# First time Setup for the CubeCMP portal

> Learn how to configure the CubeCMP portal for user access after a successful installation.

## First time set up for the CubeCMP portal {#first-time-set-up-for-the-cubecmp-portal}

### Configure authentication for the CubeCMP portal {#configure-authentication-for-the-cubecmp-portal}

1. Go to `app-framework > Service Discovery > Services` and note the `Target` information for the `ingress-lb` service.
2. From the CubeCOS portal, go to `Integrations > Keycloak` and sign in as the `admin` user.
3. Go to `Manage > Users` and click on `View all users` to show the `admin` user.
4. Select the `Edit` for the `admin` user.
5. To assign the required attributes, click `Attributes` and configure the following:
   1. **Key:** ProjectRole
   2. **Value:** USER_DEFINED_DEFAULT-admin
6. Click `Add` to add the attribute, and then click `Save` to save your changes.

### Create your first project {#create-your-first-project}

1. To access the CubeCMP portal, go to `https://<cubecmp-portal-vip>/portal`, and login with the default credentials.
   1. **Username:** admin
   2. **Password:** admin
2. After you sign in, go go `Projects` and click on `+ Create Project`.
3. Enter a project name, and then select an external network for the project.
4. Click `Create Project` to start provisioning a new project.
5. When the project is created, sign out from the `admin` account.

### Create your first project user {#create-your-first-project-user}

1. Login to the CubeCOS portal as the `admin` user and go to `Integrations > Keycloak > Users`.
2. Click on `Add User` to create a new user account.
3. Once in the user creation interface, enter `bigstack` as the username, and then click `Save`.
4. Assign new project permissions to the `bigstack` user by going to the `Attributes` tab for the `bigstack` user, and set a new attribute:
   1. **Key:** ProjectRole
   2. **value:** `<project-name>-<member|admin>`
5. Click `Add` to add the new attribute, and then click `Save` to save the changes.
6. Open a web browser and go to `https://<cubecmp-portal-vip>/portal` to start using CubeCMP.