# `pcluster configure`
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Begins an interactive configuration wizard for Amazon ParallelCluster version 3. For more information, see [Configure and create a cluster with the Amazon ParallelCluster command line interface](install-v3-configuring.md).

```
pcluster configure [-h]
                 --config CONFIG
                [--debug]
                [--region REGION]
```

## Named arguments
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**-h, --help**  
Shows the help text for `pcluster configure`.

**--config *CONFIG***  
Path to output the generated config file.

**--debug**  
Turn on debug logging.

**--region, -r *REGION***  
Specifies the Amazon Web Services Region to use. The Region must be specified, using the [Region](image-builder-configuration-file-v3.md#yaml-build-image-Region) setting in the image configuration file, the `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` environment variable, the `region` setting in the `[default]` section of the `~/.aws/config` file, or the `--region` parameter.