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 # Automating AWS with Terraform
 
-## Prerequisites Setup 
+## Pre-requisite Setup 
 
 #### AWS Account - Free Tier
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 - [Sign up](https://aws.amazon.com/free) for AWS Free Tier account if you do not already have one
 
 #### Create an IAM user
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-#### AWS CLI installation and configuration
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+   1. Log into your root AWS account
+   2. Select Services > IAM
+   3. On the left nav bar select 'Users'
+   4. Select 'Add user'
+   5. Create a username 'terraform-admin'
+   6. Select AWS access type as Programmatic access (and AWS management console access to view resources on the dashboard)
+   7. Select Next: Permissions
+   8. Select Create group
+   9. Add a group name 'admins'
+   10. Check AdministratorsAccess and Create group, check group
+   11. Select Next: Tags 
+   12. Select Next: Review 
+   13. Select Create User
+   14. You will need the generated access key Id, and the secret access key (Download the csv provided or store these values)
+   
+
+#### AWS CLI installation
+  1. mac: `brew install awscli` | `aws --version`
+  2. windows: [instructions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-windows.html)
+  3. linux:   [instructions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-linux.html)
+
+#### AWS CLI configuration 
+   1. aws basic configuration   
+```
+        aws configure   
+        AWS Access Key ID [None]: <access key>
+        AWS Secret Access Key [None]: <secret key>
+        Default region name [None]: us-east-1
+        Default output format [None]: json
+```
+
+   
 #### Terraform installation
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+   1. mac: `brew install terraform` | `terraform -help`
+   2. windows: `choco install terraform` | `terraform -help`
+   3. linux: [download](https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html) | `echo $PATH` | ` mv ~/Downloads/terraform /usr/local/bin/` | `terraform -help`