# Step 1: Set crawler properties
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**To configure a crawler**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Glue console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue\). Choose **Crawlers** in the navigation pane.

1.  Choose **Create crawler**, and follow the instructions in the **Add crawler** wizard. The wizard will guide you the steps required to create a crawler. If you want to add custom calssifiers to define the schema, see [Defining and managing classifiers](add-classifier.md). 

1.  Enter a name for your crawler and description (optional). Optionally, you can tag your crawler with a **Tag key** and optional **Tag value**. Once created, tag keys are read-only. Use tags on some resources to help you organize and identify them. For more information, see AWS tags in AWS Glue.   
**Name**  
Name may contain letters (A-Z), numbers (0-9), hyphens (-), or underscores (\$1), and can be up to 255 characters long.  
**Description**  
Descriptions can be up to 2048 characters long.  
**Tags**  
Use tags to organize and identify your resources. For more information, see the following:   
   + [AWS tags in AWS Glue](monitor-tags.md)