Signing Up with AWS

[MUSIC] 0:00 You know what AWS is and why it's useful, are you ready to give it a try? 0:04 You'll need an account with AWS before you can do anything with it. 0:09 So in this video, we'll walk through the process of signing up for an AWS account. 0:12 Don't worry, signing up with AWS is free. 0:16 In fact, throughout this whole course I'll warn you anytime I ask you to do something 0:19 with AWS that might cost money, even if it's only a tenth of a cent. 0:23 >> Here's the AWS homepage, at aws.amazon.com. 0:26 You're probably already familiar with amazon.com, the shopping website. 0:31 AWS is just run by the same company, so it's a different part of the same company. 0:36 In order to use AWS, you'll need both an Amazon account and an AWS account. 0:41 So what's the difference? 0:46 You use an Amazon account to shop at Amazon.com and 0:47 you use an AWS to manage AWS services like S3 and EC2. 0:51 They're entirely different accounts that are used for entirely different purposes. 0:55 Except for one thing. 0:59 Your Amazon account and your AWS account share the same login information. 1:00 The email and password you use for one will be the same email and 1:05 password you use for the other. 1:08 Even though they're two different accounts, 1:10 you only need to remember one password. 1:12 That means that even if you already have an Amazon account for shopping online, 1:14 you still need to create a new AWS account for using AWS. 1:17 So let's do that. 1:22 I'm gonna start by clicking on the button marked Create a Free Account in the top 1:23 right corner of the page. 1:27 The AWS website changes every now and then, so by the time you watch this video, 1:29 it might look a bit different from what you're seeing here. 1:32 But it should still be pretty easy to find the button to create an account. 1:35 All right, here is the sign in page. 1:45 In order to make an AWS account, you already need to have an Amazon account. 1:48 So that's why AWS is asking you to sign in. 1:51 Remember that your Amazon account and your AWS account will use the same email and 1:54 password which makes it easier to keep track of. 1:58 If you don't already have an Amazon account you'll need to create one 2:02 like this. 2:05 You just put in your name and email address and pick out a password for 2:10 yourself. 2:12 Remember, if you already have an Amazon account you don't need to create a new 2:14 one like I'm doing. 2:17 You can just log in. 2:18 Once you've created a new Amazon account or logged into your existing Amazon 2:21 account, you'll start the process of making your AWS account. 2:25 This process has five steps, contact information, payment information, 2:28 identity verification, support plan and confirmation. 2:34 We're on the first step, Contact Information. 2:38 First, indicate whether this is a company account or a personal account. 2:41 If you're not sure, click on Personal Account. 2:46 Then, put in your name, address and phone number. 2:48 Be sure to use a real phone number since AWS will be checking that in a later step. 2:54 You also have to do one of those very annoying security checks to get passed 2:59 this page. 3:02 If you get a picture that you can't read, 3:03 click on the reload button to get a different one. 3:05 Type the letters you see and 3:09 check the box to say that you agree to the AWS Customer Agreement. 3:11 Then click the create account and continue button. 3:14 And we move on to step two, Payment Information. 3:16 At this point you need to put in a credit card or a debit card so 3:19 that AWS can charge you if you do anything that costs money. 3:22 Unfortunately, there is no way to skip this step. 3:26 Even if you are planning to do AWS on a free tier, 3:28 AWS still requires you to have a payment card set up. 3:31 And for reference, don't bother trying to put in a fake credit card. 3:34 As soon as you finish all five steps and 3:38 create your AWS account, AWS will test your credit card to see if it works. 3:39 And if it doesn't, they'll immediately shut down your account. 3:44 So grab a credit card or debit card and enter the information. 3:47 For the billing address, you can either select the address you just typed in, or 3:50 you can put in a new address. 3:54 I'll just use the same address as I typed before and move on. 3:57 The third step is Identity Verification. 4:00 For this step, AWS will call your phone number and 4:03 ask you to type a pin number into your phone. 4:05 This is to verify that you're a real person with a working phone. 4:08 It's actually a pretty cool process. 4:11 First, you'll need to type in the characters for the security check and 4:13 double check that you typed in your phone correctly, 4:16 then click the Call Me Now button. 4:19 All right, there's the pin number we need. 4:22 Now we just wait a few seconds. 4:24 >> Hello. 4:26 This is an automated call from Amazon web services. 4:27 >> Hey, it's AWS. 4:30 When they tell me to, I'll type in the PIN number. 4:32 >> Using the touch pad on your phone, 4:35 please enter the four digit PIN number that was displayed on your screen. 4:37 You may also say your PIN one digit at a time. 4:41 [SOUND] We have successfully verified your PIN. 4:44 Please return to Amazon Web Services to complete your registration. 4:49 Thank you for your interest in Amazon Web Services. 4:53 Good-bye. 4:56 >> As soon as I typed the number into my phone, the website detected it and 4:57 told me that the verification was successful. 5:01 Pretty slick. 5:03 On to the next step. 5:04 The fourth step is just picking a support plan, this one's easy. 5:06 Since you're just getting started, pick the basic option which is free. 5:09 Everything else costs money and you don't need a support plan right now. 5:13 Scroll down to the bottom and click on the Continue button and you're all set. 5:16 The fifth step is optional. 5:21 You can stroll down the confirmation page and 5:22 tell Amazon what you plan to use AWS for so that they can recommend things for you. 5:24 But you'll probably want to click on the button that says sign in to the console to 5:29 explore AWS yourself. 5:32 This is the AWS management console. 5:34 It's where you get started with all the power that AWS provides. 5:37 In the next video we'll start actually using S3. 5:40