We assume you already have an AWS account, as well as a log-in account on a Linux machine with a public IP address and an administrator who's willing to open a port for you. If so, you can follow the instructions for {wiki: UsingCondorAnnexForTheFirstTime using HTCondor Annex for the first time}.
+If you're not sure if you've configured =condor_annex= before, you may enter the following to check.
+
+{term}
+$ . ~/condor-8.7.1/condor.sh
+$ condor_annex -check-setup
+Checking for configuration bucket... OK.
+Checking for Lambda functions... OK.
+Checking for instance profile... OK.
+Checking for security group... OK.
+Your setup looks OK.
+{endterm}
+
+If you see anything else, follow the instructions above.
+
{section: What You'll Need to Know}
To create a HTCondor annex with on-demand instances, you'll need to know two things:
