Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Setting up Amazon Batch

If you've already signed up for Amazon Web Services (Amazon) and are using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) or Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), you can soon use Amazon Batch. The setup process for these services is similar. This is because Amazon Batch uses Amazon ECS container instances in its compute environments. To use the Amazon CLI with Amazon Batch, you must use a version of the Amazon CLI that supports the latest Amazon Batch features. If you don't see support for an Amazon Batch feature in the Amazon CLI, upgrade to the latest version. For more information, see http://www.amazonaws.cn/cli/.

Complete the following tasks to get set up for Amazon Batch.

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.

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: