> ## 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.

# Quick Start

> Platform concepts, authentication, admin portal access and the accounts you need before integrating.

This section covers everything you need before writing integration code: how the platform fits together, how to authenticate, how to get into the admin portal, and which external accounts your organization has to own.

## Understand the platform

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  <Card title="Getting Started with Lobyco" icon="book-open" href="/integration/quick-start/getting-started-with-lobyco">
    Integration concepts and the three stages of a customer purchase.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Azure costs" icon="cloud" href="/integration/quick-start/azure-costs">
    How hosting costs split between dedicated environments and shared components.
  </Card>
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## Connect to the APIs

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  <Card title="API integration" icon="network-wired" href="/integration/quick-start/api-integration">
    Network and firewall configuration, including Azure Front Door IP ranges.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Authentication" icon="key" href="/integration/quick-start/api-authentication">
    OAuth 2.0 client credentials and API keys — and how to pick a tenant setup.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Mobile app authentication" icon="mobile-screen" href="/integration/quick-start/mobile-app-authentication">
    How the white-label app authenticates customers.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Lobyco IDP for your websites" icon="globe" href="/integration/quick-start/setting-up-lobyco-idp-for-your-website-s">
    Use Lobyco as the identity provider for your own web properties.
  </Card>
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## Get access to the tools

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  <Card title="Access to Lobyco Admin Portal" icon="user-shield" href="/integration/quick-start/access-to-lobyco-admin-portal">
    Wire up Azure AD, grant consent and assign admin roles.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Chain and store level access" icon="sitemap" href="/integration/quick-start/admin-portal-chain-and-store-level-access">
    Scope admin portal permissions to parts of your estate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Apple & Google developer accounts" icon="mobile" href="/integration/quick-start/set-up-apple-and-google-developer-accounts">
    Accounts your organization must own before we can publish the app.
  </Card>
</Columns>

<Info>
  Authentication is the usual first blocker. If your organization runs its own Azure AD tenant, go straight to the [multi-tenant setup](/integration/quick-start/api-authentication/multi-tenant-authentication-using-client-credentials-flow); otherwise use the [Lobyco tenant setup](/integration/quick-start/api-authentication/lobyco-tenant-authentication-using-client-credentials-flow).
</Info>