add how-to for getting access to the sandbox, CMEM-8365

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+---
+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.
+
+<!-- [needs-instance] Field label and submit button of the Request Sandbox form are not yet verified. -->
+
+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.
+
+<!-- [needs-instance] Sign-in form of the sandbox (labels, button) is not yet verified. -->
+
+## 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
+
+<!-- TODO: link both guided journeys once they are published. -->