---
title: "Create a new software stack"
method: POST
path: "/api/target_nodes/software_stacks"
tags: ["Target Nodes"]
---

# Create a new software stack

`POST /api/target_nodes/software_stacks`

Register a new software stack with AMI and configuration details

## Headers

- `X-EDH-USER` string, required
- `X-EDH-TOKEN` string, required

## Response `200`

Software stack created successfully

- object
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid input parameters
- `401` — Missing authentication header
- `409` — Software stack name already exists
- `500` — AWS API error or internal server error

## Changes

> 6 revisions in range; 4 could not be searched.

- **2025-08-05** (v1) `55c07c16d2e1` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/aws-samples/apis/engineering-development-hub-edh-api/changes/api/target_nodes/software_stacks/post.md)

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