# Step 4: Create a new product in the portfolio
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After you have created a portfolio, you are ready to create a product within the portfolio. For this tutorial, you will create a product called **Linux Desktop**, a cloud development environment that runs on Amazon Linux, inside of the **Engineering Tool** portfolio.

**To create a product within a portfolio**

1. If you've just completed the previous step, the **Portfolios** page is already displayed. Otherwise, open [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/).

1. Choose and open the **Engineering Tool** portfolio you created in Step 2. 

1. Choose **Upload new product.**

1. On the **Create product** page in the Product details section, enter the following:
   + **Product name** – **Linux Desktop**
   + **Product description** – **Cloud development environment configured for engineering staff. Runs AWS Linux.**
   + **Owner** – **IT**
   + **Distributor** – *(blank)*

1. On the **Version details** page, choose **Use a CloudFormation template**. Then choose **Specify an Amazon S3 template URL** and enter the following:
   + **Select template** – **https://awsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/servicecatalog/development-environment.template**
   + **Version title** – **v1.0**
   + **Description** – **Base Version**

1. In the **Support details** section, enter the following:
   + **Email contact** – **ITSupport@example.com**
   + **Support link** – **https://wiki.example.com/IT/support**
   + **Support description** – **Contact the IT department for issues deploying or connecting to this product.**

1. Choose **Create product**.