Amazon Forecast is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers of Amazon Forecast can continue to use the service as normal. [Learn more"](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/transition-your-amazon-forecast-usage-to-amazon-sagemaker-canvas/)

# Setting Up
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Before using Amazon Forecast to evaluate or forecast time-series data, create an AWS account, configure access permissions, and set up the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

**Topics**
+ [Sign Up for AWS](aws-forecast-set-up-aws-account.md)
+ [Set Up the AWS CLI](aws-forecast-set-up-aws-cli.md)
+ [Set Up Permissions for Amazon Forecast](aws-forecast-iam-roles.md)