Title: Cloud machines on AWS (coming) · Codemany docs
URL: https://codemany.com/docs/machines/cloud/aws
Description: Coming in the next release: connect AWS to Codemany with the access key of a dedicated IAM user, created from a CloudFormation template Codemany ships. Until then, run Codemany on an EC2 instance by hand.
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[Machines](https://codemany.com/docs#machines)[Cloud machines](https://codemany.com/docs/machines/cloud)

Coming in the next release

# AWS

AWS isn't in Add a cloud machine yet. This page says how it will connect; details can change before it ships.

Until then, set a machine up by hand: the [Linux server guide](https://codemany.com/docs/machines/linux-server#cloud) walks through a cloud VM.

## How it will connect

With the access key of an IAM user that exists only for Codemany:

1. Create the IAM user from the CloudFormation template Codemany ships, in the AWS account you want the machines in.
2. Create an access key for that user.
3. In [Add a cloud machine](https://codemany.com/docs/machines/cloud#add), choose **AWS** and paste the key.

A user made for Codemany alone keeps the key away from the rest of your account, the way a dedicated project does on [Hetzner](https://codemany.com/docs/machines/cloud/hetzner).

## What stays the same

Everything on [Cloud machines](https://codemany.com/docs/machines/cloud) is the same for every provider: the machine takes one machine seat, only SSH is open with a pinned host key, credentials stay in the Mac Keychain or the Linux keyring and are never sent to Codemany's servers, and Codemany only touches machines carrying its tag.

## Until then

Create an EC2 instance yourself and install Codemany on it: [the Linux server guide](https://codemany.com/docs/machines/linux-server#cloud) walks through a cloud VM, and its "AWS and others" section names comparable instance types. Keep the security group to SSH only, and reach the dashboard through an SSH tunnel.

[Previous DigitalOcean](https://codemany.com/docs/machines/cloud/digitalocean)[Next Azure](https://codemany.com/docs/machines/cloud/azure)