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Sign Up for Amazon Storage Gateway

To use Storage Gateway, you need an Amazon Web Services account that gives you access to all Amazon resources, forums, support, and usage reports. You aren't charged for any of the services unless you use them. If you already have an Amazon Web Services account, you can skip this step.

To sign up for Amazon Web Services account

  1. Open https://portal.amazonaws.cn/billing/signup.

  2. Follow the online instructions.

    Part of the sign-up procedure involves receiving a phone call and entering a verification code on the phone keypad.

    When you sign up for an Amazon Web Services account, an Amazon Web Services account root user is created. The root user has access to all Amazon Web Services and resources in the account. As a security best practice, assign administrative access to a user, and use only the root user to perform tasks that require root user access.

For information about pricing, see Pricing on the Storage Gateway details page.