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# Before you build
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 Before you start building out your environment on AWS, we strongly encourage you to read this implementation guide in its entirety. Seeing how the entire environment works together, understanding instance types and sizes, being aware of the storage options, and knowing what security measures will be needed, will allow you to configure an environment that will meet your engineer's requirements, as well as the requirements from IT and security teams.