# Getting started with Amazon Glue
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The following sections provide information on setting up Amazon Glue. Not all of the setting up sections are required to start using Amazon Glue. You can use the instructions as needed to set up IAM permissions, encryption, and DNS ( if you're using a VPC environment to access data stores or if you're using interactive sessions).

**Topics**
+ [Overview of using Amazon Glue](start-console-overview.md)
+ [Setting up IAM permissions for Amazon Glue](set-up-iam.md)
+ [Setting up Amazon Glue usage profiles](start-usage-profiles.md)
+ [Getting started with the Amazon Glue Data Catalog](start-data-catalog.md)
+ [Setting up network access to data stores](start-connecting.md)
+ [Setting up encryption in Amazon Glue](set-up-encryption.md)
+ [Setting up networking for development for Amazon Glue](start-development-endpoint.md)