# POST: Create a Redundancy Group
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Create a new redundancy group for AWS Elemental Live or AWS Elemental Statmux redundancy group with the specified attributes.

## HTTP Request and Response
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### Request URL
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```
POST http://<Conductor IP address>/redundancy_groups
```

### Call Header
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+ Accept: Set to `application/xml`
+ Content-Type: Set to `application/xml`

If you are implementing user authentication, you must also include three authorization headers; see [Header Content for User Authentication](header-content-user.md).

### Request Body
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The request contains XML content consisting of one `redundancy_group` element with the following elements.


| Element | Value | Description | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| name | String | A name you assign. This must be unique in the cluster. | 
| product\_name | String | A name which must specify “live” if nodes in this group are running AWS Elemental Live; specify “statmux” for nodes running AWS Elemental Statmux.<br />**This value is case-sensitive and requires all letters to be in lower case.**<br />All the nodes that you add to the redundancy group must have the same product\_name.  | 

### Response
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The response repeats back the data that you posted with the addition of:
+ id: The newly assigned ID for the redundancy group.

The response is identical to the response to a GET Redundancy Group. For an example, see [GET List: Get a List of Redundancy Groups](set-up-redundancy-groups-get-a-list.md). 

## Example
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### Request
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This request creates one redundancy group named “backup” with its product set as “live” and its product version set at “2.7.0.12345.” 

```
POST http://198.51.100.0/redundancy_groups
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Content-type:application/vnd.elemental+xml;version=3.3.0
Accept:application/xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<redundancy_group>
  <name>backup</name>
  <product_name>live</product_name>
</redundancy_group>
```