1**To create a new application** 2 3The following command creates a new application named "MyApp":: 4 5 aws elasticbeanstalk create-application --application-name MyApp --description "my application" 6 7The ``create-application`` command only configures the application's name and description. To upload source code for the application, create an initial version of the application using ``create-application-version``. ``create-application-version`` also has an ``auto-create-application`` option that lets you create the application and the application version in one step. 8 9Output:: 10 11 { 12 "Application": { 13 "ApplicationName": "MyApp", 14 "ConfigurationTemplates": [], 15 "DateUpdated": "2015-02-12T18:32:21.181Z", 16 "Description": "my application", 17 "DateCreated": "2015-02-12T18:32:21.181Z" 18 } 19 } 20