Getting started

#Overview

This guide takes you through your first steps with Yeap Cloud: creating an account, signing in, finding your way around the console, and buying your first service. It takes about 10 minutes.

The console lives at https://console.yeap.cloud. Paths in this guide (such as /billing/balance) are relative to that address.

#Create an account

1. Open the sign-up page (/register), or click Register now on the sign-in page.

2. Fill in the form:

   Field	Requirements
   Username	Required, at least 3 characters. Used to sign in; it cannot be changed later.
   Email	Required. Must be a valid address not already used by another account.
   Phone	Optional, with a country/region calling code.
   Password	Required, at least 8 characters, containing both letters and digits.
   Confirm password	Must match the password.

3. Submit the form.

What happens next depends on how your account is activated, and the page tells you which applies:

• "A verification email has been sent": open the verification link in the email. The link is valid for 24 hours. Once verified, your account is active and you can sign in. If the email does not arrive, the sign-in page shows an "email not verified" notice when you try to sign in; click Resend verification email there.
• "Registration successful, awaiting administrator review": your account is reviewed manually and you can sign in once it is approved. Until then, sign-in attempts show an "account awaiting review" message.

#Sign in

1. Open the sign-in page (/login).
2. Enter your username and password. Sign in with your username, not your email address.
3. Optionally tick Remember me. With it, you stay signed in for up to 14 days. Without it, your session token expires after about 24 hours.
4. Click Sign in. A human-verification challenge appears; complete it to continue.
5. If two-factor authentication is enabled, enter the 6-digit code from your authenticator app (or a backup code). See Account security.

#Console tour

After signing in you land on the Console home page (/dashboard). From top to bottom it shows:

• Account balance, with a Top up button;
• Unpaid invoices, with count and total, and a Pay now link;
• Quick actions: add a domain (CDN), buy a service, invoices;
• My services: the services you have, grouped by product, each linking to its management page;
• Needs attention: items such as upcoming expiries or unpaid invoices;
• Recent activity: recent sign-ins, security changes and similar events.

#Sidebar

#Top bar

• Page search (Ctrl/⌘ + K): type a keyword to jump to any page.
• Balance: opens Billing → Balance.
• Cart: the badge shows the number of items in your cart.
• Light/dark mode toggle.
• Avatar menu: Billing (Balance, Subscriptions, Invoices, Cart), Profile, Resource transfer, Language and Sign out.

#Add your first service

There are three ways to buy, depending on the product. Each one produces an invoice, and the service is provisioned automatically once the invoice is paid.

#Option 1: plan page + cart (DNS, CDN and others)

1. Open the product's plan page, for example DNS plans (/dns/plans) or CDN plans (/cdn/plans). The Buy service quick action on the dashboard opens the CDN plans page.
2. Choose a billing cycle and a plan, then add it to the cart.
3. In the dialog choose Checkout, or open the Cart later from the top bar (/billing/cart).
4. In the cart you can change quantities, remove items, or enter a coupon code.
5. Check out. An invoice is created and you are taken to it. Pay it as described in Billing and invoices.

#Option 2: the provisioning wizard (hosting, domain email and others)

Some products use a common wizard at /provision/<product-type>. You reach it from the product page, for example the create button under App containers. The wizard has four steps:

1. Select region: pick where the service runs.
2. Select plan: pick a plan size.
3. Configuration: choose the billing cycle and fill in any product-specific settings.
4. Confirm: review product, region, plan, cycle and price, add it to the cart, then check out.

#Option 3: product-specific pages

Domain registration (Domains → Register a domain) and cloud servers (Cloud servers → Instances → Create instance) have their own purchase pages. See the product docs, for example Domain registration.

#Next steps

• Turn on two-factor authentication.
• Learn about top-ups, payments and auto-renew.
• Start using DNS, CDN or Workers.