Software requirements

Click the following links below to download and install the software as appropriate for your installation environment:

Software	Functions
Main AWS account	Deploys Service Workbench. We recommend you to dedicate an AWS account to this deployment. Additionally, you will also need admin access to the AWS accounts where you want to deploy Workspaces.
AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)	Starts AWS services from your terminal. You must have appropriate AWS programmatic credentials ready. You must also have appropriate rights to deploy the platform on an AWS account.
Packer installation	Used to build AMIs. For information on installing Packer, refer to this README.
Pnpm and Node.js	Installs and manages JavaScript packages specified in the platform’s dependencies. See Pnpm. Builds JavaScript files. See Node.js. Builds and packages the code for cloud deployment. See Serverless framework. For any issues with using node.js, refer to the Troubleshooting section.
Go	Used for creating a multipart S3 downloader tool that is used in AWS Service Catalog EC2 Windows-based research environments.

Note: Do not install Service Workbench in the root directory.