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### Let's Begin! Launch the CloudFormation Stack
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1\. To begin this workshop, login to the AWS Management Console and navigate to the CloudFormation service. Make sure you are in the us-west-2 (Oregon) region. This is displayed in the upper-right side of the black navigation bar in the Management Console. If you are not in Oregon, click the region and change it to us-west-2 (Oregon).
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1\. To begin this workshop, click the below 'Deploy to AWS' link.
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2\. Copy the CloudFormation template from the GitHub repo to your local machine. This template is named **CreateZombieWorkshop.json**. You can download it [here](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/reinvent-wrk305-2015/CreateZombieWorkshop.json).
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[![Launch Zombie Workshop Stack into Oregon with CloudFormation](/Images/deploy-to-aws.png)](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=ZombieWorkshopStack&templateURL=https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/reinvent-wrk305-2015/CreateZombieWorkshop.json)
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3\. Click the blue **Create Stack** button. On the "Select Template" page, click **Browse**, and upload the template you downloaded in the previous step. Click **Next**.
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2\. On the "Specify Details" page, your Stack is prepopulated with the name "ZombieWorkshopStack".
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4\. On the "Specify Details" page, give your Stack a name, such as "ZombieWorkshopStack".
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3\. For the parameter section, if you want to develop with a team and would like to create IAM Users in your account to grant them access, then specify how many teammates/users you want to be created in the **NumberOfIAMUsers** box. Otherwise, leave it defaulted to 0 and no additional users will be created. Click **Next**.
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5\. For the parameter section, if you want to develop with a team and would like to create IAM Users in your account to grant them access, then specify how many teammates/users you want to be created in the **NumberOfIAMUsers** box. Otherwise, leave it defaulted to 0 and no additional users will be created. Click **Next**.
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4\. On the "Options" page, leave the defaults and click **Next**.
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6\. On the "Options" page, leave the defaults and click **Next**.
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5\. On the "Review" page, verify your selections, then scroll to the bottom and acknowledge that your Stack will launch IAM resources for you. Then click **Create** to launch your stack.
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7\. On the "Review" page, verify your selections, then scroll to the bottom and acknowledge that your Stack will launch IAM resources for you. Then click **Create** to launch your stack.
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6\. Your stack will take about 3 minutes to launch and you can track its progress in the "Events" tab. When it is done creating, the status will change to "CREATE_COMPLETE".
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8\. Your stack will take about 3 minutes to launch and you can track its progress in the "Events" tab. When it is done creating, the status will change to "CREATE_COMPLETE".
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7\. Click the "Outputs" tab and click the link for "MyChatRoomURL". This should open your chat application in a new tab.
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9\. Click the "Outputs" tab and click the link for "MyChatRoomURL". This should open your chat application in a new tab.
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8\. In your chat application, type your name (or a fun username!) in the "User Name" field, then begin typing messages in the textbox at the bottom of the screen where it displays "Enter a message and save humanity".
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10\. In your chat application, type your name (or a fun username!) in the "User Name" field, then begin typing messages in the textbox at the bottom of the screen where it displays "Enter a message and save humanity".
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11\. Your messages should begin showing up in the central chat pane window. Feel free to share the URL with your teammates, have them login and begin chatting as a group! If building this solution solo, you can logout and log back in with a different User Name to simulate multiple users.
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9\. Your messages should begin showing up in the central chat pane window. Feel free to share the URL with your teammates, have them login and begin chatting as a group! If building this solution solo, you can logout and log back in with a different User Name to simulate multiple users.
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**The baseline chat application is now configured and working! There is still important functionality missing and the Lambda Signal Corps needs you to build it out...so get started below!**
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7\. Once those resources have been deleted, go to the CloudFormation console and find the Stack that you launched in the beginning of the workshop, select it, and click **Delete Stack**. When the stack has been successfully deleted, it should no longer display in the list of Active stacks. If you run into any issues deleting stacks, please notify a workshop instructor or contact [AWS Support](https://console.aws.amazon.com/support/home) for additional assistance.
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