Prerequisites

System requirements

Requirement	Version	Purpose
Node.js	≥ 20	CLI runtime
pnpm	≥ 9	Package manager (monorepo)
AWS CLI	v2	AWS authentication
Docker	Latest	Local development only

AWS setup

1. Configure AWS credentials

aws configure

You’ll need an IAM user or role with permissions to create:

• Lambda functions
• API Gateway HTTP APIs
• DynamoDB tables
• Kinesis Data Streams
• S3 buckets
• AWS Glue PySpark jobs
• CloudFormation stacks
• Cognito user pools
• CloudFront distributions

For production, use a dedicated IAM role with least-privilege permissions. For getting started, AdministratorAccess works.

2. Bootstrap CDK

AWS CDK requires a one-time bootstrap per account/region:

npx cdk bootstrap aws://ACCOUNT_ID/REGION

Replace ACCOUNT_ID with your 12-digit AWS account ID and REGION with your target region (e.g. us-east-1).

3. Verify

aws sts get-caller-identity

This should return your account ID and ARN, confirming credentials are configured correctly.