Prerequisite: Setting up Amazon S3 - Amazon Simple Storage Service
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Prerequisite: Setting up Amazon S3

When you sign up for Amazon, your Amazon Web Services account is automatically signed up for all services in Amazon, including Amazon S3. You are charged only for the services that you use.

With Amazon S3, you pay only for what you use. For more information about Amazon S3 features and pricing, see Amazon S3. If you are a new Amazon S3 customer, you can get started with Amazon S3 for free. For more information, see Amazon Free Tier.

To set up Amazon S3, use the steps in the following sections.

When you sign up for Amazon and set up Amazon S3, you can optionally change the display language in the Amazon Web Services Management Console. For more information, see Changing the language of the Amazon Web Services Management Console in the Amazon Web Services Management Console Getting Started Guide.

Sign up for an Amazon Web Services account

If you do not have an Amazon Web Services account, use the following procedure to create one.

To sign up for Amazon Web Services
  1. Open http://www.amazonaws.cn/ and choose Sign Up.

  2. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Amazon sends you a confirmation email after the sign-up process is complete. At any time, you can view your current account activity and manage your account by going to http://www.amazonaws.cn/ and choosing My Account.

Secure IAM users

After you sign up for an Amazon Web Services account, safeguard your administrative user by turning on multi-factor authentication (MFA). For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for an IAM user (console) in the IAM User Guide.

To give other users access to your Amazon Web Services account resources, create IAM users. To secure your IAM users, turn on MFA and only give the IAM users the permissions needed to perform their tasks.

For more information about creating and securing IAM users, see the following topics in the IAM User Guide: