# Cluster Creation

:tv: Follow the video for detailed guidance

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### Steps&#x20;

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

```css-extras
https://cfmainnet.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/TekuValidator_ClusterCreation.json
```

* In the Specify Stack Details, enter the Stack name as “*cluster-creation-stack*” or your desired stack name.
* In the Parameters, \
  \
  a) 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;     b) In Instance type, select the instance type as per your requirement.&#x20;

| Number of Validators | Instance type (Recommended) |
| -------------------- | --------------------------- |
| 1-25                 | t2.medium                   |
| 25-100               | t2.large                    |

c) In the CIDR Value, if you wish to allow ssh access to any ip address, give the value as 0.0.0.0. If you want to allow access to only your ip address, then give the ip address of the device you want to access ec2-instance from.

* Click on Next.&#x20;
* In the Configure stack options, click on Next.
* 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"*.
* 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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