# AWS

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You can either configure the connections in the UI or via [provisioning](/latest/devx/5.5/deployment/installation/automation.md). Provisioning is recommended.
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Lenses uses an AWS in two places:

1. AWS IAM connection to [MSK ](/latest/devx/5.5/getting-started/connections/kafka/aws-msk.md)for Lenses itself
2. [Connecting to AWS Glue](/latest/devx/5.5/getting-started/connections/schemas-registries/aws-glue.md)
3. [Alert channels](/latest/devx/5.5/user-guide/cli/admin/alert-channels.md) to Cloud Watch.

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If Lenses is deployed on an EC2 Instance or has access to AWS credentials in the default [AWS toolchain](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/credentials-chain.html#credentials-default) that can be used instead.
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