# Tutorial: Getting started with Amazon IoT Greengrass V2
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You can complete this getting started tutorial to learn the basic features of Amazon IoT Greengrass V2. In this tutorial, you do the following:

1. Install and configure the Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software on a Linux device, such as a Raspberry Pi, or a Windows device. This device is a Greengrass core device.

1. Develop a Hello World component on your Greengrass core device. Components are software modules that run on Greengrass core devices.

1. Upload that component to Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 in the Amazon Web Services Cloud.

1. Deploy that component from the Amazon Web Services Cloud to your Greengrass core device.

**Note**  
This tutorial describes how to set up a development environment and explore the features of Amazon IoT Greengrass. For more information about how to set up and configure production devices, see the following:  
[Setting up Amazon IoT Greengrass core devices](setting-up.md)
[Install the Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software](install-greengrass-core-v2.md)

You can expect to spend 20 to 30 minutes on this tutorial.

**Topics**
+ [Prerequisites](getting-started-prerequisites.md)
+ [Sign up for an Amazon Web Services account](#sign-up-for-aws)
+ [Secure IAM users](#secure-an-admin)
+ [Step 2: Set up your environment](getting-started-set-up-environment.md)
+ [Step 3: Install the Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software](install-greengrass-v2.md)
+ [Step 4: Develop and test a component on your device](create-first-component.md)
+ [Step 5: Create your component in the Amazon IoT Greengrass service](upload-first-component.md)
+ [Step 6: Deploy your component](deploy-first-component.md)
+ [Next steps](getting-started-next-steps.md)

## 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)