# Create a Memcached serverless cache
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**Amazon Web Services Management Console**

To create a new Memcached serverless cache using the ElastiCache console:

1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the ElastiCache console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/elasticache/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/elasticache/).

1. In the navigation pane on the left side of the console, choose **Memcached Caches**.

1. On the right side of the console, choose **Create Memcached cache**.

1. In the **Cache settings** enter a **Name**. You can optionally enter a **description** for the cache. 

1. Leave the default settings selected. 

1. Click **Create** to create the cache. 

1. Once the cache is in "ACTIVE" status, you can begin writing and reading data to the cache. 

To create a new cache using the Amazon CLI

The following Amazon CLI example creates a new cache using create-serverless-cache.

**Linux**

```
aws elasticache create-serverless-cache \
		--serverless-cache-name CacheName \
		--engine memcached
```

**Windows**

```
aws elasticache create-serverless-cache ^
		--serverless-cache-name CacheName ^
		--engine memcached
```

Note that the value of the Status field is set to `CREATING`.

To verify that ElastiCache has finished creating the cache, use the `describe-serverless-caches` command.

**Linux**

```
aws elasticache describe-serverless-caches --serverless-cache-name CacheName
```

**Windows**

```
aws elasticache describe-serverless-caches --serverless-cache-name CacheName
```

After creating the new cache, proceed to [Read and write data to the cache](read-write-cache-mem.md).