# Initial Setup

- Link: https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/initial-setup/
- Published: 2024-10-09T23:00:21+00:00
- Author: Don Bowman

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Common First Steps

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## Initial Setup

Getting started. Agilicus AnyX initial system setup, common steps

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## Getting Started: Common First Steps

Once you have gone through the [sign-up step](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/signup/)
you are set to sign in as an administrator. Your administrative interface can be
found at [https://admin.__MYDOMAIN__](https://admin.__MYDOMAIN__) (and your end-
user application launcher can be found at https://profile.__MYDOMAIN__).

You will sign in with the account you used during the sign-up step. If you have 
multiple Microsoft or Google accounts, take care to use the same one (if you see
you do not have permission to anything, this typically means you have signed in 
with an alternate identity).

### 1. Setup Identity Providers & Theme

Strictly speaking, this step is optional or may be performed later. You may wish
to accept the default identity providers, and, the default set with the initial 
setup user is sufficient to test and evaluate.

You signed up with one of the default identity providers (Google, Microsoft being
the most common). You may wish to enable (or disable) additional authentication 
sources. See “[Identity & Authentication Methods](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/identity-and-authentication/)“.
As part of this step, you may wish to [setup](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/sign-in-theming/)
your ‘theme’ (logo, colour).

### 2. Setup First Connector

![Zero-Trust SSH Data Flow](https://www.agilicus.com/www/fb11800f-ssh-flow.svg)

The Agilicus Connector facilitates connectivity between the user (on an external
network) and some internal resource(s). Typically there is one connector per site.
You can read about the [theory of operation](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/agilicus-connector/)
and and see some of the possible platform choices / installation instructions [here](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/agilicus-connector/).

### 3. Create First Resource

Each specific resource (Web Application, Desktop, Share, SSH, etc.) is specifically
created. Agilicus AnyX is a Zero Trust architecture, meaning there is a separate
user to resource permission set.

![image](https://www.agilicus.com/www/6dc626aa-image.png)

In all cases, there are a set of common concepts and steps:

 1. Create the resource using Resources/<TYPE>/new (and follow the questions)
 2.  * Name. Each resource has a unique hostname (e.g. it will become part of a URL,
       NAME.__MYDOMAIN__).
     * Upstream. This term means the internal coordinates (IP/hostname, port). Pretend
       you are sitting beside the connector with your laptop, what would you type into
       your browser to access this resource?
 3. Assign permissions. The administrator does not automatically have permission to
    use a newly created resource. Each specific resource (Web Application, Desktop,
    Share, SSH, etc.) is specifically created. Agilicus AnyX is a Zero Trust architecture,
    meaning there is a separate user to resource permission set.

As a first resource, we recommend Remote Desktop, see [here](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/zero-trust-desktop-access/)
for the specific instructions (alternatively, try [VNC desktop)](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/vnc-desktop/).

Alternatively, try setting up a [Share](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/product-guide-shares/)
or [SSH](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/zero-trust-ssh-access/) to a server.

If you have a web application, you may try these [instructions](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/product-guide-applications/).

### 4. Connect / Use Resource

Open a new browser tab to [https://profile.__MYDOMAIN__](https://profile.__MYDOMAIN__).
Sign-in. You may need to hit ‘refresh’ to see newly added resources. You should 
be able to select any icon and it should open, either in the browser, or on the 
desktop.