---
title: "Provision / delete Greengrass V2 cores."
method: POST
path: "/coreTasks"
tags: ["Core Device Tasks"]
---

# Provision / delete Greengrass V2 cores.

`POST /coreTasks`

If `type` is `Create`, a task is created to provision 1 or more Greengrass V2 cores based on a predefined provisioning templates. If `type` is `Delete` then the task created is to delete 1 or more cores.
When `Create`, if the referenced `thingName` does not exist, an AWS IoT Thing is provisioned using the provided `provisioningTemplate`, then configured as a Greengrass V2 Core device. If it exists, the AWS IoT Thing is not updated but the Greengrass V2 Core device configuration is.
This is an asynchronous call, meaning that when submitted the call will return immediately with a `taskId` while the cores are being created/deleted in the background. Use the `GET /coreTasks/{taskId}` to retrieve the status of the task.

## Response `202`

Accepted

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/aws-samples/apis/connected-device-framework-greengrass-v2-provisioning.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/aws-samples/apis/connected-device-framework-greengrass-v2-provisioning/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/aws-samples/connected-device-framework-greengrass-v2-provisioning/revisions/7fee7a72e42c/schema)