# Cluster Creation

📺 Follow the video for detailed guidance

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Tutorial video 1.2
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### Steps&#x20;

1. Sign in to the AWS [Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com), In All Services, choose [CloudFormation](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/).&#x20;
2. In the navigation pane, choose Stack and then choose Create Stack. Under Prerequisite-Prepare Template, choose Template is ready.
3. Under Specify Template, choose the Template Source as Amazon S3 URL and enter the following URL below and click Next

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https://cfmainnet.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ClusterCreationStackV1.json
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4. In the Specify Stack Details, enter the Stack name as “*cluster-creation-stack*” or your desired stack name.
5. In the Parameters,&#x20;

&#x20;             a) In the ClusterName, set the name for your cluster. Eg. Validator-Cluster-2.

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Note: ClusterName must be different from the existing Cluster Names
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&#x20;            b) In the KeyName, select the existing key pair from existing keys.If you don't have any existing key pair then you can follow the instructions above and create a key-pair.

&#x20;            c) In Instance type, select the instance type as per your requirement.

6. Click on Next.&#x20;
7. In the Configure stack options, click on Next.
8. In the Review Stack, review your stack details and in Capabilities, check the box which says *“I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources with custom names"*.
9. Click on Create Stack.

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Note: You can only create a wallet when you have successfully created a Cluster following Step 1.
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