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# Get Started

Step-by-step instruction to setup the agent

Agents are available as part of the AWS marketplace offering. This make it easy to try and run service securely in a private cloud environment. 

## 1-Click Deployment from AWS Marketplace

* Preparation: Gather following information before you start. 

  *  It is expected to have appropriate permissions to deploy this product on AWS environment, as an agent deployment will provision the following resources.
    * Profile, Role and Policy in IAM
    * SecurityGroup for routing
    * Secret in Secret Manager
    * EC2 instance with an agent 
  * Following details should be handy before starting the deployment. 
    * Common
      * Cloud infra details:  VPC, Subnet, IP4 Address range to allow access, EC2 instance type, environment name (like pilot, dev, prod), Unique id
      * IAM Service details: Please refer IAM service specific page under [Solution documentation](/solutiondocs/solution-documentation/okta.md) section.
    * Metrics Monitor
      * Prometheus URL in case of push (remote write) mode \
        Amazon managed prometheus (AMP) workspace in same AWS region or other external prometheus endpoint. 
      * Dashboarding tool which supports prometheus and json based data sources
    * Log Ingestor
      * Loki push URL
      * Dashboarding tool which supports loki as a data sources 

* Deployment
  * Search for 'Metrics monitor for \<IAM Platform>'\
    (example: 'Metrics monitor for Okta' for  Okta metrics monitor agent or 'Metrics monitor for IBM  Verify SaaS' for  IBM Verify SaaS metrics monitor agent)&#x20;
  * Provide the details gathered in preparation step
  * Submit the request

## Advanced deployment

AWS Marketplace agent for metrics monitor are pre-configured for specific endpoints and pull frequency which can not be changed. For any enhancement or customised configuration, please contact [support@iam-boards.com](mailto:undefined). Team will engage to understand the requirements and provide an appropriate guidance. &#x20;