Nova Forge access and setup

Subscribe to Nova Forge

To access Nova Forge features, complete the following steps:

1. Verify administrator access to the AWS account.

2. Navigate to the SageMaker AI AI console and request access to Nova Forge.

3. Wait for the Nova team to email a confirmation after the subscription request is approved.

4. Tag your SageMaker HyperPod execution role with the forge-subscription tag. This tag is required for accessing Nova Forge features and checkpoints. Add the following tag to your execution role:

   • Key: forge-subscription

   • Value: true

5. Set up the necessary SageMaker HyperPod infrastructure by following the workshop instructions for configuring the environment with Forge-enabled features.

Note

Standard Amazon Nova features remain available without a Forge subscription. Nova Forge is designed for building custom frontier models with control and flexibility across all model training phases.

Content moderation settings

If you need access to Nova Forge, customizable content moderation settings (CCMS) are available for Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 and Pro 1.0 models. CCMS allows adjustment of content moderation controls to align with specific business requirements while maintaining essential responsible AI safeguards. To determine if a business model is appropriate for CCMS, contact an AWS Account Manager.

For additional information on configuring and using CCMS with custom models, see the Responsible AI Toolkit and Content Moderation section.