# Create a Capacity Reservation group
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You can use the following examples to create a resource group for Capacity Reservations with the following request parameters.
+ `AWS::EC2::CapacityReservationPool` – Ensures that the resource group can be targeted for instance launches.
+ `AWS::ResourceGroups::Generic` with `allowed-resource-types` set to `AWS::EC2::CapacityReservation` – Ensures that the resource group accepts Capacity Reservations only.

After you create a group, you can [add Capacity Reservations](add-to-group.md) to the group.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To create a group for Capacity Reservations**  
Use the [create-group](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/resource-groups/create-group.html) AWS CLI command.

```
aws resource-groups create-group \
    --name MyCRGroup \
    --configuration \
        '{"Type": "AWS::EC2::CapacityReservationPool"}' \
        '{"Type": "AWS::ResourceGroups::Generic", "Parameters": [{"Name": "allowed-resource-types", "Values": ["AWS::EC2::CapacityReservation"]}]}'
```

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**To create a group for Capacity Reservations**  
Use the [New-RGGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/New-RGGroup.html) cmdlet.

```
New-RGGroup `
    -Name MyCRGroup `
    -Configuration `
        @{"Type"="AWS::EC2::CapacityReserationPool"} `
        @{"Type"="AWS::ResourceGroups::Generic"; "Parameters"=@{"allowed-resource-types"=@{"Values"="AWS::EC2::CapacityReservations"}}}
```

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