Preparing the environment for Data Streams

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Updated at March 28, 2025

Log in to the management console. If not signed up yet, navigate to the management console and follow the on-screen instructions.
On the Yandex Cloud Billing page, make sure you have a billing account linked and its status is ACTIVE or TRIAL_ACTIVE. If you do not have a billing account yet, create one.
If you do not have a folder yet, create one.
Create a service account and assign it the editor role for your folder.
Create a static access key.
Configure the AWS CLI:
1. Install the AWS CLI and run this command:
```
aws configure
```
2. Enter the following one by one:
  - AWS Access Key ID [None]:: Service account key ID.
  - AWS Secret Access Key [None]:: Service account secret key.
  - Default region name [None]:: ru-central1.