You need an active AWS account. You need to follow the section Getting started in the recipes Your first AWS Lambda and Your first Lambda with AWS CLI from Chapter 1, Getting Started with Serverless Computing on AWS, to set up Java, Maven, the parent project, serverless-cookbook-parent-aws-java, and AWS CLI, and may also read other notes there including code usage guidelines, S3 bucket creation, and notes for Windows users.

If you are not familiar with developing and deploying Lambda with the Java runtime using a CloudFormation template and the AWS CLI, you may first refer to the respective recipes in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Serverless Computing on AWS. Complete CloudFormation templates and the required CLI commands are provided with the code files for reference.