Signing up for Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
You can sign up for a free, personal version of Cloud Pak for Data as a Service, or sign up with your organization’s account.
If you sign up for your own account, you must enter your credit card information. Lite plan services are always free, but a credit card is required to create the account. You will be charged only if you consume services under billable plans. You will still have access to your organization’s account and you can switch to that account.
The free version of Cloud Pak for Data as a Service contains a set of Lite services that include the core services of IBM Watson Studio, Watson Machine Learning, and Watson Knowledge Catalog, plus the Cloud Object Storage and Watson OpenScale services.
To sign up Cloud Pak for Data as a Service:
- Go to the Try Cloud Pak for Data as a Service page.
- Select the IBM Cloud service region closest to where you work, or the region that your administrator told you to choose.
- Enter your IBM Cloud account username and password, or, if you don’t have an IBM Cloud account, create one.
- On the Select account screen, select the account and resource group where you want to use Cloud Pak for Data as a Service. If you belong to an account with existing services, you can select it instead of your account. You won’t see the Select account screen if you have only one account and resource group.
- Click Continue. The account activation process begins.
Note: Stay with your default browser during the activation process. If you land on the IBM Cloud Dashboard, return to the Try Cloud Pak for Data as a Service page and follow the link to log in with an existing account.
After the activation process completes, your Cloud Pak for Data as a Service home page appears.
If you joined your organization’s account, you see that account name to the left of your avatar in the menu bar.
Watch this video to see how to sign up for Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.
This video provides a visual method as an alternative to following the written steps in this documentation.
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Time Transcript 00:00 This video shows you how to try out IBM Cloud Pak for data as a Service. 00:06 Cloud Pak for Data as a Service is a set of platform services that are fully managed on IBM Cloud, including: Watson Studio, Watson Knowledge Catalog, and Watson Machine Learning. 00:20 At dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com, you can sign up for an account. 00:27 First, select the region closest to where you plan on hosting your data and services. 00:33 When you sign up for a Cloud Pak for Data account, you are automatically signed up for an IBM Cloud account. 00:41 If you already have an IBM Cloud account, then use your IBM ID to sign up for Cloud Pak for Data. 00:49 Otherwise, type your email address, which will be used to create an IBM Cloud account for you. 00:58 On the next screen, you are redirected to the IBM Cloud registration page. 01:03 First, provide a secure password that meets the criteria. 01:09 Next, you will receive an email with a seven-digit verification code. 01:14 Copy the code from the email and paste it on the registration form. 01:21 Next, provide your company and billing information. 01:28 You are then asked to provide your credit card details, but you will not be charged until you sign up for a billable plan. 01:38 Review the terms and conditions and then create the account. 01:44 Then, review and agree to the privacy policy. 01:49 Now log into Cloud Pak for Data with the credentials you used to create the account. 01:56 Next, you'll be asked for your company name and phone number. 02:01 Then, you will see the process create the IBM Cloud Pak for Data user account using your IBM Cloud credentials. 02:10 And finally, you'll see that your account was successfully created. 02:17 This account has only one associated IBM Cloud account and one resource group. 02:24 If you have more than one associated account, or one account with multiple resource groups, then during the Cloud Pak for Data account set up, you'll see this screen giving you the option to select an account and resource group to use. 02:40 IBM Cloud uses resource groups as a way for you to organize your account resources in customizable groupings so that you can quickly assign users access to more than one resource at a time. 02:57 Now you're ready to start working in IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service. 03:02 To help you get started, take the guided tutorial. 03:08 Find more videos in the Cloud Pak for Data as a Service documentation.
Bookmark your homepage so that you can go directly to the Cloud Pak for Data as a Service site for your region to log in with your personal credentials:
If you’re in your own account, you have the necessary permissions to add services, projects, catalogs, and so on.
To set up your account for your organization, so that other users can share services and resources, see Set up an account for your organization.
Switching to your organization’s Cloud Pak for Data as a Service account
You can switch to your organization’s existing Cloud Pak for Data as a Service account to share services and resources that are provisioned for that account.
The account administrator must invite you to the IBM Cloud account. You will receive an email invitation to join the account. After you accept the invitation, you can access the account and Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.
The administrator will provide the following information:
- The IBM Cloud account name for Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.
- The resource group name for the Cloud Pak for Data as a Service account.
- The IBM Cloud service region.
To switch to your organization’s account:
- Log in to Cloud Pak for Data as a Service with your personal credentials.
- Select your organization’s account name from the account list in the menu bar, to the left of your avatar.
- If necessary, change your service region:
- Click your avatar and choose Change region.
- On the Regions page, select the appropriate region.
Next steps
Go back to Get started and choose the right path for you.