Choose your Outpost address and region

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Your Outpost address is the web address you and your team sign in at, such as yourcompany followed by the suffix the page shows. You choose it, and the region your Outpost is hosted in, at the end of sign-up. Neither can be changed later, so take a moment over both.

Before you begin

Finish the steps in Create your Outpost account and choose a plan. The address page opens after Choose your plan.
Decide on a name. Most organizations use their company name.

Address rules

Rule	Detail
Length	8 to 63 characters.
Characters	Lowercase letters `a` to `z`, digits, and hyphens. Uppercase is changed to lowercase as you type.
Edges	Starts and ends with a letter or a digit, not a hyphen.
Reserved	Any name containing `outpost`, and a short list of names that could look like an Outpost service, such as `security`, `accounts`, `downloads`, and `registration`.
Unique	Nobody else can already have it in the same region.

Choose your address and region

If the page shows Region, select where your Outpost and its data are hosted. The field appears only when more than one region accepts new accounts. With one region, your Outpost goes there.
In Your address, enter the name. The page checks it as you type, and shows the full address followed by is available. when you can have it.
On a paid plan, decide whether to start with a trial.

To start with a free trial, leave Subscribe now without a trial. You add a payment method next, and billing starts today. cleared. Nothing is charged during the trial. See Free trials.

To subscribe without a trial, select that checkbox. You add a payment method next, and billing starts today.
Select Deploy my Outpost.

What happens next

With a trial or on Home Lab, Outpost sets up your Outpost straight away. When it is ready, the Outpost portal takes you into your new console, where you set your console password. If setup takes longer, the portal dashboard shows Deploying your Outpost. and takes you there when it finishes. If it takes much longer than usual, the dashboard says We are still setting up your Outpost. and Outpost emails you when it is ready. There is nothing for you to do.

Without a trial, the portal sends you to Stripe to add a card or bank account. Your Outpost is not set up until a payment method is on file. When you return, the portal dashboard starts your subscription and sets up your Outpost. If you leave before adding a method, the dashboard shows Add a payment method to start your followed by your plan name, with an Add a payment method button. See Manage payment methods and billing address.

If the trial is refused because your email address or mobile number has already had one, the page says This email address or phone number has already had an Outpost trial. You can subscribe now without a trial. and shows a Subscribe now without a trial button.

Self-hosted Outpost

If Outpost invited you to finish setting up an Outpost that runs on your own infrastructure, the page is titled Finish setting up your account. It has no address or region to choose, because your Outpost lives on your own servers. Select Finish setup. See Depot.

Verify

Open the Outpost portal dashboard. It shows Your Outpost is ready. with a link to your address. Your team signs in to the console at that address.

If something goes wrong

Message	Cause	Fix
Use at least 8 characters.	The name is shorter than 8 characters.	Use a longer name.
That address is already in use.	Someone has that name in this region.	Choose another name.
That name is reserved. Choose a different one.	The name contains `outpost` or is on the reserved list.	Choose another name.

Every message on this page is listed in Troubleshoot sign-up and sign-in.

Next steps

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