# Create a gateway for Siemens Industrial Edge
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After you have the proper Siemens accounts and IEM instances, you can create a SiteWise Edge gateway of deployment type **Siemens Industrial Edge device**.

**Note**  
Ensure that you meet all requirements for running a device on Siemens Industrial Edge Management. For more information, see [Requirements for the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application](siemens-app-gateway-requirements.md).

**To create the configuration file**

1. <a name="sitewise-open-console"></a>Navigate to the [AWS IoT SiteWise console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iotsitewise/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Edge gateways**.

1. Choose **Create gateway**.

1. For **Deployment type**, choose **Siemens Industrial Edge device**.

1. Enter a name for your SiteWise Edge gateway or use the name generated by AWS IoT SiteWise.

1. (Optional) Under **advanced configuration**, do the following:

   1. Enter a name for your AWS IoT Core Thing or use the name generated by AWS IoT SiteWise.

1. Choose **Create gateway**.

1. In the **Generate SiteWise Edge gateway configuration file** dialog box, choose **Generate and download**. AWS IoT SiteWise automatically generates a configuration file that you will use to configure the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application.
**Important**  
Keep your gateway configuration file as a backup in the event that you need to restore your AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application instance. You can securely save your SiteWise Edge gateway configuration file in [AWS Secrets Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/intro.html) for this purpose. Secrets Manager securely stores, manages, and retrieves sensitive information. If you misplace or delete this configuration file, you won't be able to reconnect your AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application instance to its original gateway if you need to recover it. You'll need to create both a new gateway and a new configuration file.