AWS account allow us to manage AWS from Web Console. Amazon IAM enable us to manage AWS from command line interface.
We need to create an IAM user with sufficient privilege to create kubernetes cluster on AWS.
Under each AWS account, we can create multiple [IAM](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction.html) users. This allows us to grant some privileges to each IAM user and to create/operate AWS clusters as an IAM user.
To sign up an AWS account, please
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The correct key fingerprint is `18AD 5014 C99E F7E3 BA5F 6CE9 50BD D3E0 FC8A 365E`
Go to the [releases](https://github.com/coreos/kube-aws/releases) and download release tarball (this tutorial is using v0.9.1) and detached signature (.sig) for your architecture.
We can download `kube-aws` from its [release page](https://github.com/coreos/kube-aws/releases). In this tutorial, we use version 0.9.1
Validate the tarball's GPG signature:
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You need to create an S3 bucket before startup the Kubernetes cluster.
There are some bug in aws cli in creating S3 bucket, so let's use [web console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/home?region=us-west-1).
There are some bugs in aws cli in creating S3 bucket, so let's use the [Web console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/home?region=us-west-1).
Click on `Create Bucket`, fill in a unique BUCKET_NAME, and make sure region is us-west-1 (Northern California).
