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name: openpages-admin-provisioning
title: Provisioning your IBM OpenPages as a Service environment
description: Do the following steps to provision your IBM OpenPages environment.
last-updated: 2026-06-24
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# Provisioning your IBM OpenPages as a Service environment
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Do the following steps to provision your IBM OpenPages environment.
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To do this task, you must have the Editor or Administrator platform role on the IBM OpenPages service or you must be the account owner.

To provision an IBM OpenPages instance, do the following steps:
1. Log in to [IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/) by using your IBMid.
2. On the **Dashboard**, click **Create resource**.
3. On the **Catalog** page, in the search bar, type `openpages` and select **IBM OpenPages**.
4. Click **Location** and select the location to provision. Select **Global** for deployment to AWS regions. See the following table for supported IBM Cloud regions:

| Supported IBM Cloud regions  |
|---|
|  Sydney ( au-syd )  |
|  Dallas ( us-south )  |
|  Frankfurt ( eu-de )  |
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5. Select the **Essentials** plan or the **Standard** plan.
6. Do the following steps:
    - Type a **Service Name** for your IBM OpenPages instance. This will be the name of the first (dev) environment created for you.
      - You can change the base currency or use the default value.
      - You can choose to include sample data.
    - Click **Solutions** and choose at least one.
7. Read and agree to the terms, then click **Create**. Your IBM OpenPages instance is being created.

**OPTIONAL:** While provisioning your environment, ensure that you have configured your customer-managed encryption keys. For more information, see the [Customer-managed encryption key configuration guide](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-customer-managed-encryption-key-configuration-guide&format=markdown).{: .note}

8. To see the progress, go to the **Resource list**.
9. In the search box, type **openpages**.

   Your instance is listed twice because IBM OpenPages is associated with two categories in the IBM Cloud catalog.

   You might need to refresh the page to update it. Your instance is ready when the **Status** column shows **Active**. {: .tip}
10. Click the name of your IBM OpenPages instance. The overview page for the IBM OpenPages instance is displayed.

After provisioning, you can configure monthly snapshot retention policies (1, 3, 7, or 10 years) for your instance to meet compliance and auditing requirements. This feature is available only for IBM OpenPages on AWS Marketplace. For more information, see [Configuring snapshot retention for IBM OpenPages](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-snapshot-retention&format=markdown).
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