# Upload a rules configuration file to Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus
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Once you know what rules you want in your rules configuration file, you can either create and edit it within the console, or you can upload a file with the console or AWS CLI.

**Note**  
If you are running an Amazon EKS cluster, you can also upload a rule configuration file using [AWS Controllers for Kubernetes](integrating-ack.md).

**To use the Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus console to edit or replace your rules configuration and create the namespace**

1. Open the Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/prometheus/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/prometheus/home).

1. In the upper left corner of the page, choose the menu icon, and then choose **All workspaces**.

1. Choose the workspace ID of the workspace, and then choose the **Rules management** tab.

1. Choose **Add namespace**.

1. Choose **Choose file**, and select the rules definition file.

   Alternately, you can create and edit a rules definition file directly in the Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus console by selecting **Define configuration**. This will create a sample default definition file that you edit before uploading.

1. (Optional) To add tags to the namespace, choose **Add new tag**.

   Then, for **Key**, enter a name for the tag. You can add an optional value for the tag in **Value**. 

   To add another tag, choose **Add new tag**.

1. Choose **Continue**. Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus creates a new namespace with the same name as the rules file that you selected.

**To use the AWS CLI to upload an alert manager configuration to a workspace in a new namespace**

1. Base64 encode the contents of your alert manager file. On Linux, you can use the following command:

   ```
   base64 input-file output-file
   ```

   On macOS, you can use the following command:

   ```
   openssl base64 input-file output-file
   ```

1. Enter one of the following commands to create the namespace and upload the file.

   On AWS CLI version 2, enter:

   ```
   aws amp create-rule-groups-namespace --data file://path_to_base_64_output_file --name namespace-name  --workspace-id my-workspace-id --region region
   ```

   On AWS CLI version 1, enter:

   ```
   aws amp create-rule-groups-namespace --data fileb://path_to_base_64_output_file --name namespace-name  --workspace-id my-workspace-id --region region
   ```

1. It takes a few seconds for your alert manager configuration to become active. To check the status, enter the following command:

   ```
   aws amp describe-rule-groups-namespace --workspace-id workspace_id --name namespace-name --region region
   ```

   If the `status` is `ACTIVE`, your rules file has taken effect.