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Setup Starlight on AWS

AWS Console

1. Setup an AWS account
    You'll need to create a new AWS account. The basic, free account will do.
    https://aws.amazon.com/

2. Register a domain name (optional)
    https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/home?#DomainRegistration:

3. Generate AWS Access Keys
    https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home?region=us-east-2#/security_credential
    Click "Create New Access Key"
    Keep the values handy for the Development Machine setup

Development Machine

1. Configure AWS CLI
    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/installing.html
    On Mac: $ brew install awscli

2. Create an SSH key
    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/starlight-terraform
    ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/starlight-terraform

    Update ssh_public_key in vars.tf with your newly created public key
    $ cat ~/.ssh/starlight-terraform.pub | pbcopy

3. Install Terraform
    https://www.terraform.io/intro/getting-started/install.html
    On Mac: brew install terraform

4. Use Terraform to create AWS resources

    $ terraform apply