# CreateRegistry
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Creates a new registry, a catalog that organizes registry records and defines their discovery authorization and record approval behavior. Creation is asynchronous: the registry begins in the CREATING status and becomes usable once it reaches READY.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /registries HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "approvalConfiguration": { 
      "autoApprovalRules": [ "{{string}}" ]
   },
   "clientToken": "{{string}}",
   "description": "{{string}}",
   "discoveryConfiguration": { 
      "authorizerConfiguration": { ... },
      "authorizerType": "{{string}}"
   },
   "name": "{{string}}",
   "tags": { 
      "{{string}}" : "{{string}}" 
   }
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [approvalConfiguration](#API_CreateRegistry_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="agentregistrycontrol-CreateRegistry-request-approvalConfiguration"></a>
Approval configuration for registry records  
Type: [ApprovalConfiguration](API_ApprovalConfiguration.md) object  
Required: No

 ** [clientToken](#API_CreateRegistry_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="agentregistrycontrol-CreateRegistry-request-clientToken"></a>
Client token for idempotency  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 33. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9](-*[a-zA-Z0-9]){0,256}`   
Required: No

 ** [description](#API_CreateRegistry_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="agentregistrycontrol-CreateRegistry-request-description"></a>
The description of the registry  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 4096.  
Required: No

 ** [discoveryConfiguration](#API_CreateRegistry_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="agentregistrycontrol-CreateRegistry-request-discoveryConfiguration"></a>
Discovery configuration for the registry  
Type: [DiscoveryConfiguration](API_DiscoveryConfiguration.md) object  
Required: No

 ** [name](#API_CreateRegistry_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="agentregistrycontrol-CreateRegistry-request-name"></a>
The name of the registry  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.\/]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [tags](#API_CreateRegistry_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="agentregistrycontrol-CreateRegistry-request-tags"></a>
Tags to associate with the registry  
Type: String to string map  
Map Entries: Maximum number of 50 items.  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Key Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9\s._:/=+@-]*`   
Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.  
Value Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9\s._:/=+@-]*`   
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 202
Content-type: application/json

{
   "registryArn": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 202 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [registryArn](#API_CreateRegistry_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="agentregistrycontrol-CreateRegistry-response-registryArn"></a>
The ARN of the created registry  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 46. Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `arn:aws(-[^:]+)?:agent-registry:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:registry/[a-zA-Z0-9]{12,16}` 

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
The caller is not authorized to perform the requested action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
The request conflicts with the current state of the resource.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request failed due to an unexpected internal error; the caller may retry.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
The request would exceed a service quota.  
HTTP Status Code: 402

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling; the caller may retry after a delay.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The request failed validation of one or more input fields.    
 ** fieldList **   
The list of input fields that failed validation.  
 ** reason **   
The reason the request failed validation.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/agent-registry-control-2025-12-01/CreateRegistry)