# Creating a new space


To create a space, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio using the URL from your admin and log in using your SSO or AWS credentials. 

1. Navigate to the project you want to create a space in. You can do this by choosing **Browse all projects** from the center menu.

1.  In the **Build** menu, choose **Spaces** to navigate to the **Spaces** tab on the **Compute** page.

1.  Choose **Create space**.

1. Under **Name**, enter a name for the space. This name must be unique. No spaces in the project can use the same name.

1. Under **Application**, choose the IDE application you want to use with the space.

1. Under **Instance**, choose an Amazon EC2 instance that is most compatible with your use case.
**Note**  
 If you use a GPU instance type when configuring your Code Editor application, you must also use a GPU-based image. Within a space, your data is stored in an Amazon EBS volume that persists independently from the life of an instance. You won't lose your data when you change instances. 

1. Under **Image**, choose the image you want to use.

1. Under **EBS space storage**, enter a value from 16 to 100 to choose a storage size.

1. (Optional) Choose the lifecycle configuration for the space.

   1. Find your domain ID. For instructions, see [Get project details](view-project-details.md).

   1. Find your user profile ID:

      1. In the **Compute** panel, choose the **Spaces** tab.

      1. The user profile ID is the string following `default-` of the default JupyterLab space.

   1. [ Create a lifecycle configuration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/jl-lcc-create.html#jl-lcc-create-console) for Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio and reference your ID values from step b.
**Note**  
Attaching the lifecycle configuration to your Amazon SageMaker AI domain and user profile through the AWS CLI is not currently supported. Use the console to create lifecycle configurations.

   1. Under **Lifecycle configuration**, choose the lifecycle you created.

1. Under **Idle time**, enter the amount of time before the space will time out and stop running.

1. (Optional) Attach a custom file system to your space.

   1. To attatch a custom file system to a domain see [ Attaching a custom file system to a domain with the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/domain-custom-file-system.html#domain-custom-file-system-cli), and reference your ID values from step 10.

   1. Under **Attach custom file system**, attach the file system.

1. Choose **Create and start space** to create the space and have it start running.

It might take up to 5 minutes for Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio to finish creating the space. After the space is created, you can view it in the list on the **Spaces** tab and choose **Open** to launch the IDE in your browser.

You can then perform various actions using the three-dot **Actions** menu on the **Spaces** tab in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio. You can edit the space, start or stop running the application, delete the space, or view information about the space.