# Setting Up AWS Config with the AWS CLI
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The AWS CLI is a unified tool to manage your AWS services. With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and use scripts to automate them. For more information about the AWS CLI and for instructions on installing the AWS CLI tools, see the following in the *AWS Command Line Interface User Guide*.
+ [AWS Command Line Interface User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/)
+ [Getting Set Up with the AWS Command Line Interface](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-set-up.html) 

If necessary, enter `aws configure` to configure the AWS CLI to use an AWS Region where AWS Config is available.

## Setting up
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See the following topics to set up AWS Config with the AWS CLI.

**Topics**
+ [Setting up](#gs-cli-setting-up.title)
+ [Prerequisites](gs-cli-prereq.md)
+ [Starting AWS Config](gs-cli-subscribe.md)
+ [Verifying setup](gs-cli-verify-subscribe.md)