# Set up Amazon Route 53
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The overview and procedures in this section help you get started with AWS.

**Topics**
+ [Sign up for an AWS account](#sign-up-for-aws)
+ [Download tools](#setting-up-sdk)

## Sign up for an AWS account
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To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the *AWS Account Management Reference Guide*.

## Download tools
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The AWS Management Console includes a console for Amazon Route 53, but if you want to access the services programmatically, see the following:
+ The API guide document the operations that the services support and provide links to the related SDK and CLI documentation:
  + [Amazon Route 53 API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html)
+ To call an API without having to handle low-level details like assembling raw HTTP requests, you can use an AWS SDK. The AWS SDKs provide functions and data types that encapsulate the functionality of AWS services. To download an AWS SDK and access installation instructions, see the applicable page: 
  + [Java](https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/)
  + [JavaScript](http://aws.amazon.com/sdkforbrowser/)
  + [.NET](https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/)
  + [Node.js](https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-node-js/)
  + [PHP](https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-php/)
  + [Python](https://github.com/boto/boto)
  + [Ruby](https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-ruby/)

  For a complete list of AWS SDKs, see [Tools for Amazon Web Services](http://aws.amazon.com/tools/).
+ You can use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to control multiple AWS services from the command line. You can also automate your commands using scripts. For more information, see [AWS Command Line Interface](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/).
+ AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell supports these AWS services. For more information, see [AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference](http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/powershell/).