Once on the page, you will be presented with a setup page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter the domain name that you want to points to your Cloudron server. This is required so that Cloudron can be installed at a subdomain like my.example.com<\/em> and any apps under subdomains of their own such as git.example.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also choose a domain that is already in use as long as the \u201cmy\u201d subdomain is available. As an added safety feature, Cloudron will never overwrite existing DNS records. For this example, we are using a subdomain such as cloudron.example.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, you also need to configure API access to your domain registrar. Cloudron uses the API to automatically configure domain name records for your apps. Select the DNS service on which your domain is hosted. If you can\u2019t find your registrar, use the Wildcard<\/em> or Manual<\/em> option. Once done, click the Next<\/em> button to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below are links to Cloudron help pages about some of the DNS providers you might be using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cloudflare<\/a><\/th>\n	Gandi<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
GoDaddy<\/a><\/th>\n	name.com<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Namecheap<\/a><\/th>\n	Route53<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Wildcard<\/a><\/th>\n	Manual<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Once Cloudron has connected with your domain name registrar\u2019s API and configured the necessary records, you\u2019ll be forwarded to the administration account setup page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the next step, fill in your details to create an admin account, then press the Done<\/em> button to confirm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n Cloudron will obtain an SSL certificate for the server securing the connection. This requires a valid administrator email address to set up a Let\u2019s Encrypt account. An invalid email will cause Let\u2019s Encrypt to not issue certificates and Cloudron will fallback to using self-signed certs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the account setup is complete, you\u2019ll get logged into your Cloudron control panel. For the moment, there are no apps installed. Go to the App Store<\/em> to find something to try out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n Before installing apps, you need to sign up for a Cloudron account. Enter an email address and a password, read and accept the Cloudron license then click the Create Account<\/em> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n By signing up with Cloudron, the server will register itself and get a unique Cloudron ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deploying your first app<\/h2>\n\n\n\n With Cloudron, web apps can be installed quickly and easily straight from their App Store. It\u2019s an app repository hosted by cloudron.io<\/a> and provides app packages that can be installed on a Cloudron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pick an app to test your installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n For this example, we are installing WordPress to test the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n Make the necessary configurations to install WordPress. Enter a subdomain or leave the field empty to install it on the primary domain. Then select the users you want to be able to access the WP app. Once these are set, click the Install<\/em> button to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n Cloudron will automatically configure user accounts on the WordPress site. Confirm that you\u2019ve read the instructions and click the Open WordPress<\/em> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n Once WordPress has been installed, you can find it at your My Apps<\/em> view and where it will show as Running<\/em>. At the My Apps<\/em> view, you can find all installed apps, as well as manage, configure, and uninstall them. It also periodically checks the app store for updates to any of your installed apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n Check that WordPress is working by going to the default landing page at the subdomain you chose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n If you can reach the WP site, it was successfully deployed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conclusions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Cloudron along with the first web app. Make sure to check out all the apps available and learn more about managing apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cloudron allows you to quickly and easily deploy web apps for a number of uses. It frees you from self-hosting web applications to avoid error-prone and time-consuming manual setups. One-click install all the web apps you need in a matter of seconds by automating all the background tasks without the need for technical know-how on every programming language and distribution platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","community-category":[113,116],"class_list":["post-24799","tutorial","type-tutorial","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","community-category-integrations","community-category-web-hosting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorial\/24799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorial"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tutorial"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"community-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community-category?post=24799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}