Adding the first steps

README.md

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-# deploying-container-to-fargate-using-aws-copilot
-Deploying a container to AWS Fargate using AWS Copilot
+# Deploying a container to AWS Fargate using AWS Copilot
+
+## Step One: Setup a cloud development environment
+
+Log in to your AWS account and open the [AWS Cloud9](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloud9) console, then click "Create Environment"
+
+![images/create-cloud9.png](images/create-cloud9.png)
+
+Name your environment and click "Next Step"
+
+![images/name-and-create.png](images/name-and-create.png)
+
+You can retain the basic default settings for the environment. Just click "Next Step" again:
+
+![images/default-settings.png](images/default-settings.png)
+
+Now click on "Create Environment"
+
+![images/create-environment.png](images/create-environment.png)
+
+It will take a couple of minutes to provision and launch the environment:
+
+![images/wait-for-environment.png](images/wait-for-environment.png)
+
+Once the environment is ready you can click the plus button and select "New Terminal" to open a command line terminal connected to the remote environment:
+
+![images/launch-terminal.png](images/launch-terminal.png)
+
+In the terminal you can now run the command to install the latest version of AWS Copilot, and verify that it runs:
+
+```sh
+curl -Lo copilot https://github.com/aws/copilot-cli/releases/latest/download/copilot-linux && chmod +x copilot && sudo mv copilot /usr/local/bin/copilot && copilot --help
+```
+
+Last you should clone this repo inside of the environment in order to pull in the code that will be used:
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/nathanpeck/deploying-container-to-fargate-using-aws-copilot.git
+```
+
+## Step Two: Meet the sample application