Getting started with Amazon License Manager - Amazon License Manager
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Getting started with Amazon License Manager

The following sections guide you in setting up your Amazon Web Services account and users, and how to get started with License Manager. For more information on managing permissions for users, groups, and roles to utilize License Manager while following Amazon best practices, see Identity and access management for Amazon License Manager. For more information about setting up your Amazon EC2 resources that integrate with License Manager, see Set up to use Amazon EC2 in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

Setting up

The following section details setting up your Amazon Web Services account and users.

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:

Onboard to use License Manager on the Amazon Web Services Management Console

The following procedure is required to get started with License Manager. Once the initial requirements are complete, you can proceed with using License Manager for your desired use case.

To get started with License Manager

  1. Open the License Manager console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/license-manager/.

  2. You are prompted to configure permissions for License Manager and its supporting services. Follow the directions to configure the required permissions.

  3. With the initial setup complete, you can proceed with using License Manager for your desired License Manager use cases.