# Getting started

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## Step 1: Set up an AWS account and create a User

* **Note**\
  An IAM user with administrator permissions has unrestricted access to the AWS services in your account. For information about restricting access to Amazon Rekognition operations, see [Amazon Rekognition identity-based policies](https://github.com/kevinslin/aws-reference-notes/blob/main/services/amazon_rekognition/security_iam_service-with-iam.md#security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies). The code examples in this guide assume that you have a user with the `AmazonRekognitionFullAccess` permissions. `AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess` is required for examples that access images or videos that are stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. The Amazon Rekognition Video stored video code examples also require `AmazonSQSFullAccess` permissions. Depending on your security requirements, you might want to use an IAM group that's limited to these permissions. For more information, see [Creating IAM Groups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_groups_create.html).