Amazon Bedrock Setup

Overview

Amazon Bedrock provides access to Claude, Llama, Mistral, and other leading models through AWS.

Prerequisites

1. AWS Account with billing enabled
2. AWS CLI installed: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
3. Python 3.8+
4. Model access enabled in your AWS region

Step 1: Enable Model Access

Bedrock requires explicit model access. In the AWS Console:

1. Navigate to Bedrock → Model Access
2. Click Modify Model Access
3. Enable at least one model (e.g., Claude 3, Llama 2)
4. Accept usage agreements
5. Click Save changes

This can take 5-10 minutes to propagate.

Step 2: Configure AWS Credentials

Option A: Use AWS CLI

aws configure
# Enter: AWS Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, default region, output format

Option B: Set environment variables

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your-key>
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your-secret>
export AWS_REGION=us-east-1

Step 3: Configure Environment

Edit your .env file:

# Amazon Bedrock
AWS_REGION=us-east-1
BEDROCK_MODEL=anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229-v1:0
# Model ID format: <provider>.<model-name>-<version>

Step 4: Supported Models (May 2026)

Anthropic: - anthropic.claude-3-opus-20240229-v1:0 – Most capable - anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229-v1:0 – Balanced - anthropic.claude-3-haiku-20240307-v1:0 – Fast, cheap

Meta Llama: - meta.llama2-70b-chat-v1 - meta.llama2-13b-chat-v1

Mistral: - mistral.mistral-7b-instruct-v0:2 - mistral.mistral-large-2402-v1:0

List available models:

aws bedrock list-foundation-models --region us-east-1

Step 5: Run an Experiment

# Activate venv and install deps
source .venv-exp/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements-experiments.txt

# Run preset sweep
python3 scripts/cloud/bedrock_sweep.py --preset summarization --trials 3

# Analyze results
python3 scripts/analyze_results.py --input runs/latest.jsonl

Cost Estimates

Bedrock pricing is per 1M input/output tokens. Typical costs per 1000 API calls:

• Claude 3 Haiku: ~$0.03 input, $0.08 output
• Claude 3 Sonnet: ~$0.10 input, $0.30 output
• Claude 3 Opus: ~$0.30 input, $0.90 output
• Llama 2 70B: ~$0.01 input, $0.02 output

Current pricing

Troubleshooting

"AccessDeniedException" error: Ensure model access is enabled in Bedrock console and your IAM role has bedrock:* permissions.

"Model not found" error: Verify the model is enabled in your region:

aws bedrock list-foundation-models --region us-east-1 --query 'modelSummaries[*].modelId'

"Quota exceeded" error: Bedrock has rate limits. Request an increase via AWS Support Console.

"Invoke model" fails silently: Check AWS CloudTrail for error details:

aws cloudtrail lookup-events --region us-east-1 --lookup-attributes AttributeKey=EventName,AttributeValue=InvokeModel

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Next: Run your first experiment