End of support notice: On October 7, 2026, AWS will end support for AWS Proton. After October 7, 2026, you will no longer be able to access the AWS Proton console or AWS Proton resources. Your deployed infrastructure will remain intact. For more information, see [AWS Proton Service Deprecation and Migration Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/proton/latest/userguide/proton-end-of-support.html).

# Prerequisites
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Before you start using AWS Proton, make sure that the following prerequisites are met. For more information, see [Setting up](ag-setting-up.md).
+ You have an IAM account with administrator permissions. For more information, see [Setting up with IAM](ag-setting-up-iam.md).
+ You have the AWS Proton service role and the AWS Proton pipeline service role are attached to your account. For more information, see [Setting up AWS Proton service roles](ag-setting-up-iam.md#setting-up-cicd) and [Service roles for AWS Proton](security_iam_service-with-iam.md#security_iam_service-with-iam-roles-service).
+ You have an AWS CodeStar connection. For more information, see [Setting up an AWS CodeStar connection](setting-up-for-service.md#setting-up-vcontrol).
+ You're familiar with creating CloudFormation templates and Jinja parameterization. For more information, see [What is CloudFormation?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html)* in the CloudFormation User Guide * and [Jinja website](https://palletsprojects.com/projects/jinja).
+ You have working knowledge of AWS infrastructure services.
+ You're logged into your AWS account.