Amazon FSx File Gateway is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers of FSx File Gateway can continue to use the service normally. For capabilities similar to FSx File Gateway, visit [this blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/switch-your-file-share-access-from-amazon-fsx-file-gateway-to-amazon-fsx-for-windows-file-server/).

# Getting Started with Amazon Storage Gateway
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This section provides instructions for getting started with Amazon. You need an Amazon account before you can start using Amazon Storage Gateway. You can use an existing Amazon account, or sign up for a new account. You also need an IAM user in your Amazon account that belongs to a group with the necessary administrative permissions to perform Storage Gateway tasks. Users with the appropriate privileges can access the Storage Gateway console and Storage Gateway API to perform gateway deployment, configuration, and maintenance tasks. If you are a first-time user, we recommend that you review the [Supported Amazon regions](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/filegateway/latest/filefsxw/available-regions-intro.html) and [File Gateway setup requirements](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/filegateway/latest/filefsxw/Requirements.html) sections before you being working with Storage Gateway.

This section contains the following topics, which provide additional information about getting started with Amazon Storage Gateway:

**Topics**
+ [Accessing Amazon Storage Gateway](WhatIsAPIIntro.md) - Learn how to sign up for Amazon and create an Amazon account.
+ [Accessing Amazon Storage Gateway](WhatIsAPIIntro.md) - Learn how to create an IAM user with administrative privileges for your Amazon account.
+ [Accessing Amazon Storage Gateway](WhatIsAPIIntro.md) - Learn how to access Amazon Storage Gateway through the Storage Gateway console or programmatically using the Amazon SDKs.
+ [Amazon Web Services Regions that support Storage Gateway](available-regions-intro.md) - Learn which Amazon Regions you can use to store your data when you activate your gateway in Storage Gateway.

## Sign up for an Amazon Web Services account
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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/](http://www.amazonaws.cn/) and choose **Sign Up**.

1. 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/](http://www.amazonaws.cn/) and choosing **My Account**.

## Secure IAM users
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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)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_mfa_enable_virtual.html#enable-virt-mfa-for-iam-user) 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*: 
+ [Creating an IAM user in your Amazon Web Services account](https://docs.amazonaws.cn//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_create.html)
+ [Access management for Amazon resources](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access.html)
+ [Example IAM identity-based policies](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_examples.html)