# Setting Up Amazon Config with the Console
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The Amazon Web Services Management Console provides a quick and streamlined process for setting up Amazon Config.

## Setting up
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**To set up Amazon Config with the console**

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

1. If this is the first time you are opening the Amazon Config console or you are setting up Amazon Config in a new region, the Amazon Config console page looks like the following:   
![\[The image on the Amazon Config Console page provides an overview of the Amazon Config service, emphasizing its role in recording and evaluating the configuration chages of Amazon resources.\]](http://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/config/latest/developerguide/images/welcome.png)

1. Choose **1-click setup** to launch Amazon Config based on Amazon best practices. You can also choose **Get started** to go through a more detailed setup process.

**Topics**
+ [Setting up](#gs-console-setting-up.title)
+ [1-click setup](1-click-setup.md)
+ [Manual setup](manual-setup.title.md)