diff --git a/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/index.md b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aa7af09c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +--- +title: "Getting Started: Get access to the sandbox" +icon: material/key-variant +tags: + - BeginnersTutorial +--- +# Get access to the sandbox + +## Introduction + +The eccenca Corporate Memory sandbox is a free, personal Corporate Memory instance for trying out the product. +It is provided at [eccenca.my](https://eccenca.my/) as the Community Edition sandbox. + +The following steps register an account at eccenca.my, request a sandbox and open it. +The result is a running sandbox that serves as the starting point for the tutorials in this documentation. + +For the content that a new sandbox includes, and for its limitations, see [Welcome to your eccenca Corporate Memory Sandbox](../with-your-sandbox/index.md). + +## Prerequisites + +The following items are required: + +- An email address that receives the messages from eccenca.my +- A supported web browser, as listed under [Minimal requirements](../index.md#minimal-requirements) + +## 1 Register an account + +1. Open [https://eccenca.my/](https://eccenca.my/) in a web browser. +2. Click **GET STARTED**. + The eccenca.my sign-in form opens. +3. Click **Register**. + The **Register** form opens. +4. Enter the following values: + + - **First name:** the first name of the account holder + - **Last name:** the last name of the account holder + - **Email:** the email address that is used to sign in + - **Password:** a password for the account + - **Confirm password:** the same password again + + ![Register form of eccenca.my with the fields First name, Last name, Email, Password and Confirm password](sandbox-register-form.png){ class="bordered" width="50%" } + +5. Click **REGISTER**. + The **Terms and Conditions** dialog opens. + It covers the eccenca.my terms of service, the data privacy policy and the Ontotext GraphDB Free license agreement. + + ![Terms and Conditions dialog of eccenca.my with the buttons ACCEPT and DECLINE](sandbox-terms-and-conditions.png){ class="bordered" width="50%" } + +6. Click **ACCEPT**. + The **Email verification** form opens, and eccenca.my sends an email with instructions to verify the email address. + + ![Email verification form of eccenca.my with the link to re-send the verification email](sandbox-email-verification.png){ class="bordered" width="50%" } + +7. Follow the instructions in the email to verify the email address. + The account is activated, and the **Your Sandboxes** overview opens. + +!!! tip "Verification email not received" + + To send the verification email again, click **Click here** in the **Email verification** form. + +## 2 Request a sandbox + +1. In the **Your Sandboxes** overview, click **Request Sandbox**. + + ![Your Sandboxes overview of eccenca.my without sandboxes and with the Request Sandbox button](sandbox-request-sandbox.png){ class="bordered" width="50%" } + +2. Enter a name of choice for the instance in the form. + + + +The provisioning of the sandbox takes up to 24 hours. +When the sandbox is ready, eccenca.my sends an email with the link to the sandbox and its credentials. + +!!! tip "Return to the sandbox overview" + + To open the **Your Sandboxes** overview later, open [https://eccenca.my/](https://eccenca.my/), click **Login / Register**, enter the **Email** and the **Password** of the account and click **SIGN IN**. + +## 3 Open the sandbox + +1. Open the link from the email that announces the sandbox. +2. Sign in with the credentials from the same email. + + + +## Next steps + +- See it in the product: five features, with the shortest path to each +- Basic: the guided path from a source file to a knowledge graph, about four hours + + diff --git a/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-email-verification.png b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-email-verification.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a506056fb Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-email-verification.png differ diff --git a/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-register-form.png b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-register-form.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6fde644d1 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-register-form.png differ diff --git a/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-request-sandbox.png b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-request-sandbox.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..85885eb2f Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-request-sandbox.png differ diff --git a/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-terms-and-conditions.png b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-terms-and-conditions.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f0f53040d Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/getting-started/get-access-to-the-sandbox/sandbox-terms-and-conditions.png differ