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# INTEGRATION WITH AWS
1. Integrating your AWS and Baseline11 accounts
One of the key benefits of using Baseline11 is the ability to abstract away the management of individual load agents on [AWS](http://aws.amazon.com/). Baseline11 will then spin up, manage, and terminate load agents without concern about the details of those processes. Here we will guide you through the one-time integration of your AWS account with your Baseline11 account.
2. What is Required?
Baseline11 makes it easy to connect your AWS account. (If you don’t already have an AWS account, you can[ ](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?)[https://aws.amazon.com/free](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?).) We use [IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction.html) and best of industry-standard security practices to safely establish a secure connection. All that is required is basic knowledge of AWS management and network security principles. Following the illustrated steps below, integration is normally accomplished in under 15 minutes.
### **Start to Finish in a few Illustrated Steps:**
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Sign in to the AWS -
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Search IAM.
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Click on Manage Access Key Button.
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Click on Create access key
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Select the check box and click on the Create access key.
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The access key was created successfully. Now click on Download .csv file and the Done Button.
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Sign in and Go to AWS Set up Page. Add AWS Key and AWS Secret from the downloaded CSV file, Click on Add key pair.
Return to the Test Page and click on “*Create New Test*”. The last step is to verify that Baseline11 has all of the necessary permissions set up properly to spin up load agent EC2 instances in AWS and execute tests. For that, we recommend starting a [JMeter](https://jmeter.apache.org/) test and adding at least one load agent.
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