# Create compute node group for running compute jobs in AWS PCS
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 In this step, you will launch a compute node group that scales elastically to run jobs submitted to the cluster. 

**To create the compute node group**
+ Open the [AWS PCS console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/pcs) and navigate to **Clusters**.
+ Select the cluster named `get-started`
+ Navigate to **Compute node groups** and choose **Create**.
+ In the **Compute node group setup** section, provide the following:
  + **Compute node group name** – Enter `compute-1`.
+ Under **Computing configuration**, enter or select these values:
  + **EC2 launch template** – Choose the launch template where the name is `compute-getstarted-lt`
  + **IAM instance profile** – Choose the instance profile named `AWSPCS-getstarted-role`
  + **Subnets** – Select the subnet where the name starts with `hpc-networking:PrivateSubnetA`.
  + **Instances** – Select `c6i.xlarge`.
  + **Scaling configuration** – For **Min. instance count**, enter `0`. For **Max. instance count**, enter `4`.
+ Under **Additional settings**, specify the following:
  + **AMI ID** – Select an AMI you want to use, that has a name in the following format:

    ```
    aws-pcs-sample_ami-amzn2-platform-slurm-version
    ```

    For more information about the sample AMIs, see [Using sample Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with AWS PCS](working-with_ami_samples.md).
+ Choose **Create compute node group**.

 The **Status** field shows **Creating** while the compute node group is being provisioned.

**Important**  
 Wait for the **Status** field to show **Active** before proceeding to the next step in this tutorial.