# AWS PCS login nodes
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An AWS PCS cluster usually needs at least 1 login node to support interactive access and job management. A way to accomplish this is with a static AWS PCS compute node group configured for login node capability. You can also configure a standalone EC2 instance to act as a login node.

**Topics**
+ [Using an AWS PCS compute node group to provide login nodes](working-with_login-nodes_compute-node-group-for-login.md)
+ [Using standalone instances as AWS PCS login nodes](working-with_login-nodes_standalone.md)
+ [Connecting a standalone login node to multiple clusters in AWS PCS](multi-cluster-login-script.md)