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# Set up the EdgeWorkers service

Once you've [added EdgeWorkers to your contract](add-edgeworkers-to-contract.md) you'll need to take care of some administrative tasks to configure your Akamai  property to execute EdgeWorkers functions. You can follow the steps in our [Hello World tutorial](hello-world-edgeworkers-management-application.md) and watch this five minute video to learn how to:

- [Create an EdgeWorker ID](/edge-workers/create-an-edgeworker-id).
- [Add the EdgeWorkers behavior](/edge-workers/add-the-edgeworkers-behavior) to your property and activate it on the Akamai  staging network.
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> 📘 You can also set up the EdgeWorkers service programmatically using the [EdgeWorkers API](https://techdocs.akamai.com/edgeworkers/reference/api).