# Step 1: Create a configuration set
Step 1: Create a configuration set

You must first have a configuration set to set up event publishing. If you do not yet have a configuration set, or would like to create a new one, please see [Creating configuration sets in SES](creating-configuration-sets.md)

You can also create configuration sets using the [CreateConfigurationSet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/APIReference-V2/API_CreateConfigurationSet.html) operation in the Amazon SES API V2 or the Amazon SES CLI v2, see [Create a configuration set (AWS CLI)](creating-configuration-sets.md#config-sets-create-cli).