCHA, enter the displayed code, and then submit.

v)In a few moments, an automated system contacts you.
Enter the PIN you receive, and then choose Continue.

10.Choose an AWS Support plan

On the Select a support plan page, choose one of the available Support plans. For a description of the available Support plans and their benefits, see Compare AWS Support plans.

You can choose free tier for practice purpose.

Choose Complete sign up

Hurray! You are done.

Your account is active now.

And this is your dashboard:

Note:Don't forget to enable MFA(Multi Factoor Authentication) for best security purposes or you may lead to unnecessary costings.

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