title: Create standard objects
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In these steps we use the Arvados CLI tools on the <strong>shell server</strong> to create a few Arvados objects. The CLI tools require an ARVADOS_API_TOKEN environment variable with a valid admin token. If you haven't already done so, set that up as shown in the "API token guide":../user/reference/api-tokens.html.