# Getting started with Lake Formation
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If you haven't signed up for AWS or need assistance getting started, be sure to complete the following tasks.

**Topics**
+ [Complete initial AWS configuration tasks](#initial-aws-signup)
+ [Set up AWS Lake Formation](initial-lf-config.md)
+ [Upgrading AWS Glue data permissions to the AWS Lake Formation model](upgrade-glue-lake-formation.md)
+ [AWS Lake Formation and interface VPC endpoints (AWS PrivateLink)](privatelink.md)

## Complete initial AWS configuration tasks
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To use AWS Lake Formation you must first complete the following tasks:

**Topics**
+ [Sign up for an AWS account](#sign-up-for-aws)

### Sign up for an AWS account
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To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the *AWS Account Management Reference Guide*.