# Create your account

This page walks you through signing up for EvoHub, verifying your email address and signing in for the first time. Signing up is free and does not ask for a credit card.

## Sign up

Go to [https://evohub.io/register](https://evohub.io/register). You can sign up in two ways.

:::tabs
::tab{title="Google or GitHub"}
Select **Continue with Google** or **Continue with GitHub** and approve access with that provider. EvoHub creates your account from the name and email address the provider shares, and signs you in.

::tab{title="Email and password"}
Fill in your name, email address and a password of at least 8 characters, then select **Create account**. EvoHub sends a verification link to your email address. See [Verify your email address](#verify-your-email-address).
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By signing up you accept the [Terms of Service](https://evohub.io/terms) and the [Privacy Policy](https://evohub.io/privacy).

> [!NOTE]
> Each email address can hold one EvoHub account. If you see "An account with this email already exists", sign in instead, or reset your password from the sign-in page.

## Verify your email address

If you signed up with email and password, you must verify your address before you can sign in.

:::steps
### Open the verification email
Look for the email from EvoHub and select the verification link. The link is valid for 24 hours.

### Sign in
After the link confirms your address, sign in at [https://evohub.io/login](https://evohub.io/login).
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If the email does not arrive, try to sign in: the sign-in page offers **Resend verification email**. If the link has expired, the page it opens offers **Resend verification** for your email address. Check your spam folder too.

## Sign in

Sign in at [https://evohub.io/login](https://evohub.io/login) with **Continue with Google**, **Continue with GitHub**, or your email and password.

- If you turned on [two-factor authentication](https://docs-dev.evohub.io/two-factor-authentication.md), EvoHub asks for the 6-digit code from your authenticator app after your password.
- If your organization requires two-factor authentication and you have not set it up, EvoHub walks you through setting it up before you continue.
- After 5 failed password attempts, the account is locked for 15 minutes. The lock applies even to the correct password, so wait it out or reset your password.

## Forgot your password

On the sign-in page, select **Forgot password?**, enter your email address and select **Send reset link**. The link in the email lets you set a new password and is valid for 15 minutes.

If you signed up with Google or GitHub and never set a password, you can create one later from **My Account → Settings** (**Create Password**).

## Your first organization

When you sign up, EvoHub creates a personal organization for you, named after you (for example, "Ada Lovelace's Organization"), and makes you its **Owner**. You can start using every product in it right away.

- To rename it, open **Organization → Org Settings** and change **Organization Name**.
- To create another organization, for example one for your company, open the organization switcher in the top bar and choose **New Organization**.
- If a colleague invited you, accept the invitation to join their organization. See [Organizations and teams](https://docs-dev.evohub.io/organizations-and-teams.md#join-through-an-invitation).

> [!TIP]
> Your personal organization cannot be deleted. Create a separate organization for your company so that you can manage and, if needed, delete it independently.

## Next steps

:::cards{cols=2}
::card{title="Invite your team" icon="users" href="/organizations-and-teams"}
Bring colleagues into your organization and group them into teams.
::card{title="Set up roles" icon="shield" href="/roles-and-permissions"}
Decide who can change what.
::card{title="Turn on two-factor authentication" icon="lock" href="/two-factor-authentication"}
Protect your account with an authenticator app.
::card{title="Start with On-Call" icon="phone" href="/on-call-overview"}
Connect a monitoring tool and get paged.
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## Related

- [What is EvoHub](https://docs-dev.evohub.io/what-is-evohub.md)
- [Organizations and teams](https://docs-dev.evohub.io/organizations-and-teams.md)
- [Two-factor authentication](https://docs-dev.evohub.io/two-factor-authentication.md)