# Create a host resource group in License Manager
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Configure a host resource group to enable License Manager to manage your Dedicated Hosts. To best utilize your most expensive licenses, you can associate one or more core- or socket-based self-managed licenses with your host resource group. To best optimize host utilization, you can allow all core- or socket-based self-managed licenses with your host resource group.

**To create a host resource group**

1. Open the License Manager console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/license-manager/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/license-manager/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Host resource groups**.

1. Choose **Create host resource group**.

1. For **Host resource group details**, specify a name and description for the host resource group.

1. For **EC2 Dedicated Host management settings**, enable or disable the following settings as needed:
   + **Allocate hosts automatically**
   + **Release hosts automatically**
   + **Recover hosts automatically**

1. (Optional) For **Additional settings**, select the instance families that you can launch in the host resource group.

1. For **self-managed licenses**, select one or more core- or socket-based self-managed licenses.

1. (Optional) For **Tags**, add one or more tags.

1. Choose **Create**.