# Adding a packaging configuration to a packaging group
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 To define how AWS Elemental MediaPackage formats outputs from an asset, add a packaging configuration to a packaging group.

To add a packaging configuration to a packaging group, you can use the MediaPackage console, the AWS CLI, or the MediaPackage API. For more information about adding a packaging configuration with the AWS CLI or MediaPackage API, see [Packaging\$1configurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage-vod/latest/apireference/packaging_configurations.html) in the *AWS Elemental MediaPackage VOD API Reference*.

For instructions on adding packaging configurations to a packaging group from the MediaPackage console, see [Creating a packaging configuration](pkg-cfig-create.md).