# Prerequisites

### Install Python3

Install Python 3 and pip3 on your specific machine. You can choose to run the integration on an AWS EC2 instance or on a local Linux machine. Skip to [Verify install](#verify-install) if you already have these installed.

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1. From the AWS EC2 console launch a new instance. We *recommend* you use **Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type**
2. Connect to the EC2 Instance using SSH

   ```bash
   ssh -i "<user-private-key-file.pem>" ubuntu@<instance-public-DNS>
   ```
3. Update the package list

   ```bash
   sudo apt update
   ```
4. Install Python 3 and pip3 packages

   ```bash
   sudo apt install python3
   sudo apt install python3-pip
   ```

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{% tab title="Ubuntu/Debian Linux" %}
{% hint style="warning" %}
To install *python3-pip* you may need to install the "universe" repository running command

```bash
sudo add-apt-repository universe
```

{% endhint %}

1. install Python3

   ```bash
   sudo apt-get install python3
   ```
2. install pip3

   ```bash
   sudo apt-get install python3-pip
   ```

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{% endtabs %}

### Verify install

Make sure that Python3 and Pip3 were installed correctly

```bash
python3 --version
pip3 --version
```