Prerequisites

Prepare your machine and environment to run DKP

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Konvoy prerequisites

Before you begin using Konvoy, you must have:

An x86_64-based Linux or macOS machine.
The dkp binary for Linux, or macOS.
Docker version 18.09.2 or later installed.
kubectl for interacting with the running cluster.
A valid AWS account with credentials configured.

NOTE: On macOS, Docker runs in a virtual machine. Configure this virtual machine with at least 8GB of memory.

AWS prerequisites

Before you begin using Konvoy with AWS, you must:

Create an IAM policy configuration.
Export the AWS region where you want to deploy the cluster:
```
export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
```
Export the AWS profile with the credentials you want to use to create the Kubernetes cluster:
```
export AWS_PROFILE=<profile>
```