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Basic AWS Setup
Before you can deploy anything on AWS, you must do a few things.
Get an AWS Account
If you don't already have an AWS account, you can sign up for one for free at aws.amazon.com.
Install the AWS Command-Line Interface
To install the AWS Command-Line Interface (CLI), just do:
pip install awscli
Create an AWS Access Key
The next thing you'll need is an AWS access key. If you don't have one, you can create one using the instructions in the AWS documentation. You should get an access key ID (e.g. AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE) and a secret access key (e.g. wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY).
You should also pick a default AWS region name (e.g. eu-central-1). That's where your cluster will run. The AWS documentation has a list of them.
Once you've got your AWS access key, and you've picked a default AWS region name, go to a terminal session and enter:
aws configure
and answer the four questions. For example:
AWS Access Key ID [None]: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
Default region name [None]: eu-central-1
Default output format [None]: [Press Enter]
This writes two files: ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config. AWS tools and packages look for those files.