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# Connect an AWS Account(s)

<Info>
  **Note:** You can connect to multiple different AWS accounts.  This can be useful if you would like to deploy different environments to different accounts.
</Info>

Follow the steps below to connect to an AWS account.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Ensure you are logged in to your AWS account already with Admin access">
    1. If you do not have an AWS Account, check out how to [create one](/aws/no-aws-account).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Navigate to the AWS Connection page">
    1. Navigate to the [AWS Connections](https://app.deplify.com/aws-accounts) page.
    2. Click `Add AWS Account`
  </Step>

  <Step title="Follow The Steps">
    1. Name the connection whatever you like.  This is typically a friendly readable name of your choice.
    2. Click the `Open AWS with this link` which will open a new tab in the AWS console.
    3. Within the new tab, you need to click the `Create Stack` button.
    4. This will kickoff a cloudformation deployment in your AWS account which will create a role for Deplify to use for access.
    5. You can close the AWS tab and go back to the Deplify tab.
    6. After a minute or two the connection should be created.
  </Step>
</Steps>