How to get started

Get started exploring the Humanitec products at your own pace and as guided as you want it to be.

Hands on

There are several ways for you to get started hands-on. Depending on how much time you have, whether you have an existing Kubernetes cluster to work with, and how hands-on you want to be at this point, choose the path that fits best. You can always come back and explore the other paths as well. The more hands-on, the greater your learnings.

An existing Humanitec Organization is a prerequisite for each path. If you do not have one yet, sign up here for a free trial.

Click on any highlighted element to get started.

%%{ init: { 'flowchart': { 'curve': 'linear' } } }%%
flowchart TB
  orgCreated((Humanitec<br/>Organization<br/>created)) --> byoc{Bring your<br/>own cluster?}
  byoc -->|No| byocNoHandsOn{Hands-on<br/>level?}
  byoc -->|Yes| byocYesHandsOn{Hands-on<br/>level?}

  byocNoHandsOn -->|Very low| fiveMinIDP("Five-minute IDP<br/>(5min)")
  byocNoHandsOn -->|Medium| quickstart("Quickstart<br/>(60min)")
  byocYesHandsOn -->|Medium| quickstart
  byocYesHandsOn -->|Very low| wizard("Setup wizard<br/>(15min)")
  subgraph selfGuided["Self-guided (1-2h)"]
    direction TB
    connectCluster(Connect your cluster) --> onboardApp(Onboard an Application) --> onboardDevs(Onboard developers) --> deployYourWorkload(Deploy your workload)
  end
  byocYesHandsOn -->|High| selfGuided

  click fiveMinIDP href "/introduction/getting-started/the-five-minute-idp/" _blank
  click quickstart href "/introduction/getting-started/quickstart/" _blank
  click wizard href "/introduction/getting-started/setup-wizard/" _blank
  click connectCluster href "/integration-and-extensions/containerization/kubernetes/" _blank
  click onboardApp href "/introduction/tutorials/tutorials-for-pes/onboard-an-application/" _blank
  click onboardDevs href "/introduction/tutorials/tutorials-for-pes/onboard-developers/" _blank
  click deployYourWorkload href "/introduction/tutorials/tutorials-for-developers/deploy-your-workload/" _blank

  class fiveMinIDP,quickstart,wizard,connectCluster,onboardApp,onboardDevs,deployYourWorkload highlight

Guided tours

Familiarize yourself with the basic Humanitec concepts and how they feel in practice by watching our introductory tours from a developer and platform engineer perspective

Guided tours