# Setting up Amazon DCV Access Console
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When setting up your Amazon DCV Access Console, you can choose whether you want to run the console on a single host or, if you choose, across a set of multiple hosts. Using multiple hosts can improve scalability and performance. The Console works with either configuration.

The following section explains how to set up Amazon DCV Access Console on a single host and on separate multiple hosts.

**Topics**
+ [Using the Setup Wizard](using-setup-wizard.md)
+ [Setting up on a single host](set-up-one-host.md)
+ [Setting up on multiple hosts](setting-up-multiple-hosts.md)
+ [Verifying the setup](verify-setup.md)
+ [Generating a self-signed certificate](generate-certs.md)