.. _setup_cloud9:

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 Create Cloud9 Account
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.. sidebar:: Cloud9 Standard is Free

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Sign up for free Cloud9 developer workspace.

+  Click button :guilabel:`SIGN UP FOR  FREE` at https://c9.io/site/pricing/. 
+  Enter your developer username. 
+  Enter your developer email address, and confirm it.

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+  Click button :guilabel:`Create your free account`.

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+  Read :guilabel:`Welcome to Cloud9! Please activate your account!` in your
   GMail.
+  Click the link to activate your account.

   .. note:: Here is a smaple confirmation email:

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+  In the resulting webpage, enter your developer password and confirm it.

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+  Your Cloud9 workspace will display at https://c9.io/ALT-username.
+  Click the page title to set your full name.

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+  In the :guilabel:`ADD-ON SERVICES` area, click the :guilabel:`activate` link 
   for Github.

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+  A new github App Authorization window will appear. Click button 
   :guilabel:`Allow`.

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Congratulations. Now you have a Linux workspace in the cloud, accessible to you 
from any computer with a web browser which supports HTML5. Repositories you
create or fork on GitHub will be available to you from menu selection
:menuselection:`PROJECTS ON GITHUB` at the left of your Cloud9 desktop.