Getting started with Amazon - Amazon Cognito
Sign up for an Amazon Web Services accountSecure IAM users
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Getting started with Amazon

Before you start working with Amazon Cognito, set yourself up with some required Amazon resources. If you can already sign in to an Amazon Web Services account, you can skip this section. Continue reading if you are looking for information about signing up and signing in with Amazon credentials. After you have credentials with sufficient Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions, you can get started with user pools and identity pools.

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: