# Set up a web application to use CloudWatch RUM
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Use the steps in these sections to set up your web application to begin using CloudWatch RUM to collect performance data from real user sessions.

**Topics**
+ [Authorize your web application to send data to AWS](CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-authorization.md)
+ [Creating a CloudWatch RUM app monitor for a web application](CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-create-app-monitor.md)
+ [Modifying the code snippet to configure the CloudWatch RUM web client (optional)](CloudWatch-RUM-modify-snippet.md)
+ [Inserting the CloudWatch app monitor code snippet into your application](CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-insert-code-snippet.md)
+ [Testing your CloudWatch app monitor setup by generating user events](CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-generate-data.md)