# Configure the AWS SDK for Kotlin
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This section explains how to configure a service client using the AWS SDK for Kotlin. For more information, see the [SDK and Tools Reference Guide](/sdkref/latest/guide/overview.html), which includes an overview of configuration that applies to all AWS SDKs.

**Topics**
+ [Create a service client](creating-clients.md)
+ [AWS Region selection](region-selection.md)
+ [Credentials providers](credential-providers.md)
+ [Client endpoints](config-endpoint.md)
+ [HTTP](http.md)
+ [Retries](retries.md)
+ [Observability](observability.md)
+ [Override client configuration](override-client-config.md)