# Getting started with CodeDeploy
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**Topics**
+ [Step 1: Setting up](getting-started-setting-up.md)
+ [Step 2: Create a service role for CodeDeploy](getting-started-create-service-role.md)
+ [Step 3: Limit the CodeDeploy user's permissions](getting-started-policy.md)
+ [Step 4: Create an IAM instance profile for your Amazon EC2 instances](getting-started-create-iam-instance-profile.md)