Lab 8.1: Prepare your AWS Account 
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.. note:: Estimated time to complete: **15 minutes**

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Tasks
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.. warning:: If you already created an AWS environment and VPN in Class 2 Module 4 (AWS SSG) you do not need to recreate this item.

1. Create the AWS environment and VPN

SSH Ubuntu host in the lab environment.

Navigate to: ``cd f5-aws-vpn-ssg``

Execute the Ansible scripts to create the AWS resources (including VPN between AWS and the lab), cloud provider and cloud environment.

``./000-RUN_ALL.sh ve``

.. note:: VPN object and servers can take up to 15 minutes to complete.

The console will output your ephemeral credentials for the resources created, **yours will be different**. Save these for later use.

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