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2 | 2 | title: "Accounts" |
3 | 3 | weight: 10 |
4 | 4 | description: > |
5 | | - The LocalStack accounts gives users access to the features in the web app like the resource browser, Stack Insight, Cloud pods, extensions and more. |
| 5 | + A LocalStack account is required to access features in the Web Application, and to access any of our offerings. |
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8 | | -A LocalStack account is required to access features in the web app, and to access any of our paid offerings. |
| 8 | +## Introduction |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +A user account on the LocalStack Web Application is required to access the following features: |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +- Advanced AWS services |
| 13 | +- Resource Browsers |
| 14 | +- Cloud Pods |
| 15 | +- Extensions Library |
| 16 | +- Stack Insights |
| 17 | +- Ephemeral Instances |
| 18 | +- IAM Policy Stream |
| 19 | +- Chaos Engineering |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +To create an Auth Token for your LocalStack account, you need to sign up for an account on the LocalStack Web Application. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +This token is used to authenticate your requests to the LocalStack platform and access the features mentioned above. |
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10 | 25 | ## Creating an Account |
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12 | | -Visit [**app.localstack.cloud/sign-up**](https://app.localstack.cloud/sign-up) to create a user account for LocalStack. |
13 | | -You can sign up with your email address or one of our supported social identity providers (such as GitHub). |
| 27 | +You can either: |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +- Sign up with GitHub, or |
| 30 | +- Enter your email address and follow the prompts. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +After submitting your email: |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +1. Select whether you're working on **commercial** or **personal** projects. |
| 35 | +2. Fill in your first and last name. |
| 36 | +3. (**Optional**) Add company, job title, and GitHub username. |
| 37 | +4. Agree to the terms and conditions to continu |
| 38 | +. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +A verification link will be sent to your email. |
| 41 | +Once verified, you can log in using your email or GitHub account. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +> Terms: [localstack.cloud/legal/tos](https://www.localstack.cloud/legal/tos) |
| 44 | +> Privacy Policy: [localstack.cloud/legal/privacy-policy](https://www.localstack.cloud/legal/privacy-policy) |
| 45 | +
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| 46 | +<img src="account-signup-form.png" width="700px" alt="Account sign-up form" title="Sign-up screen"> |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Logging In |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Once your account is activated, log in at [**app.localstack.cloud**](https://app.localstack.cloud) using your selected sign-in method. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +Supported login options: |
| 53 | +- GitHub |
| 54 | +- SSO (if configured) |
| 55 | +- Email-based authentication |
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15 | | -The Terms and Conditions can be found at <a href="https://www.localstack.cloud/legal/tos" target="_blank">https://www.localstack.cloud/legal/tos</a> and our privacy policy can be found at <a href="https://www.localstack.cloud/legal/privacy-policy" target="_blank">https://www.localstack.cloud/legal/privacy-policy</a> |
| 57 | +## Updating Account Settings |
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17 | | -<img src="signup.PNG" width="550px" alt="A screenshot of the sign up form" title="Sign-up form"> |
| 59 | +To update your profile or change account settings: |
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19 | | -## Updating Account Info and Settings |
| 61 | +1. Click your name or organization's name in the top-left corner. |
| 62 | +2. Select **Settings** from the dropdown. |
| 63 | +3. Navigate to **Profile** to update your name, company, job title, phone number, or GitHub username. |
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21 | | -To update your account info, password and settings select the corresponding entry from the sidebar under the 'Account' menu entry. |
| 65 | +<img src="account-settings.png" width="700px" alt="Account settings in sidebar" title="Navigating to account settings"> |
| 66 | +<br><br> |
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23 | | -<img src="account.png" alt="A screenshot of the 'Account Information' page with the 'Account' section highlighted in the navigation sidebar on the left." title="Account Settings" width="900"> |
| 68 | +Changes are saved automatically once submitted. |
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