# Create wallet canister on the IC

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/create-wallet-canister-on-the-ic/11118>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [February 25, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/create-wallet-canister-on-the-ic/11118 "2022-02-25T04:29:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kevinli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@kevinli](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/kevinli)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/create-wallet-canister-on-the-ic/11118/1 "2022-02-25T04:29:10Z")

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How do I create a wallet canister on the IC?  
If I run `dfx identity --network ic get-wallet`, I get error:

```auto
Creating a wallet canister on the ic network.
The replica returned an HTTP Error: Http Error: status 404 Not Found, content type "text/html", content: <html>
<head><title>404 Not Found</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>404 Not Found</h1></center>
<hr><center>nginx/1.21.3</center>
</body>
</html>

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**Author:** ![bytesun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/bytesun/32/2682_2.png) [@bytesun](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/bytesun)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/create-wallet-canister-on-the-ic/11118/2 "2022-02-26T15:44:31Z")

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[https://smartcontracts.org/docs/developers-guide/default-wallet.html](https://smartcontracts.org/docs/developers-guide/default-wallet.html)

> If you are doing local development, your cycles wallet is created when you register a new canister principal using `dfx canister create` or when you register, build, and deploy a canister with `dfx deploy` .
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> If you are deploying on the Internet Computer, you typically create your cycles wallet by converting ICP tokens to cycles, transferring the cycles to a new canister principal, and updating the canister with the default cycles wallet WebAssembly module (WASM).
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> There are dapps that can help you convert ICP to cycles and create a new cycles wallet, e.g., [NNS dapp](https://smartcontracts.org/docs/token-holders/nns-app-quickstart.html#_deploy_a_canister_with_cycles).