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+Steps to setup AWS Server
+
+* RHEL 7
+* m5d.large
+
+$ sudo yum update
+$ sudo reboot
+$ sudo yum install wget tmux vim git bzip2 java-1.8.0-openjdk
+
+
+$ wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
+$ sh Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
+
+Add github ssh keys to box (won't be necessary when repos public)
+
+$ git clone git@github.com:mozilla/overscripted-explorer.git
+$ cd overscripted-explorer
+$ tmux new -s bokeh
+$ conda env create -f environment.yaml
+$ source activate overscripted_explorer
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+