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+# How-to AWS resources for hackathon
+
+1.	Get account: https://tinyurl.com/mboltzaws 
+  a.	Ue one-time passcode
+  b.	Use AWS console (top left of GUI)
+  Open it via this button:
+<img width="468" height="262" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b810a050-14b9-4d7d-b905-d04699c01e05" />
+ 
+2.	Setting regions: see this thread https://boltz-community.slack.com/archives/C09LQG2HNBA/p1760970261463439
+   <img width="468" height="138" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9a29fb62-2971-414c-8a31-65b820c22604" />
+
+ 
+3.	Create notebook instance from GitHub repo: https://us-west-2.console.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/home?region=us-west-2#/notebooks-and-git-repos
+
+## Troubleshotting
+
+### Downloading the data
+
+To download the challenges dataset via terminal, first navigate to the folder SageMaker/boltz-hackathon-template/ before running the download command (e.g., wget).
+
+### Managing environment 
+
+See this (guide)[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/studio-lab-use-manage.html]
+
+#### To access anaconda
+1. Open terminal (e.g. from Jupyter Lab)
+2. Enter bash shell via `bash`
+3. Usepre-installed conda
+