# Creating a queue
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AWS Elemental MediaConvert provides a default on-demand queue. A default queue is available in all Amazon Web Services Regions. Other queues appear only in the Amazon Web Services Region where they are created. To add additional resources to your account, you can create your own on-demand queues. 

To learn how queues affect the way that MediaConvert allocates the processing of resources, see [Processing multiple jobs in parallel](working-with-on-demand-queues.md#queue-resources). The following tabs show different options for creating an on-demand queue.

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#### [ Console ]

To create an on-demand queue by using the MediaConvert console:

1. Open the [Queues](https://console.amazonaws.cn/mediaconvert/home#/queues/list) page in the MediaConvert console.

1. Choose **Create queue**.

1. Enter a **Name**. Then optionally enter a **Description** and any **Tags**.

1. Optionally enter a value for **Concurrent jobs**.

1. Choose **Create queue**.

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#### [ Amazon CLI ]

The following `create-queue` example creates a new on-demand queue with 100 concurrent jobs.

```
aws mediaconvert create-queue \
	--region {{region-name-1}} \
	--name {{Queue1}} \
	--description {{"Example queue description."}} \
	--concurrentJobs {{"100"}} \
	--tags {{"KeyName1=string1,KeyName2=string2"}}
```

For more information about how to create an on-demand queue by using the Amazon CLI, see the [Amazon CLI Command Reference](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/mediaconvert/create-queue.html).

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