How to get an AWS network

Before we prepare to pentest AWS services, we need AWS services to pentest! There are two things you could do:

• You can acquire AWS credentials from the organization you work for
• Or if you’re just learning and you’re not working for an organization yet, you can set up your own AWS instance free of charge

Amazon allows people to do a lot of things on its infrastructure through free services and free trials.

Keep in mind that whether you’re using your organization’s paid AWS instance or your own free AWS instance, the same AWS pentesting policies apply. Refer to Chapters 2 and 3 for more details. You may also review AWS’s pentesting policies here: https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler.

If you need to set up a free AWS instance, I’ll walk you through the setup process. Follow these steps:

1. Visit https://aws.amazon.com/ in your web browser.
2. Click on the orange button on the upper-right...