Step 3: Launch the stack - Amazon Marketing Cloud Uploader from AWS

Step 3: Launch the stack

Follow the step-by-step instructions in this section to configure and deploy the solution into your account.

Time to deploy: Approximately 10 minutes

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and select the button to launch the advertiser-audience-uploads-to-amazon-marketing-cloud.template AWS CloudFormation template.

    Blue oval button with white text reading "Launch solution".

  2. The template launches in the US East (N. Virginia) Region by default. To launch the solution in a different AWS Region, use the Region selector in the console navigation bar.

  3. On the Create stack page, verify that the correct template URL is in the Amazon S3 URL text box and choose Next.

  4. On the Specify stack details page, assign a name to your solution stack. The stack name length must be 32 characters or less.

  5. Under Parameters, review the parameters for this solution template and modify them as necessary. This solution uses the following default values.

Parameter Default Description
AdminEmail <Requires input> Email address for the administrator. This user receives an email with a temporary password to the web application once the AWS CloudFormation template has launched.
CustomerManagedKey <Optional input> ARN of a customer managed KMS encryption key (CMK) to use for encryption and decryption of original data files during the ETL pipeline and query computation in AMC.
DataBucketName <Requires input> Name of the S3 bucket from which source data will be uploaded. Bucket is NOT created by this CloudFormation.

  1. Choose Next.

  2. On the Configure stack options page, choose Next after reviewing the settings.

  3. On the Review and create page, review and confirm the settings. Check the box acknowledging that the template will create AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources.

  4. Choose Submit to deploy the stack.

    You can view the status of the stack in the AWS CloudFormation console in the Status column. You should receive a CREATE_COMPLETE status in approximately 10 minutes.