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    Get started with IBM Cloud

    The IBM Cloud platform is composed of multiple components that work together to provide a consistent and dependable cloud experience.

    Take a tour

    Familiarize yourself with the IBM Cloud console and the latest features so you can get productive in no time.

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    Manage your account

    Get started by setting up your IBM Cloud account.

    Setting email preferences for notifications

    IBM Cloud users can choose to receive email notifications about IBM Cloud platform-related items.

    Setting up access groups

    Access groups are assigned policies that grant roles and permissions to the members of that group.

    Inviting users to your account

    Use IAM to invite users, cancel invitations, or resend a pending invitation.

    Managing resource groups

    A resource group is a way for you to organize your account resources in customizable groupings.

    Managing access to resources

    You can manage access through the UI, CLI, API, or Terraform.

    Centrally managing multiple accounts with an enterprise

    Enterprises simplify managing billing, invoicing, and payments for the accounts.

    Security and compliance

    Learn how IBM Cloud security components work together and mitigate risk.

    IBM Cloud Security and Compliance Center

    Get centralized views of your compliance, governance, and security postures.

    Defining your security strategy

    Learn how IBM Cloud security components work together to help you mitigate risk.

    Setting up compliance monitoring

    Embed security checks into your workflows to validate your configurations.

    Understanding IBM Cloud compliance

    A platform and services that are built on best-in-industry security standards.

    Controlling what users access

    Access management enables you to control which users see, create, use, and manage resources in your account.

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    Setting up projects for IaC deployments

    You can manage related resources and deployments across accounts, embracing an IaC approach to deployments.

    Service availability

    We make it easy for you to implement, host, and scale services, infrastructure, and apps but not all services and infrastructure are available for purchase in every IBM Cloud location.

    Connecting services to apps

    Create credentials to connect your apps or third-party tools, regardless of where they're hosted, to IBM Cloud services.

    Locations for resource deployment

    We have a resilient global network of locations consisting of regions, zones, and data centers to host your highly available cloud workloads.

    Get started with the IBM Cloud CLI

    Use IBM Cloud's powerful CLIs and tooling to interact with your applications, containers, infrastructure, and other services.

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    Automate the building and deployment of applications.

    Adding DevOps Insights to your toolchain

    View data about build failures, build time consumed, or total number of jobs.

    Managing your source code and tracking work

    Collaborate with your team and track issues with GitLab.

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    After you plan and design your infrastructure, you're ready to build it.

    Infrastructure availability

    We make it easy for you to implement, host, and scale services, infrastructure, and apps but not all services and infrastructure are available for purchase in every IBM Cloud location.

    Locations for resource deployment

    We have a resilient global network of locations consisting of regions, zones, and data centers to host your highly available cloud workloads.

    Choose your compute

    Depending on your needs, you have various options, or you can mix it up if that's what your environment requires.

    Set up your networking

    You automatically get connected to the Virtual Private Network (VPN) for VPC when your IBM Cloud account is set up.

    Choose your storage

    Bare Metal Servers and Virtual Servers are provisioned with default storage.

    Get support

    If you experience problems, we're here to help.

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    Platform prerequisites

    The prerequisites for using the IBM Cloud platform are limited, but we do have a few.

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    Explore the capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud and discover how you can deploy apps on highly available clusters.
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    Discover the tools to automate, isolate, secure, manage, and monitor your workloads.
    Virtual Private Cloud
    Quickly provision virtual server instances and other Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings.
    IBM Watson Assistant
    Build your own branded live chatbot into any device, application, or channel.
    Object Storage
    Store encrypted and dispersed data across multiple geographic locations.
    IBM Cloud platform
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    Find your solution

    Combine IBM Cloud products to solve key cloud business cases.

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    Designed to help address the needs of financial services institutions with regulatory compliance, security, and resiliency.
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