# Set up the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
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In this step, you download and configure the AWS CLI to use with Managed Service for Apache Flink.

**Note**  
The getting started exercises in this guide assume that you are using administrator credentials (`adminuser`) in your account to perform the operations.

**Note**  
If you already have the AWS CLI installed, you might need to upgrade to get the latest functionality. For more information, see [ Installing the AWS Command Line Interface](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/installing.html) in the *AWS Command Line Interface User Guide*. To check the version of the AWS CLI, run the following command:  

```
aws --version
```
The exercises in this tutorial require the following AWS CLI version or later:  

```
aws-cli/1.16.63
```

**To set up the AWS CLI**

1. Download and configure the AWS CLI. For instructions, see the following topics in the *AWS Command Line Interface User Guide*: 
   + [Installing the AWS Command Line Interface](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-set-up.html)
   + [Configuring the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html)

1. Add a named profile for the administrator user in the AWS CLI `config` file. You use this profile when executing the AWS CLI commands. For more information about named profiles, see [Named Profiles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-multiple-profiles.html) in the *AWS Command Line Interface User Guide*.

   ```
   [profile adminuser]
   aws_access_key_id = adminuser access key ID
   aws_secret_access_key = adminuser secret access key
   region = aws-region
   ```

   For a list of available AWS Regions, see [Regions and Endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html) in the *Amazon Web Services General Reference*.
**Note**  
The example code and commands in this tutorial use the us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Region. To use a different Region, change the Region in the code and commands for this tutorial to the Region you want to use.

1. Verify the setup by entering the following help command at the command prompt: 

   ```
   aws help
   ```

After you set up an AWS account and the AWS CLI, you can try the next exercise, in which you configure a sample application and test the end-to-end setup.

## Next step
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[Create and run a Managed Service for Apache Flink application](get-started-exercise.md)