# Access, Deployment & Setup

Accessing, deploying and setting up the BlueRock Secure MCP Server instance is done with the following steps.

* Step 1: Access BlueRock Secure MCP Server AMIs via the AWS Marketplace
* Step 2: Deploy a BlueRock instance
* Step 3: Log into your instance
* Step 4: Configure CloudWatch logs
* Step 5: View logs for you instance via CloudWatch

## Step 1: Access BlueRock Free Tier AMIs

BlueRock Free Tier machine images are available on the AWS marketplace.

| Base Distribution | AWS Marketplace URL                                                                        |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | [BlueRock Secure MCP Server](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-gfc2dmyhvj2t4) |

## Step 2: Deploy BlueRock Free Tier Instance

Standard AWS AMI-based deployment is used to install BlueRock into your AWS environment.

## Step 3: Login to your BlueRock Free Tier instance

```shellscript
ssh -i <ssh-key-file> ec2-user@<ip-address>
```

## Step 4: Setup CloudWatch on Your Instance

See: [configuring-otel-event-collection-with-bluerock](https://freedocs.bluerock.io/bluerock-secure-mcp-server-for-fastmcp/access-deployment-and-setup/configuring-otel-event-collection-with-bluerock "mention")