---
title: "Create a pipeline"
description: "Upload an Argo Workflows or Kubeflow Pipelines YAML file to create a TIR pipeline."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "pipelines"
platform: "TIR"
url: "/tir/pipelines/how-to/create-a-pipeline/"
topic: ["create"]
---

# Create a pipeline

Upload a YAML file to create a pipeline. The first file you upload becomes the pipeline's default
version.

## Before you begin

You need a role with create permission on the pipeline service and a `.yaml` file
written in Argo Workflows format or compiled from the Kubeflow Pipelines SDK. Use steps that each run
one container: a file that uses `containerSet` is refused. For a starting file, select **See Example** on
the create page, which shows a Hello World pipeline in both formats, or copy the one in
[Get started with Pipelines](/tir/pipelines/get-started/#write-a-pipeline-file).

## Create the pipeline

1. In the side menu, under **PRODUCTS**, select **Pipeline**, then **Create Pipeline**.
2. Leave **Create a new pipeline** selected.
3. In **Pipeline Name**, keep the generated name or type your own, up to 30 characters.
4. (Optional) In **Description**, add up to 300 characters.
5. In **Upload Pipeline File**, add one `.yaml` file.
6. Select **Create Pipeline**.

The pipeline is listed in **Manage Pipelines**. Its **Pipeline Type** is Argo for an Argo Workflows
file, Kubeflow for a Kubeflow Pipelines file, and None otherwise. When you create the
first pipeline in a project, TIR also sets up an object storage bucket and an access key for the
project.

For help with a file that is refused, see [Troubleshooting
Pipelines](/tir/pipelines/troubleshooting/pipelines/).

To run the pipeline, [create a run](/tir/pipelines/how-to/create-a-run/). When the file changes
later, [create a version](/tir/pipelines/how-to/create-a-pipeline-version/) instead of replacing the
pipeline.