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Admin Onboarding

Admin Onboarding is a one-time setup that runs the first time you open the Zilla Console management console. Creating your account here is Step 1 of a 4-step QuickStart guide: once you're in, a QuickStart panel stays docked in the console, walking you through the remaining steps (creating your first API Product and beyond) directly in the live app.

This account-creation step only needs to be completed once. Subsequent logins use the credentials you create here.

Prerequisites

  • The Zilla Console stack is running and accessible.
  • You have a valid email address for the admin account.

Onboarding Steps

1. Open the Console

Navigate to the management console (default: http://localhost:8081).

If the console has not been configured before, the onboarding screen loads automatically.

2. Enter Admin Details

Provide your admin account information:

  • Name: your full name. Used for display and audit purposes.
  • Email: your email address. This becomes the admin login username.
  • Password: choose a strong password for the admin account.
  • Confirm Password: re-enter the password to confirm.

3. Accept Terms & Conditions

Review the Terms & Conditions and select the checkbox to accept.

4. Create Account

Click Create Account to complete this step.

The console creates your organization, provisions the initial environment, and logs you in as administrator, dropping you into the app with the QuickStart panel open to Step 2 of 4.

After Account Creation

With your admin account created, you can:

  • Follow the docked QuickStart panel through its remaining steps, starting with creating your first API Product.
  • Invite additional users and create teams under Platform Settings → Access.
  • Connect Gateways and Kafka clusters under Platform Settings → Environments.