AWS Data Pipeline is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers of AWS Data Pipeline can continue to use the service as normal. [Learn more](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/migrate-workloads-from-aws-data-pipeline/)

# Upload and Activate the Pipeline Definition
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You must upload your pipeline definition and activate your pipeline. In the following example commands, replace *pipeline\$1name* with a label for your pipeline and *pipeline\$1file* with the fully-qualified path for the pipeline definition `.json` file.

**AWS CLI**

To create your pipeline definition and activate your pipeline, use the following [create-pipeline](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/datapipeline/create-pipeline.html) command. Note the ID of your pipeline, because you'll use this value with most CLI commands.

```
aws datapipeline create-pipeline --name pipeline_name --unique-id token
{
    "pipelineId": "df-00627471SOVYZEXAMPLE"
}
```

To upload your pipeline definition, use the following [put-pipeline-definition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/datapipeline/put-pipeline-definition.html) command.

```
aws datapipeline put-pipeline-definition --pipeline-id df-00627471SOVYZEXAMPLE --pipeline-definition file://MyEmrPipelineDefinition.json
```

If you pipeline validates successfully, the `validationErrors` field is empty. You should review any warnings.

To activate your pipeline, use the following [activate-pipeline](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/datapipeline/activate-pipeline.html) command.

```
aws datapipeline activate-pipeline --pipeline-id df-00627471SOVYZEXAMPLE
```

You can verify that your pipeline appears in the pipeline list using the following [list-pipelines](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/datapipeline/list-pipelines.html) command.

```
aws datapipeline list-pipelines
```