# Access the Cluster

In this section you will login to your own IBM Cloud account and then get access to an IBM Cloud Lab account which contains pre-provisioned clusters. Each workshop attendee will be granted access to one pre-provisioned cluster.

## Step 1: Setting up your IBM Cloud ID

* Log into IBM Cloud with an existing account: <https://cloud.ibm.com>

OR

* Create your own: [http://ibm.biz/nheidloff](https://ibm.biz/Bdfs5U)

## Step 2: Accessing the Cluster

Instructors will provide a URL to a web app. Enter your IBMid (the email you used to sign up) and the workshop key (also provided by the [instructor link](https://thomassuedbroecker.github.io/labinstructions/)).

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* Follow the instructions on the next page. You will be added to the IBM Workshop account and granted access to a cluster. Note the name of your cluster. In the example below, it's `TorontoMulticlientWorkshop31`.

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* Back in IBM Cloud, refresh the [IBM Cloud Dashboard](https://cloud.ibm.com). If required, switch to the **1840867-IBM** account by clicking on the account selection drop down in the top nav bar.

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* Click on **Clusters** in the **Resource Summary** tile.

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* Under **Clusters**, click on the cluster that has been assigned to you.

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* Launch the **Kubernetes Dashboard** and have a look around! You can come back to this dashboard throughout your workshop.

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* Go back to the open browser tab the open Kubernetes Cluster in the IBM Cloud web console.
  1. Now select `Actions->Connect via CLI` on the right-hand side.

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  2. In the new window you see all steps to access your Kubernetes Cluster in a terminal session. You can easily copy and paste the commands. We will use these commands later to access the Kubernetes cluster in the IBM Cloud Shell.

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