# Get started with Coritan

> Create an account, add credit, order your first service and manage it from the dashboard or through the API.

Source: https://www.coritan.com/docs/get-started/

In the dashboard:

- /: https://www.coritan.com/

Coritan runs hosting for you: game and app servers on Container Apps, virtual machines on Cloud Compute, Object Storage, Mail Hosting and SMTP Relay, websites and DNS, Edge Proxy, Floating IPs and DDoS Shield. You order and run all of it from one account, in the dashboard at [coritan.com](https://www.coritan.com) or through the API. This section takes you from a new account to a running service.

The home page at [coritan.com](https://www.coritan.com) has **Sign up** and **Sign in** in its header. Once you are signed in, the same place shows **Dashboard**.

## First steps

1. [Create an account](/docs/get-started/create-an-account/) with your email address, or with a new `@coritan.gg` mailbox.
2. Find your way around [the dashboard](/docs/get-started/dashboard/): the sidebar, search and your credit balance.
3. [Order a service](/docs/get-started/order-a-service/): choose a product, a plan, a location and a billing cycle.
4. [Manage your services](/docs/get-started/services/) from one list, and read each one's status and history.
5. [Tag your services](/docs/get-started/tags/) so you can filter a long list.

## Automate it

- [Make your first API request](/docs/get-started/first-steps-with-the-api/) with an access token.
- The [Coritan API](/docs/api/) section covers authentication, errors, rate limits and paging.

## Products

Each product has its own section:

- [Container Apps](/docs/managed-containers/) for game and app servers
- [Cloud Compute](/docs/cloud-compute/) for virtual machines, called instances
- [Object Storage](/docs/object-storage/) and [Snapshots](/docs/snapshots/)
- [Mail Hosting and SMTP Relay](/docs/mail/)
- [Websites and DNS](/docs/websites/), [Edge Proxy](/docs/proxies/), [Floating IPs](/docs/floating-ips/) and [DDoS Shield](/docs/ddos-shield/)
- [Organizations](/docs/organizations/), to sell Coritan products under your own brand

## Billing

You pay for services from account credit or with a saved payment method, on the billing cycle you choose when you order. [Billing](/docs/billing/) explains credit, invoices, payment methods and hourly billing.

## Limits

- Hourly billing opens only after you have added a minimum amount of credit in total. [How hourly billing works](/docs/billing/hourly-billing/) explains the rule.
- Bare metal servers, colocation and IP transit are not on the order pages. You arrange them with the sales team: see [Bare metal, colocation and IP transit](/docs/platform/sales-led-products/).
- For help at any point, [contact support](/docs/support/).