Before You Begin

Be sure you've completed the following steps.

• Complete the tasks in Setting up for AWS Data Pipeline.

• (Optional) Set up a VPC for the cluster and a security group for the VPC. For more information, see Launching Resources for Your Pipeline into a VPC.

• Create a topic for sending email notification and make a note of the topic Amazon Resource Name (ARN). For more information, see Create a Topic in the Amazon Simple Notification Service Getting Started Guide.