# AMI Configuration

**Launch through EC2**

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Configure Instance to your companies standards. As note previously, the EC2 instanced provisioned is used to copy files to S3 for the FinOps Center deployment. We recommend a small instance (T3 Small) be used and can be shut down once the files are copied to S3.

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**Prior to Launch → the IAM Instance Profile much have a Role with Policy to S3 Create Bucket and S3 Write Access for FinOps Center Installation Bucket. Add your AWS Account Number to below Policies.**

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Navigate to IAM and follow below Steps

Step 1: Create a New Role for EC2 or Validate an Existing Role has above Policy.

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```json
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:CreateBucket",
        "s3:ListBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::cdk-hnb659fds-assets-<accountnumber>-us-east-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:PutObject",
        "s3:PutObjectAcl"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::cdk-hnb659fds-assets-<accountnumber>-us-east-1*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

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```json
 
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Step 2: Create a Role

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Step 3: Add Policy to Role

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and Create Role

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Return to EC2 to Launch Instance

**No Key is Required as the Instance can be delete upon Install**

**Launch Instance**

Navigate to S3

As the EC2 starts up, a bucket will appear beginning with cdk (see below)

| [cdk-](https://s3.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/buckets/cdk-hnb659fds-assets-525170417841-us-east-1?region=us-east-1)xxxxxx[-assets-](https://s3.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/buckets/cdk-hnb659fds-assets-525170417841-us-east-1?region=us-east-1)accountnumber[-us-east-1](https://s3.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/buckets/cdk-hnb659fds-assets-525170417841-us-east-1?region=us-east-1) | US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | <p>Bucket and objects not public</p><p> </p> | Timestamp |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | --------- |

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Once you see the cdk Bucket is created navigate back to the Marketplace Listing to Launch CloudFormation.

Launch CloudFormation

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