# Step 2: Integrate Facebook Messenger with the Amazon Lex V2 bot
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In this step you link your Amazon Lex V2 bot with Facebook.

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Lex console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/lex/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/lex/).

1. From the list of bots, choose the Amazon Lex V2 bot that you created.

1. In the left menu, choose **Channel integrations** and then choose **Add channel**.

1. In **Create channel**, do the following:

   1. For **Platform**, choose **Facebook**.

   1. For **Identity policies**, choose the AWS KMS key to protect channel information. The default key is provided by Amazon Lex V2.

   1. For **Integration configuration**, give the channel a name and an optional description. Choose the alias that points to the version of the bot to use, and choose the language that the channel supports.

   1. For **Additional configuration**, enter the following:
      + **Alias** – A string that identifies the app that is calling Amazon Lex V2. You can use any string. Record this string, you enter it in the Facebook developer console.
      + **Page access token** – The page access token that you copied from the Facebook developer console.
      + **App secret key** – The secret key that you copied from the Facebook developer console.

   1. Choose **Create**

   1. Amazon Lex V2 shows the list of channels for your bot. From the list, choose the channel that you just created.

   1. From **Callback URL**, record the callback URL. You enter this URL in the Facebook developer console.

## Next step
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[Step 3: Complete Facebook integration with your Lex V2 bot](facebook-step-3.md)