Setting up
Before you use Amazon Comprehend for the first time, complete the following tasks.
Setting up tasks
Sign up for an AWS account
To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see Getting started with an AWS account in the AWS Account Management Reference Guide.
Set up the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
You don't need the AWS CLI to perform the steps in the Getting Started exercises. However, some of the other exercises in this guide do require it. If you prefer, you can skip this step and go to Getting started with Amazon Comprehend, and set up the AWS CLI later.
To install and configure the AWS CLI
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Install the AWS CLI. For instructions, see the following topic in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide:
Installing or updating the latest version of the AWS Command Line Interface
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Configure the AWS CLI. For instructions, see the following topic in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide:
Grant programmatic access
Users need programmatic access if they want to interact with AWS outside of the AWS Management Console. The way to grant programmatic access depends on the type of user that's accessing AWS.
To grant users programmatic access, choose one of the following options.
| Which user needs programmatic access? | To | By |
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| IAM | (Recommended) Use console credentials as temporary credentials to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, or AWS APIs. |
Following the instructions for the interface that you want to use.
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Workforce identity (Users managed in IAM Identity Center) |
Use temporary credentials to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, or AWS APIs. |
Following the instructions for the interface that you want to use.
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| IAM | Use temporary credentials to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, or AWS APIs. | Following the instructions in Using temporary credentials with AWS resources in the IAM User Guide. |
| IAM | (Not recommended) Use long-term credentials to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, or AWS APIs. |
Following the instructions for the interface that you want to use.
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