# Creating collections
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You can use the console or the Amazon CLI to create a serverless collection. These steps cover how to create a *search* or *time series* collection. To create a *vector search* collection, see [Working with vector search collections](serverless-vector-search.md). 

**Topics**
+ [Create a collection (console)](serverless-create-console.md)
+ [Create a collection (CLI)](serverless-create-cli.md)