# Setting up MediaPackage
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This section provides procedures to set up your organization to use AWS Elemental MediaPackage. It also providers information about determining the IAM permissions that users and other AWS identities require. These permissions let you impose restricted controls on users and other AWS identities, in conformance with the security policies and procedures of your organization.

**Topics**
+ [Sign up for an AWS account](#sign-up-for-aws)
+ [Set up additional IAM permissions](setting-up-iam-permissions.md)
+ [Allowing MediaPackage to access other AWS services](setting-up-create-trust-rel.md)
+ [Download tools](setting-up-tools.md)

## Sign up for an AWS account
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To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use [Sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select [AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/project-regions.html), use [Sign up for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/sign-in-new.html).