> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.lobyco.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get started

> What to have in place before the first integration call: the platform, network access, authentication, admin portal access and the store accounts.

Everything to set up before you write integration code. The pages explain how the platform fits together and how your systems authenticate against it. They also cover how your staff get into the Lobyco Admin Portal, and which external accounts your organisation must own. Most of it is done once, by your IT administrator or your integration team.

<Info>
  Authentication is the usual first blocker. If your organisation runs its own Azure AD tenant, start with the [multi-tenant setup](/integration/get-started/api-authentication/multi-tenant-authentication-using-client-credentials-flow). Otherwise use the [Lobyco tenant setup](/integration/get-started/api-authentication/lobyco-tenant-authentication-using-client-credentials-flow).
</Info>

## Understand the platform

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  <Card title="Getting started with Lobyco" icon="book-open" href="/integration/get-started/getting-started-with-lobyco">
    What the platform consists of, and the three points where a purchase meets it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Azure costs" icon="cloud" href="/integration/get-started/azure-costs">
    How the hosting bill splits between your environments and the shared components.
  </Card>
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## Connect to the APIs

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  <Card title="API integration" icon="network-wired" href="/integration/get-started/api-integration">
    The Azure Front Door address ranges your firewall must allow.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API authentication" icon="key" href="/integration/get-started/api-authentication">
    OAuth 2.0 client credentials or an API key, and which tenant setup to choose.
  </Card>
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## Sign customers in

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  <Card title="Mobile app authentication" icon="mobile-screen" href="/integration/get-started/mobile-app-authentication">
    Lobyco IDP on its own, or in front of your existing identity provider.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up Lobyco IDP for your websites" icon="globe" href="/integration/get-started/setting-up-lobyco-idp-for-your-website-s">
    The same sign-in on your own websites, with the authorization code flow.
  </Card>
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## Set up accounts and access

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  <Card title="Access to Lobyco Admin Portal" icon="user-shield" href="/integration/get-started/access-to-lobyco-admin-portal">
    Connect your Azure AD, grant consent once and assign roles.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Admin portal roles" icon="id-badge" href="/integration/get-started/admin-portal-roles">
    Every role and the portal section it opens.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Admin portal chain and store level access" icon="sitemap" href="/integration/get-started/admin-portal-chain-and-store-level-access">
    Limit an admin user to the chains or stores they manage.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up Apple and Google developer accounts" icon="mobile" href="/integration/get-started/set-up-apple-and-google-developer-accounts">
    The accounts your organisation owns, and the access that lets Lobyco publish the app.
  </Card>
</Columns>


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