Step 1: Setting up
Before you use Amazon CodeDeploy for the first time, you must complete setup steps. The steps involve creating an Amazon account (if you don't already have one), and an administrative user.
In this guide, the administrative user is called the CodeDeploy administrative user.
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
Open http://www.amazonaws.cn/
and choose Sign Up. 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/
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:
Important
We strongly recommend you configure the CodeDeploy adminstrative user as a workforce identity (a user managed in IAM Identity Center) with the Amazon CLI. Many of the procedures in this guide assume you're using the Amazon CLI to perform configurations.
Important
If you configure the Amazon CLI, you may be prompted to specify an Amazon Region. Choose one of the supported Regions listed in Region and endpoints in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.