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title: Importing Devices from Amazon Web Services
slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-5-0/importing-devices-from-amazon-web-services
description: Learn how to effectively use device import configurations in AWS to effortlessly identify and categorize active instances across multiple regions using custom tags. Discover the essential steps for seamlessly adding and managing devices from AWS with Kron
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createdAt: 2022-08-01T19:11:27.000Z
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The Amazon Web Services (AWS) device import configurations allow Kron PAM to automatically detect active instances in each region and assign the discovered instances to relevant Device Groups, based on their custom AWS tags.

The following configurations are required to add/discover devices from AWS for the next sections.