# Pre-requisites The following are the general pre-requisites to deploy cloud resources in AWS: * [ ] AWS account * [ ] An IAM user with appropriate permissions to list, describe, create, update and delete cloud resources * [ ] The users secret and access key details * [ ] The AWS region where the cloud infrastructure will be deployed to * [ ] Address block (CIDR - IPv4) for VPC and Subnets ## Important Note: QMCLOUD relies on the Pulumi service for deployment of cloud resources. For a self-hosted environment or an AWS marketplace appliance, a user is required to: 1. Create or use an existing Pulumi account 2. Create an access token from Pulumi 3. Configure QMCLOUD to use the access token under Configuration Important note: In the SaaS version of QMCLOUD, there is no need for a user to create or setup Pulumi accounts and tokens. The SaaS version of QMCLOUD automatically manages the capabilities on the behalf of the users. Please refer to the Pulumi link below and documentation to get started to create an account. Pulumi offers various tiers of accounts including a free account. {% embed url="" %} Pulumi - Get started {% endembed %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.qmcloud.io/getting-started/pre-requisites.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.