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name: openpages-getting-started
title: Getting started with IBM OpenPages
description: In this getting started tutorial, we'll take you through what you need to do to set up your IBM OpenPages service.
last-updated: 2025-11-17
---

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# Getting started with IBM OpenPages
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In this getting started tutorial, we'll take you through what you need to do to set up your IBM OpenPages service.
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## Before you begin
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You need an [IBM Cloud® account](https://cloud.ibm.com/registration/) and an instance of the IBM OpenPages service. For more information, see [Provisioning your IBM OpenPages as a Service environment](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-provisioning_environment&interface=api&format=markdown).

## Open the UI
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Open the UI to begin managing your IBM OpenPages instance.

1. Log in to [IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/) by using your IBMid.
2. Go to the **Resource list**.
3. Locate your IBM OpenPages instance in the **AI / Machine Learning** or **Analytics** category.
4. Click the **Name** of the instance.

   The UI where you manage your IBM OpenPages instance is displayed.

Here you can open your instance of IBM OpenPages by clicking **Launch OpenPages**. For your users, you'll want to set up a URL to allow them to get to IBM OpenPages more easily.

## Set up a URL
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Set up a URL that you and your users can use to access your IBM OpenPages instance. You can use the default fixed URL or you can customize the URL.

### Fixed URL
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To get the fixed URL, do the following steps:

1. Click **Environment**.
2. Under **Fixed URL**, click the **Copy** icon.
3. Paste the URL in your browser to ensure that the new URL opens your IBM OpenPages instance.

### Custom URL
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To customize the URL, do the following steps:

1. Click **Environment**.
2. In the **Custom hostname** section, click the **Edit** icon.
3. Type a name, and then click **Save**. Wait a few minutes for the change to take effect.

The last character in the hostname must not be a minus sign or a period. {: note}

After you've added users to your IBM OpenPages instance, you can provide the IBM OpenPages URL to your user community.

## Next steps
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Now you'll want to begin applying security and granting access to users and groups.

1. Learn how to enhance security for your IBM OpenPages instance and your data.

   For example, to ensure that you have enhanced control and security over your data when you use IBM OpenPages, you can specify the IP addresses that are allowed to connect to your IBM OpenPages service instance.

   For more information, see [Managing IP addresses for IBM OpenPages](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-service-endpoints&interface=ui&format=markdown) and [Securing your data in IBM OpenPages](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-mng-data&interface=ui&format=markdown).
2. Learn how to manage access to your IBM OpenPages instance, including how to add users and groups, how to assign them access in IBM OpenPages, and how IBM Cloud synchronizes users and groups with IBM OpenPages.

   For more information, see [Managing IAM access for IBM OpenPages](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-iam-openpages&interface=ui&format=markdown) and [User and group synchronization from IBM Cloud to IBM OpenPages](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-iam-openpages-synchronization&interface=ui&format=markdown).