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# Get started

## Create a cluster on your AWS account

```bash
# install the CLI
pip install cortex

# create a cluster
cortex cluster up cluster.yaml
```

* [Client installation](/0.33/clients/install.md) - customize your client installation.
* [Cluster configuration](/0.33/clusters/management/create.md) - optimize your cluster for your workloads.
* [Environments](/0.33/clusters/management/environments.md) - manage multiple clusters.

## Run machine learning workloads at scale

```bash
# deploy machine learning APIs
cortex deploy apis.yaml
```

* [RealtimeAPI](/0.33/workloads/realtime-apis/example.md) - create HTTP/gRPC APIs that respond to prediction requests in real-time.
* [AsyncAPI](/0.33/workloads/async-apis/example.md) - create APIs that respond to prediction requests asynchronously.
* [BatchAPI](/0.33/workloads/batch-apis/example.md) - create APIs that run distributed batch inference jobs.
* [TaskAPI](/0.33/workloads/task-apis/example.md) - create APIs that run training or fine-tuning jobs.


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