Step 1: Set up the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment

Before running the VCPA pipeline, users will need to follow the steps in this session to set up the AWS environment.

1.1 Create AWS account

1.2 Configure your computing environment and login to AWS

1.3 Setup S3 bucket (simple storage solution for AWS) for hosting sequencing data

1.4 Install AWS command line software and link your S3 bucket to your S3 account

1.5 Install StarCluster for AWS instance provisioning (optional)