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.. _first-time-aws:
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First-time AWS User Setup
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If you've never used AWS before and don't have an account, follow the instructions below
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to get started.
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Creating an AWS Account
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-----------------------
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First, you'll need an AWS account. Create one by going to `aws.amazon.com
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<https://aws.amazon.com>`__ and clicking "Sign Up." You'll want to create a personal
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account. You will have to give it a credit card number.
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.. _limitincrease:
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Requesting Limit Increases
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AWS limits access to particular instance types for new/infrequently used accounts to
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protect their infrastructure. You can learn more about how these limits/quotas work
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`here
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<https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-on-demand-instances.html#ec2-on-demand-instances-limits>`__.
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You should make sure that your account has the ability to launch a sufficient number of
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instances to follow this guide by looking at the "Service Quotas" page in the AWS
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Console, which you can access `here
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<https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/home/services/ec2/quotas/>`__. Be sure
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that the correct region is selected once you open this page.
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The values listed on this page represent the maximum number vCPUs of any of these
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instances that you can run at once, which will limit the size of simulations (e.g.,
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number of parallel FPGAs) that you can run. If you need to increase your limits, follow
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the instructions below.
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To complete this guide, you need to have the following limits:
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- ``Running On-Demand F instances``: 64 vCPUs.
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- This is sufficient for 8 parallel FPGAs. Each 8 vCPUs = one FPGA.
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- ``Running On-Demand Standard (A, C, D, H, I, M, R, T, Z) instances``: 24 vCPUs.
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- This is sufficient for one ``c5.4xlarge`` manager instance and one
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``z1d.2xlarge`` build farm instance.
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If you have insufficient limits, request a limit increase by following these steps:
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https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-resource-limits.html#request-increase
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In your request, enter the vCPU limits for the two instance classes shown above. This
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process sometimes has a human in the loop, so you should submit it ASAP. At this point,
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you should wait for the response to this request.
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Hit Next below to continue.
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