Finish setup
Wait for your instance to be set up, then create its owner account with the setup code from the console.
After you pay, Metis Cloud sets up your instance. Then you finish setup yourself: you create the first account on the instance, which makes you its owner. You need the setup code that the console shows you.
You also need an authenticator app on your phone, such as Google Authenticator, 1Password or Authy. Every account on the instance needs two-factor authentication, including yours.
Wait for the setup
Open your instance in the console. While it is being set up, its status is Setting up, and the Overview tab shows “Setting up your instance” with “This usually takes a few minutes. The page refreshes on its own.”
If it takes much longer, click Retry to send the setup step again. If you see “This instance was just retried. Try again in a couple of minutes.”, wait and try again. A short status line can appear under the message while the setup runs.
Copy the setup code
When the instance is ready, its status is Running, and the Overview shows the card Finish setup: “Do this once, as the owner.”
The card has three steps. The third, Enter the setup code, shows your code, for example K7QM-2HXP-9RTA. Click the copy button next to it (Copy setup code). You see “Setup code copied.”
Open the setup page
Click the link in the first step of the card, for example acme.metis-suite.app/setup. It opens your instance’s setup page in a new tab.
The page Set up Metis Suite says “Create the first account on this instance.”
Create the owner account
Fill in the form:
- Setup code: paste the code you copied from the console. It must match exactly.
- Name: your name.
- Email address: already filled in with the email of your Metis Cloud account, such as
ana@example.com. You cannot change it. No other address is accepted. - Password: at least 8 characters. This is the password for your instance. It is separate from your Metis Cloud password.
Click Create account.
If you see “That setup code isn’t valid”, copy the code from the console again and paste it. If you see “This instance has already been set up”, the owner account already exists. Sign in instead.
Set up two-factor authentication
The instance signs you in and takes you to two-factor setup. From here on, everything works as on any instance. Follow Sign in for the first time, starting at Confirm your password.
Check the console
Go back to the console and reload the instance’s Overview tab. Once setup is done, the card Your instance is ready replaces the setup code. It says to sign in with your email and invite your team from the instance. If the page still shows the setup code, reload it again a little later.
The Setup row of the Details card then shows Done and the date.
After setup
Open your instance with Open instance at the top right of the instance page, or go to its address, such as acme.metis-suite.app.
- Connect your mail. See Connect your first mailbox.
- Open the owner dashboard. As the owner, you manage the instance there. Click your initials at the bottom of the left rail and choose Dashboard. See Owner dashboard.
- Invite your team. See Invite people and Members and roles. Until you set up your own mail service, invitations appear on the console’s Mail tab. See Instance mail.
- Learn what is different on Cloud. See How Cloud differs.