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How to get started with Temporal Cloud

Sign up for Temporal Cloud

To request a Temporal Cloud account, complete the request form.

You received email from Temporal that welcomes you to your new Temporal account. Your email address is now the first Global Admin for your account.

To get started with Temporal Cloud, follow these onboarding steps:

  1. Issue CA certificates.
  2. Create a Namespace.
  3. Invite users.
  4. Connect to Temporal Cloud.

Get started - Certificates​

You must provide your own certificates to access Temporal Cloud. For certificate requirements, see the following:

Get started - Namespaces​

If you don't already have a Namespace (or want to create another), see the following:

Create a Namespace in Temporal CloudLink preview iconHow to create a Namespace in Temporal Cloud

To create a Namespace in Temporal Cloud, use either Temporal Cloud UI or tcld.

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Get started - Invite users​

Adding a user to your Temporal Cloud account includes sending an email invite that the user must then accept. To add users, see the following:

How to invite users to your Temporal Cloud accountLink preview iconHow to invite users to your Temporal Cloud account

Assign Roles and Namespace permissions, and send invites

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Get started - Connect​

Connecting your Temporal ClientsLink preview iconWhat is a Temporal Client?

A Temporal Client, provided by a Temporal SDK, provides a set of APIs to communicate with a Temporal Cluster.

Learn more and Worker ProcessesLink preview iconWhat is a Worker Process?

A Worker Process is responsible for polling a Task Queue, dequeueing a Task, executing your code in response to a Task, and responding to the Temporal Server with the results.

Learn more to Temporal Cloud is similar to connecting them to your own Temporal Cluster. The primary difference is the requirement to provide client certificates and private keys.