# Add your device profile and Sidewalk end device
This section shows how you can create a device profile. It also shows how you can use the AWS IoT console and the AWS CLI to add your Sidewalk end device to AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk.
## Add your Sidewalk device (console)
To add your Sidewalk device using the AWS IoT console, go to the [Sidewalk tab of the Devices hub](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iot/home#/wireless/devices?tab=sidewalk), choose **Provision device**, and then perform the following steps.
![\[Workflow for adding, provisioning, and registering your Sidewalk device to connect to the cloud.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/developerguide/images/iot-sidewalk-provision-device.PNG)
1.
**Specify device details**
Specify the configuration information for your Sidewalk device. You can also create a new device profile, or choose an existing profile for your Sidewalk device.
1. Specify a device name and optional description. The description can be up to 2,048 characters long. These fields can be edited after you create the device.
1. Choose a device profile to associate with your Sidewalk device. If you have any existing device profiles, you can choose your profile. To create a new profile, choose **Create new profile**, and then enter a name for the profile.
**Note**
To attach tags to your device profile, after you create your profile, go to the [Profiles hub](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iot/home#/wireless/profiles) and then edit your profile to add this information.
1. Specify the name of your destination that will route messages from your device to other AWS services. If you haven't already created a destination, go to the [Destinations hub](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iot/home#/wireless/destinations) to create your destination. You can then choose that destination for your Sidewalk device. For more information, see [Add a destination for your Sidewalk end device](iot-sidewalk-qsg-destination.md).
1. Choose **Next** to continue adding your Sidewalk device.
1.
**Associate Sidewalk device with AWS IoT thing (Optional)**
You can optionally associate your Sidewalk device to an AWS IoT thing. IoT things are entries in the AWS IoT device registry. Things make it easier to search and manage your devices. Associating a thing with your device lets your device access other AWS IoT Core features.
To associate your device with a thing, choose **Automatic thing registration**.
1. Enter a unique name for the IoT thing that you want to associate your Sidewalk device. Thing names are case sensitive and must be unique in your AWS account and AWS Region.
1. Provide any additional configurations for your IoT thing, such as using a thing type, or searchable attributes that can be used to filter from a list of things.
1. Choose **Next** and verify the information about your Sidewalk device, and then choose **Create**.
## Add your Sidewalk device (CLI)
To add your Sidewalk device and download the JSON files that will be used to provision your Sidewalk device, perform the following API operations.
**Topics**
+ [Step 1: Create a device profile](#iot-sidewalk-profile-create)
+ [Step 2: Add your Sidewalk device](#iot-sidewalk-device-create)
### Step 1: Create a device profile
To create a device profile in your AWS account, use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_CreateDeviceProfile.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_CreateDeviceProfile.html) API operation or the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/create-device-profile.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/create-device-profile.html) CLI command. When creating your device profile, specify the name and provide any optional tags as name-value pairs.
For example, the following command creates a device profile for your Sidewalk devices:
```
aws iotwireless create-device-profile \
--name sidewalk_profile --sidewalk {}
```
Running this command returns the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) and the ID of the device profile as output.
```
{
"DeviceProfileArn": "arn:aws:iotwireless:us-east-1:123456789012:DeviceProfile/12345678-a1b2-3c45-67d8-e90fa1b2c34d",
"DeviceProfileId": "12345678-a1b2-3c45-67d8-e90fa1b2c34d"
}
```
### Step 2: Add your Sidewalk device
To add your Sidewalk device to your account for AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk, use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_CreateWirelessDevice.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_CreateWirelessDevice.html) API operation or the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/create-wireless-device.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/create-wireless-device.html) CLI command. When creating your device, specify the following parameters, in addition to an optional name and description for your Sidewalk device.
**Note**
If you want to associate your Sidewalk device with an AWS IoT thing, use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_AssociateWirelessDeviceWithThing.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_AssociateWirelessDeviceWithThing.html) API operation or the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/associate-wireless-device-with-thing.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/associate-wireless-device-with-thing.html) CLI command.
The following command shows an example of creating a Sidewalk device:
```
aws iotwireless create-wireless-device \
--cli-input-json "file://device.json"
```
The following shows the contents of the file `device.json`.
**Contents of device.json**
```
{
"Type": "Sidewalk",
"Name": "SidewalkDevice",
"DestinationName": "SidewalkDestination",
"Sidewalk": {
"DeviceProfileId": "12345678-a1b2-3c45-67d8-e90fa1b2c34d"
}
}
```
Running this command returns the device ID and Amazon Resource Name (ARN) as output.
```
{
"Arn": "arn:aws:iotwireless:us-east-1:123456789012:WirelessDevice/23456789-abcd-0123-bcde-fabc012345678",
"Id": "23456789-abcd-0123-bcde-fabc012345678"
}
```
#### (Optional) Create your Sidewalk end device and get the Sidewalk device location
If you want to enable location data when you create your Sidewalk end device with AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk, enable positioning. Replace *LocationDestination* with the destination name to which you want to send the device location data to.
**Note**
You must enable positioning to use the device location feature. If you enable device location for the Sidewalk-enabled device, your raw uplink payload won't be propagated to the destination.
```
// Add your Sidewalk device by using the device profile ID.
aws iotwireless create-wireless-device
--type "Sidewalk"
--name "sidewalk_device" \
--description "My Sidewalk Device Description" \
--destination-name "UplinkDestination" \
--positioning "Enabled" \
--sidewalk DeviceProfileId="12345678-234a-45bc-67de-e8901234f0a1",Positioning={DestinationName="LocationDestination"}
```
**Note**
For Bluetooth Low Energy based location, AWS IoT returns location coordinates based on the approximate location of nearby Sidewalk Gateways that are connected to Amazon Sidewalk and have the Community Finding feature enabled. Gateway Location Data is AWS Content and is provided to you solely for the purpose of assisting you in locating your devices that are connected to Amazon Sidewalk, and you must only use the data for that purpose. You must only use and access location data via the interface and functionality that we generally make available to you, and you must not attempt to re-identify, reverse engineer, or re-map any Gateway location data provided by us to you.